Quote Originally Posted by ThreeCat View Post
Hi, Doolittle. The problem of thinking of your body will go away in time, especially after you've had a number of lucid dreams. Starting out, it's normal for LDs to be a bit short. Also



Since this is only week two, I wouldn't stress too much about what is currently happening. You're having lucid dreams, and at a pretty decent frequency for your first two weeks. After you've had a number, the excitement will go away and it will be easier to stabilize and maintain the dream. Classic stabilization techniques are anything that engages you more deeply with the dream environment: rubbing hands, feeling the textures of things (and no, I don't mean a hot DC's body because that will just excite you more), and spinning around. All of these have been tested numerously by members of the forum, as well as in dream studies.

As to the stabilization method of moving your hand in front of your face: probably works for DreamBrandt, but I would suggest sticking to something standard that works for everyone.

I would also suggest joining the DILD class: DILD. FryingMan and fogelbise are great teachers. Good luck.

Thanks for the responses. Counting my fingers seems to be a bad reality check for me, because in my dreams whenever I look at my hands, my body remembers all the times I looked at my hands for a RC, and uses that image, which is the exact image of my hand, as I know it so well.

Another question I had, was how vivid can lucid dreams be? The first two felt like I was playing a video game in my head, but my most recent felt more vivid. Can a dream ever feel close to real life? I know it will never be the same, but is it more than just a visual playground?