Back in Action!

Hey guy's, I'm Henry, I used to study Lucidity When i was younger as I was very intrigued... The first night i Tried to be lucid I did!, for a couple of seconds, before excitement got the better of me, a few nights after again!, lucid, I remember waking up in my room and then walking to the top of the landing, doing a RC and seeing i had 7 Fingers, I became lucid and just messed about trying to control my dream. the third time I became lucid I was woken by my dream guide, who immediately told me i was dreaming and to become lucid, he then tried to teach me to fly. (not sure weather or not this one was a dream as i never did fly :(), But I'm now 24 (must be atleast 6 years since I last dreamt...) And i really want to get back into it...

So I Tried last night to WILD, Fought my body so hard and so painful i finally got SP (Sleep Paralysis)... However, My partner was breathing heavily which kept my brain from dreaming??? So for 3 hours I lay there, trying to become Lucid/Drift into a dream, and nothing, I had to fight my body for 5 minutes to wake it up. I then went to sleep after setting my alarm, Same thing, she was then tossing and turning and keeping me awake... felt like punching her lol...

But So far , not a lot has happened, any pointers or help anyone can give would be appreciated.

Hi Henry, welcome to DV!
Your experience is not unusual I think. I've had similar but stretched over a longer time-frame. All I can advie is that you take a bit of a step back and read up about all the techniques, and then see yourself starting a journey - a bit like learning a musical instrument. You will find it quite frustratng if you don't make progress, which can often happen if you try too hard.
Try to celebrate each step and each small success.

Here's some bullet points of things that are worth working on;

De-stress!
Dream journal
Enough sleep
Daily routine
Nightly routine
RCs / mindfullness

Good luck!

Hey buddy, I've been Lucid dreaming since I was 16, infact, ive been on dreamviews since I was 16, I know all of the techniques, My main RT's are my nose check, palm check, clock, and hands, in that order, my Dream signs vary but my most vivid dream sign has allways been false awekenings, I've successfully WILD'ed twice, and DILD about 12 times, I started dreaming less and less the more I lucid dreamed.

its only been the past few weeks I've started trying again