Thread: Does MILD even work?

If there is anybody here who has moderate or consistent success with MILD, would you mind posting your personal steps here?

I haven't done it in a while but I've had two MILDs (in my opinion, other people have said that they are VILDs.)

I simply kept picturing myself in a room with an 'RC' on the wall as I went to sleep. In the dream I found myself in a room with an RC on the wall, I recognized it as a dream sign like I had planned and went off on a lucid dream. Success rate for me had been very low, however, so I stopped trying.

Truth be known, a MILD is really the same thing as a DILD. The only difference is that in a MILD you become lucid because you experience something that you've made a point to recognise as being a dream sign or dream-like quality. In a DILD, you've spontaneously recognised something as being dream-like but, not necessarily something you've planned - or have reminded youself - to recognise.

Now, your question. Yes, MILD does work but don't make the mistake of relying on only one method or you'll probably have very little success in the art of lucid dreaming.

Very well said, and thanks for the response.

I guess I've given up on MILD....it has never worked for me...right now I'm more geared on DEILD and WILD.

My problem is that I never wake up directly from a dream, so when I wake up I'm not tired at all. So sad that not even WBTB has worked well for me.

I'm still curious to see how many people have consistent success with MILD, anybody?

Hiya.

I use MILD when I haven't had an experience for a while but I'm getting pretty adept at DILD. I have so many different triggers tho because I have loads of recurring themed dreams. Try saying that when you've had few.

I find the best trigger to use is a colour because they are the most common denominator.



Angelmouse X

Originally Posted by Oneironaught

Truth be known, a MILD is really the same thing as a DILD. The only difference is that in a MILD you become lucid because you experience something that you've made a point to recognise as being a dream sign or dream-like quality. In a DILD, you've spontaneously recognised something as being dream-like but, not necessarily something you've planned - or have reminded youself - to recognise.

Now, your question. Yes, MILD does work but don't make the mistake of relying on only one method or you'll probably have very little success in the art of lucid dreaming.

Well, to be completely precise with terminology: MILD is a technique (Mnemonically Induced Lucid Dreaming) while DILD is one of the two lucid dream types (DILD = Dream Induced Lucid Dream, WILD = Wake Induced Lucid Dream).

Ah, LaBerge would be proud. >.>

Originally Posted by Merlock

Well, to be completely precise with terminology: MILD is a technique (Mnemonically Induced Lucid Dreaming) while DILD is one of the two lucid dream types (DILD = Dream Induced Lucid Dream, WILD = Wake Induced Lucid Dream).

Ah, LaBerge would be proud. >.>

Technically, yes. But many people "use" DILD or WILD as "techniques". Oh, the confusion...

EDIT: The more I think about it, you made a good point. Let me try to clarify what I mean. In my experience, MILD is more of a means to trigger a DILD. Though I suppose it's possible to have a WILD as result of MILD, if you do then it's generally just referred to as a WILD. I classify MILD and DILD as nearly the same because, in general, a successful MILD is what becomes a DILD. While a successful WILD (and all of its many variations: DEILD, FILD, etc...) results in, well, a WILD.

I'm not sure if I made that more clear or more confusing.

I have a lot of success wit MILD. Although many times I get non-lucid feeling lucid dreams through MILD.

What I do:
Basically I tell myself I will hae a lucid dream and that it will be the way I want it to be and then I don't think about anymore until I go to sleep, where I repeat the phrase a few more times and then sleep.