Cant Ever Do It.

[gan_naire]

No matter how much I try to make myself remember, I just cant remember to do the reality checks in my dream. Granted I also dont remember all the time and probably only remember to do them a few times a day. I have been doing the Hypnosis Induced Lucid Dream, I love this one, Im very comfortable with it and ever since starting it, I have had way more clearer, vivid, realistic dreams and my dream recall is just a hell of a lot better. I have atleast 2 dreams that I can remember every night, some are just nothing type dreams, you know nothing fancy. But about every other day I will have one of these realistic, clear and vivid dreams. They seem to go on for a long time, and with these dreams I have just about 98% recall of the dream! With the normal type dreams I have, I have maybe 60% recall of all the ones I have that night. But no matter what, I can never remember to do my reality checks and the dream just stays a dream. I mean the vivid ones are the ones I feel like I am more involved in, and I tend to talk in my dreams, interract with others, etc., but I never have control of the dream itself. Like last night, I kept thinking to myself while I was having a trippy dream, I mean trippy as hell, but I kept thinking to myself that this is cool. But then I would start thinking of how I was affecting the people in my dream, I'll go more into that when I tell you guys what my dream was. The weird thing was, was that I tend to think to myself in my dreams, I dont know if its me in real life thinking while Im dreaming, or if its my dream self thinking to itself. I have no idea, but I can easily tell that I am thinking to myself, and hear my voice in my head just like I can right now while I type this and I am reading what I type. Could that be what is stopping me from entering into a lucid state? The Hypnosis Induced Lucid Dream technique I love, like I said my dreams have become longer, more vivid and realistic, and my dream recall has shot through the roof. I didnt right down a dream I had about a week ago, yet it left such a lasting impression I can still easily remember it. I'll admit though, that I dont do the reality checks as much as I really need to, I do it about 3-4 times a day, thats it. Tell you guys about my dream in my next post, it'll be kind of long.

[gan_naire]

Ill start off by saying I have no idea where this dream came from, but all my realistic, vivid dreams always start out with being like a normal dream, like Im just there doing nothing. Then something grabs my attention and thats when it becomes realistic and vivd. Last night I was in what kind of seemed like a bar, or club, yet there werent alot of people around, I was following someone to a private room and the person said we're about to start the movie, its going to be awesome. I was standing at the door to the room and thats when everything kicked in. I open the door and walk in, its a room that has little lighting, like the lights were dimmed, and alot of guys are sitting down infront of a big screen tv, and alot of them are saying to a guy "congrats on getting married tommorow", or "I cant believe youre getting married". They werent talking to me, but thats when I figured out I was at a bachelor party or something. Then a lady walks up to me and asks if I want a dance. This lady was only wearing a thong and I remember looking at her face, then her breasts, but I never looked farther down than that. Wont go into detail about what she looked like, just incase someone here might find it out of line with the details, but she looked pretty damn good. I remember asking how much for the dance, she said $20, and I reached into my back pocket, pulled out my wallet, opened it up and actually had to flip through bills to find a 20. Then pulled it out and gave it to her. Then had to restuff a few bills back into the wallet because they were packed in kind of tight, then folded the wallet back and put it back in my pocket. We go to a row of seats behind all the guys, and she starts to dance for me. I could feel her body pressing up against me, and I could even feel her hair when she whipped her head around real quick as part of the dance and her hair brushed up against my face. But then out of no where a big mexican guy pushes her out of the way, and says "her sweety youre doing it wrong, this is how you dance for a guy", then he starts to try and give me a lap dance. He stayed clothed, and I could tell it was a joke, and I remember trying to push him away while I was laughing at him. Then I guess I pushed too hard and I accidentally hit him. He actually started to tear up and ran off into another room. And instead of me saying to the stripper "alright you can finish your dance now", or "lets find a more private room", I remember thinking to myself that I probably hurt the guys feelings and I hope hes okay. And I asked one of the other guys what his name was because I forgot and they told me his name was Reeko, or how ever you spell the name. But then I yelled for him, and he came back and I asked if he was okay and he said he was and I said "well lets just chill out and watch the movie". This is the kind of stuff that irritates the hell out of me, because thats probably what I wouldve done in real life, because I am somewhat of a nice guy and I wouldve checked on the guy for hurting his feelings. But in my dreams, if I knew I was dreaming, there is no freakin way I wouldve done that. I wouldve concentrated on the stripper, because well, shes a stripper. But I remember everyone sitting down and we started to watch the movie, the whole time I kept looking across the room at the lady who was sitting down by herself, thinking to myself, just go over there and invite her to another room. But then the movie caught my attention because it was one weird ass trippy movie, I mean I have never seen anything like this in real life, and it easily caught my attention. So at that point Im just sitting there watching a movie, instead of doing what I wanted to do. But I couldnt figure out how to do it. The dream was very realistic and clear, like it was real life, and my actions in real life were in my dream as well. I wanted to go after the lady, but in real life I wouldve made sure the guy was okay and that I was being apart of the crowd and everything like that. Now I dont want to go into detail about the movie, it wasnt porn or anything, it was more like a documentary, on aliens, but man the show was trippy as hell. I have no idea where it came from, but man, it was weird. And I remember earlier that day thinking about the couple times I had been to a strip club and had a pretty good time, but now a days I dont even consider them because they are way too expensive, and frankly not worth it, but I figure that might have explained the stripper and the club. But I have no clue on where the movie came from, or why I didnt pursue the lady in my dream. I mean at no point did I think that it was a dream at all, I actually looked at it almost like it was real life, and I couldnt figure out how to make myself realize that it was a dream, and then being able to have control of it. These type dreams, the realistic ones, seem to go on for a long time, and they are usually the dreams I have right before I wake up, like before I wake up from sleeping for 7 to 8 hours. What do you guys think.

[Timothy Paradox]

I have that problem too.I do reality checks whenever I can, and I constantly question reality like in dream yoga. Problem is that I don't do all that stuff in dreams, so I never become lucid. And my recall has gone to hell ever since I joined dreamviews. No offense guys and gals I daydream A LOT (almost all the time) and I can't stop talking to myself in my head. So perhaps this is indeed our problem. Solutions anyone? EDIT: My best dreams also occur when 'm about to wake up.

[RockNRoller123]

Don't give up. I have a technique that makes me successful at almost everything I try, a secret to success of sorts, When you wake up in the morning say "I AM GOING TO _________" For example, you say you have trouble LDing. So when you wake up say out loud (Proudly, with real conviction) or in your head with real conviction and pride 3 times " I AM GOING TO HAVE A LUCID DREAM TONIGHT."