Multiple DEILDs

[apfire26]

This is the first thread I've started other than my introduction about a week ago. I thought I'd just tell my experiance lastnight with DEILDs. Last night I somewhat gave up on trying to WILD, I've never been able to WILD at night before bed anyways. I usually have good luck with that during daytime hours when I'm tired. Anyway.........I think trying to WILD kept my mind in the right mind set for a DEILD. I woke up later in the night but remembered to stay still and keep my eyes closed, at this point I kept my mind focused as if I where trying to WILD. Bam!! quick and easy I went right into lucidness after some short vibrations. I'd wake up quite often and do the same thing over and over again just like I've read you should do. I had at least 4 back to back short DEILDs. If I hadn't slept in so long this morning I'd probly be able to remember more details about what I did while lucid. This was the first time I can remember having multiple DEILDs, I know if it weren't for the tips I've been reading on this site over the last week I wouldn't have been able to do this. Oh yeah, just for the hell of it, I ate a piece of toast before I went to bed with a ton of peanut butter on it. LOL

[punkstar]

hmmm peanut butter huh??? i bet THAT is the secret to multiple lucid dreams!!! why havent you told us!!!! hahahaha jk... btw, ITS MY 100TH POST SINCE IVE STOPPED BEING A LURKER JUST LOOKING AROUND THE SITE!!! =p =p lol

[Denny22]

I find that peanut butter does in fact help my recall.

[punkstar]

well that means it could definately help with DEILDs, since the key is REMEMBERING to stay still and not open your eyes... i dont know... i would try tomorow but i have to wake up early for a drug test.

[apfire26]

Haha, I read about some others eating peanut butter and they said it helped. I had nothing to loose, plus I was still hungry so it worked out. I'll probly eat more before bed tonight. I don't think it make much of a difference but it can't hurt.

[i make it rain]

I discovered this method like a week and a half ago. I prefer it now because it involves only a few seconds of my time. The way I first found it was when I was losing a LD and was rubbing my hands. I lost it but didn't move once I was awake. I just tried to keep pretending to rub my hands and picture the sensation. In like 5 seconds, I could really feel my hands rubbing. Then I was dreaming. Then I did it a few more times that night. It is a sweet feeling when you are back in a dream and like...here we go again. I could only get this to work when I was sleeping on my side with my hands in the same general area.

[punkstar]

hmmm on ur side, eh? were ur hands like together as if u were praying? i like trying to WILD on my side a lot. but i put a pillow under my right leg (as if it was a girl and i was putting my leg over her) and my left hand goes under the pillow(under my head). my right hand goes on my pillow(leg pillow) and my left foot kinda stays straight, not touching anything. im always interested in hearing other peoples positions while successfully doing this stuff.... hahaha sorry for the small change of subject...

[i make it rain]

hmmm on ur side, eh? were ur hands like together as if u were praying? i like trying to WILD on my side a lot. but i put a pillow under my right leg (as if it was a girl and i was putting my leg over her) and my left hand goes under the pillow(under my head). my right hand goes on my pillow(leg pillow) and my left foot kinda stays straight, not touching anything. im always interested in hearing other peoples positions while successfully doing this stuff.... hahaha sorry for the small change of subject... Well, I haven't experimented enough with it to have a lot of answers on what works and what doesn't. I slept where my hands were not touching but were close enough (like 1 foot away) that in my delusional half-asleep state, I could fool my body into thinking they were touching. I would just focus on the sensation of my hands rubbing. When it worked for me, I would kind of send nerve impulses through my arms to help pretend I was rubbing my hands. It is hard to explain. I can feel my muscles contracting, not enough to move anything but just to twitch and help persuade your mind that you are actually moving your arms. I tried it on my back but I guess my hands were too far apart that it was hard to do. I think it is more important to realize that you are awake, not move, and start your DEILD technique as fast as possible than the hand positioning, though. This personally worked for me because I often sleep on my side and I am a kinesthetic person. So I was having trouble with a lot of the visualizing techniques. If you choose to try it, good luck. I would like to hear the results. If you don't try it...well good luck LDing anyway.

[seeker28]

Dream chaining is one of the reasons I'm crazy about DEILD. It takes so little effort, and can easily lead to a night of mulitiple LDs. On nights I don't have a DILD on my own I start a chain of DEILDs. In this way I keep an average of over 3 LDs per night (including the nights I don't have any LDs).

[ForgottenDream]

yeah i love the DEILD technique, i only managed to do it once. i guess technically it's a form of WILD, since you wake up and then do it, but i still add it to my DILD list just to make it less confusing. i find it hard to not move when i wake up after a dream, since my natural reaction is to switch positions. i'm finally getting the hang of it though.

[apfire26]

hmmm on ur side, eh? were ur hands like together as if u were praying? i like trying to WILD on my side a lot. but i put a pillow under my right leg (as if it was a girl and i was putting my leg over her) and my left hand goes under the pillow(under my head). my right hand goes on my pillow(leg pillow) and my left foot kinda stays straight, not touching anything. im always interested in hearing other peoples positions while successfully doing this stuff.... hahaha sorry for the small change of subject... When I go to sleep I'm either on my stomach or on my side. But I noticed that almost everytime I wake up from a dream, I'm on my back. So of caurse I just stayed on my back and thought about becoming lucid and Wa La, I was experiancing my first DEILD. yeah i love the DEILD technique, i only managed to do it once. i guess technically it's a form of WILD, since you wake up and then do it, but i still add it to my DILD list just to make it less confusing. i find it hard to not move when i wake up after a dream, since my natural reaction is to switch positions. i'm finally getting the hang of it though. You should start a list of DEILDs you have.

[ForgottenDream]

You should start a list of DEILDs you have. yeah i will, thanks. i might mix DEILDs and DILDs together if i manage to have multiple lucids in a night (hopefully soon).

[apfire26]

Its hard for me to count how mayne DEILDs I have, or at least had that night. If I were keeping track, I'd probly just count how many nights I had DEILDs, not the exact number of DEILDs I had. You know? But if you can remember them all, then thats great.

[ForgottenDream]

yeah i have pretty good recall, so i should be able to know how many i've had that night. it doesn't need to be exact anyway, since i don't recall all my dreams, just most of them (around 5-10).