Thread: Are you currently in a dry spell?

Im not too sure what consittues as a dry spell, but I would consider myself in one. I haven't had a LD in over a month, which is not out of the norm, but I usally get one every three weeks or so.

Work, School, Getting ready for college, Girlfriend problems, Homework, going to bed late and getting up early, not writing in my dream journal and not doing Reality checks are all reasonable factors to why I'm not having an LD's

I personally have been in a dryspell as I went from 3-4 per week (decent lucids) to having one about every two weeks, practically no dream recall whatsoever, and the times I do manage to get lucid, they are shitty, low quality, and I wake up almost immediately This has been going on for about five weeks I just had a pretty good lucid the other night though so hopefully it's ending...

My last lucid before the one I just had this past Sat. morning was on 9/1/08.

My recall is still pretty shaky. I'm not sure why I'm having problems.. I'm just glad to finally have another lucid (after while you begin to wonder if you ever will again).

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I'm in a dry spell, but it's not completely dry. I've had 3 lucid dreams in the last month, which is way below my average I've been depressed so I think that has something to do with it.

great recall here, just horrible awareness :/,

Just got over one which must've lasted a year or so, but that was because I wasn't keeping a dream journal and lost interest.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

I'm in a dry spell, but it's not completely dry. I've had 3 lucid dreams in the last month, which is way below my average I've been depressed so I think that has something to do with it.

Same. It's not a complete drought. More like I'm thirsty, and my tap is baaaaarely dripping, so on top of Chinese water torture I'm barely getting drops of liquid

I'm thinking that depression is also part of my problem, for whatever actual reason It seems like everyone I speak to is also having trouble with depression, too, during the past weeks and months (even non-LDers)... I wonder if dryspells and depression are linked. I know there is a link between depression and low serotonin, tryptophan, and melatonin levels. And people take melatonin as a lucid aid. I don't know a whole lot about lucid aids, though. I don't really know a lot about depression either. So that's just my hypothesizing and pretending that eating turkey and going out into the sun will make me feel better and dream better

I've been in a dry spell since I stopped trying to LD. However, I actually got a WILD about a week ago on accident.

when i first learnt about lucid dreaming about a month and a half ago, i had most of my lucid dreams, then i wasnt able to do again it until 3 days ago, but i cant do it anymore, so i suppose i am in a dry spell
im not sure what the cause is, allthough when i had my lucid dreams, i was in a little spell of being focused and alert. but i have no idea how to tell when i will be focused and alert, it might be after i was playing a war game on my psp, or it might be something else. ill try and play my game a lot tomorrow morning when i get up then go back to sleep and see how that works. the reason also might just be nature e.g. time of year

Originally Posted by smcmaho

[deleted], School, [deleted], [deleted], Homework, going to bed late and getting up early, not writing in my dream journal and not doing Reality checks are all reasonable factors to why I'm not having an LD's

I took some out because they don't apply to me, but without the deleted items, the above quote is my post.

But I'm trying to get back into it. Today was Day 1 of starting up RCs again. Hopefully I will soon start LD'ing again.

And then I can be Superman again

This may sound a bit dumb, but I've noticed that lucidity seems to come to me in times when I am in some kind of major life-transition. Feels like that's happening now-a-days, but no lucid dreaming. Rather, as Ive stated before on different threads, my dreams have become increasingly strange. They're very intensely real, but I don't seem to realize that it's just a dream. Maybe I'm not really trying either...