Okay this sucks. I usually remember dreams and LD naturally... but the one time I try with a specific technique I'm unable to do it! I tried the HILD (not the hypnosis one... the other one about the finger tapping and what not). I know that I had really vivid dreams as usual, but for some reason I can't remember them. Perhaps it had something to do with me going to bed at 4:30 in the morning... but I've done that ever so many times, and never did I have something like this. Gah, i feel empty!! It's weird.

Anyway, more specifically about how the HILD didn't work for me, is that I didn't try it after I just woke up, I tried it when I went to bed (I thought the fact that I was so tired would just be good enough). But my brain was all stimulated and every time I noticed myself slipping into dreams I'd get excited, and then would become very aware of everything, including my breathing (which would sometimes speed up a bit) and an itch or something. It completely ruined the concentration and I would wake up every time. I'll try this another time though, after waking up in middle of my sleep, like the tutorial actually says .

Well the main thing though... forgetting my dreams! I always remember, no matter what. This is so odd, and I did what I read somewhere on this site (forget where) and it said to repeat to myself that "I will remember my dreams when I wake up" or something like that. I said it a couple times (beleiving it).... I'm not sure why I decided to do this, because I always remember them anyway... I just thought perhaps I might remember more. My friend had recently tried it and told me that it worked, so I guess I just wanted to see what would happen if I did it..... and we can see i'll never be doing That again .

Well ok, I'll admit, there is the possibility that this was caused for some other reason... as this is the only time I tried and that it happened. I will have to try it a few more times and see what happens. Perhaps this was just a one time occurance.

Regardless, I'm starting to feel slightly weird about toying with my dreams now... I do want to harness the abilities, but is there a chance that this can take away from my natural abilities? If so, I totally don't want to do it. I'm afraid that by messing with my dreams, my mind will reject what I'm trying to get it to do and make me stop dreaming lucidly entirely.

Cheers,
Dylan