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I know this question is asked alot around the forum. So I decided to have an official thread dedicated to users telling how long it took before they first attained lucidity in a dream, so that new users of Dreamviews can look at the variety of time required before becoming lucid.
I'll start, my first lucid was the night of November 13th, it took me roughly a month since I began trying to become lucid.
Took me about 2 weeks from learning what lucid dreaming was to having my first full lucid with control.
2 months since first reading dreamviews. I wasn't very good about journaling, but now I am. JOURNAL. AND REALITY CHECK. RIGHT NOW.
It took me months to have my first ld and although i do RC's in waking hours i never became lucid as a result of of one.
It always just kinda hits me that im dreaming and i take it from there,often just to wake from the xcitement but afew times they lasted sooo long and i wish i could have them more often
Two months, then I got my first one last Wednesday after a WBTB.
I attained lucidity the second night I began trying. Three times that night, I became lucid, but woke up immediately from the excitement each time. About a week later I Had another LD in which I didn't wake up right away.
I'm still new at this and so far they haven't been very long, but in each dream I've gotten progressively better and remaining calm and gaining control. I haven't had enough of them to give an accurate average of how often they occur, however.
That being said, I've been an extremely vivid dreamer all of my life with naturally excellent dream recall and a habit of keeping a dream journal. I consider all these things integral to the immediate success I've had with lucid dreaming.
That sounds a lot like me. I practiced and practiced questioning reality and doing RC's during the day but I could never seem to have a lucid as a result. It was so frustrating and I tried for so long (I didn't have a lucid for about 4 months probably). Right as I was about to give up on trying to have a lucid I FINALLY got one, and I didn't even try. I wasn't thinking about having a lucid that night, and I didn't do any RC's. I just came to me. All the sudden I was aware I was dreaming. And it was an incredible and very vivid first lucid. I did a dream spin immediately because I could feel myself getting excited and I didn't want to wake up. It was a very long lucid and I was quite proud of myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by smoke_1966
Ever since then however, I have not had any more DILDs. I only practice the WILD technique (which I highly suggest for anyone having trouble with DILD/ MILD). And a tip for beginners who still have yet to experience the joy of lucid dreams: Don't give up! It takes some people a long time to have a lucid, like me. I didn't get one for 4 months, but the wait was so worth it. I thought I was "one of THOSE people" who just wasn't able to attain lucidity but it's NOT true. Everyone can. Good luck.
I had a dream last week that right as it ended I became lucid. My dream froze, I then knew I was dreaming and my dream faded. I don't count it though since it was pretty much the moment my dream ended. Been 2wks and haven't had anything yet
I keep a DJ and skim it now and then. Mostly to laugh (especially at the one where I have "Guy giving out free LD's, lol). I do RC's now and then, but really don't care about them. I'm afraid I'll just RC in a dream and keep going, so I don't care to do them anymore. I only really do them if I think about dreaming, so something feels like it could be a dream(a few times a day if that). I'll find something that works
I'm just working on my dream recall
From when I started trying to my first induced, 8 years.
omg that's serious determination.Quote:
Originally Posted by Walms
for me, since I started reading DV and keeping a DJ, 4 days. it was a WILD in which i had started the night before that.
I had mine two nights after learning stuff on this forum, including RCs and all.
Almost one month until my first LD. A very very short one that is. I still don't know if it counts though.
The day after finding Dreamviews. But I've had pretty much a dry spell since then.
mine was pretty much the day after i read about this.
i had tried before but i didnt understand the instructions quite properly from other sites.
this is the best one, and i got a lucid dream after a day of reading this.
(:
i'm trying for my second one tonight.
about a month after I started reality checks.
I think it was between a week and a month. I'm actually not sure because it was so long ago, but I do remember that I wasn't very successful. I hadn't heard of lucid dreaming at all and knew nothing about it, it had just happened to me a couple of times and I tried to make it happen again.
Years later, when I did stumble across something on lucid dreaming online, and found out that it was something people had named and studied, it took me about two nights.
Hmmm ..... My first lucid ....
I guess it happened 9 years ago.
My first LD was around early June of last year or so.
about 3 weeks after joining DV.
Well, I first found out about lucid dreaming about a year ago, either before or after the mass shared dream. That's when I found this site. A few month or two later I found LD4all from this site. I was a lurker there for a while, and this last April or so I joined it, and forgot about Dreamviews. A month later, I started a dream journal. About two months ago, I rediscovered Dreamviews, and I joined it a month ago. Two days ago I put myself up for adoption and was adopted by Loaf. Finally, I had my first lucid dream, today.:banana::boogie::banana:
Id been having lucid dreams since i was a child but it was only about 1 every 2 months. Once i learned about lucid dreaming i started getting multiple lucid dreams a week
I have been in a dry spell recently but i am attempting to get out of it.
Around two months
Probably a week after attaining the knowledge, before that I had some but they would be every three or five months or longer.
Took about 3 weeks since joining this site for me to have one. I had a couple of close calls in there, though.
I've had lucid dreams in the past, ever since I was a teen, though.