Break your dryspell

[louie54]

So who likes having these lucid dry spells? Haha! Not me. Unfortunatly I am having one right now and I could use a fix and if you are also having one, welcome to the club! I guess this is where we come up with a plan. What is your plan to fix your dry spell. You don't have to be having one currently so feel free to share your thoughts. Ok I guess I'll go first. Tonight I plan on performing a MILD. However if I don't remember any dreams then I'll do a WBTB. During my WBTB, I'll read through my dream journal, do plenty of reality checks and think about my goals. I will have a lucid dream sometime this week! Even if I have to keep this up everyday! What about you guys?

[Rebelution]

Well what happens here is that I get into lucid dreaming, have a long-lasting episode of great dream recall and sometimes (if I am lucky enough), a lucid dream -- until life, or something, gets in the way and I forget about lucid dreaming. Then my nights become filled with blackness, no recall. Next time I happen to ponder lucid dreaming, I get back into it and the dream recall picks up right from where it left off. Today is my first day on the forum in a few weeks... hopefully tonight I am graced by the gods of lucidity! At least until my next little break...

[Ferret]

Hey I started using a dream journal on the 30th of january, i havnt been fully lucid before, just a few close calls before I ever knew about all of this. Since the 30th I have had good dream recall, between 3-5 dreams most nights. However I still have not had a lucid dream! not loosing faith but am not RCing as much as when I started. I wake up a few times every night and recall my dreams so I think thats good and think because of that DEILDing is the choice for me. Hopefully I get a lucid soon and your dry spell breaks

[freakyDreamer]

I've been here for three months, and have had 11LDs. My last was I guess three weeks ago. When I have LDs, I usually have several that night. And I usually have them when I try to WILD and fall asleep. I had 6 lucid dreams in one night a month ago. I was WILDing, got to SP and forgot I was WILDing and entered a regular dream. I got into the habit of doing a RC before and after to catch FAs. Well right after I enterd my non-lucid dream, I did an RC! I became lucid, and being only my 5th, I woke from excitement. I fell back asleep and realized I was dreaming when I looked into a mirror and my body changed. I had 4 more that night, making a total of 6! And I usually remember 4-6 dreams a night. If I am having a dry spell on dream recall, I just repeat two mantras for 5-10 minutes before falling asleep: "I will remember my dreams", and "I will realize I am dreaming while in a dream". That works for me. Then I remember 4-6 dreams for the next few days, and maybe have an LD. I don't do RCs throughout the day. Just sharing what I do. Maybe it will help. -freakyDreamer

[sol]

Its been a few weeks since I've been lucid. Uni has started up again for me which I think has been a big distraction. My recall has been pretty good the last couple of days though and I've got a bit more free time now so I'm gonna do some WBTB and MILD over the next few days.

[Loaf]

Going to bed much earlier than usual meant I could get into a deep sleep and have time to have a lucid dream.

[Robot_Butler]

Now is the time to cancel all your morning meetings and break out the Galantamine.

[louie54]

Yeah my recall has been up lately as well. No luck last night though as I attempted a lazy MILD. I have been doing more reality checks the past couple of days though. I think I'm just going to go ahead and focus on those WBTB's. I seem to have atleast a 50/50 shot with them.

[louie54]

Ah crap, I know I had a lucid dream the other night but I can't remember I think maybe watching Alice in Wonderland helped but this was after a WBTB. I just don't want to add something that I don't remember to my lucid count. I also have been seeing myself getting closer and closer but not quite there. I just got to keep practicing and so do you all.

[Loaf]

You were lucid. You remembered having a lucid. Add it to the count.

[LouieO]

I've been really lazy with my WILDs lately, but hoping to get back into them. Now that I'm posting here I think I'll do one tonight. I'm also trying the 'dream yoga' spoken of elsewhere on this forum, so I'm saying to myself constantly, "I'm dreaming/I am in a dream" or even en francais "Je suis dans un reve" (I can't do the accent marks) because I know my subconscious understands french (I dream about things I've read only in french). I just started like 5 min. ago though so I will have to see how that works out.

[louie54]

You were lucid. You remembered having a lucid. Add it to the count. Hmm I guess you're right... Thanks

[sublimy99]

I have lucid dreams about once every few months if I'm lucky, that's without galantamine. I had 5 just this morning with galantamine. You can say as much as you want about doing it naturally. I'm all for aids. As long as they are not harmful and the amount I take is not. I take one dreamamins pill, every week. I was mis using them and now I know how to be patient and to take only one and at the right time. which is not setting my alarm at 4. I find I wake up naturally around 5 but I'm still sleepy, so that's when I take it. Wow, does it work great! My dream vision can be crystal, crystal clear. I never, ever get that kind of vision without galantamine. My lucid dreams with Galantamine, last longer, are more intense and are four times more likely to even happen I'm not a salesmen for them, but I could be. You can get them here: http://www.dreamamins.com/?gclid=CNq...FRpabQodXT-nSw make sure you get the second choice, "Lucid dreamer"

[Kraftwerk]

I broke my dryspell by meditating on lucidity at yoga.

[louie54]

I broke mine as well a few weeks ago actually, and over the weekend. I just forgot to post. How are you all doing?

[Ferret]

I have six now! YAY! I didnt have any last time I posted here

[The Dreaming Zombie]

Alright, time to get a plan going I guess. First off, I am dreadful with DILDs. I get close occasionally, but gotta improve journaling and RCs (which I rarely do). I usually wake up every night between 3-4am without an alarm, so there's the time for the WBTB set up. And I have come very close to lucidity (even been in it briefly) since my last proper one a few months back but my mind is very cunning and manages to con me out of it. An example being (warning: ridiculous) I got the "energy surge" after recognising I was dreaming, was becoming lucid but for some reason a chunk of my vision (like a segment out of a pie chart) was showing my ceiling in my room. I concluded wrongly that I had an eye open; the alternate view was just another layer into a dream. Rambled on a bit, but good luck to everyone out there.

[louie54]

I have six now! YAY! I didnt have any last time I posted here Nice! Alright, time to get a plan going I guess. First off, I am dreadful with DILDs. I get close occasionally, but gotta improve journaling and RCs (which I rarely do). I usually wake up every night between 3-4am without an alarm, so there's the time for the WBTB set up. And I have come very close to lucidity (even been in it briefly) since my last proper one a few months back but my mind is very cunning and manages to con me out of it. An example being (warning: ridiculous) I got the "energy surge" after recognising I was dreaming, was becoming lucid but for some reason a chunk of my vision (like a segment out of a pie chart) was showing my ceiling in my room. I concluded wrongly that I had an eye open; the alternate view was just another layer into a dream. Rambled on a bit, but good luck to everyone out there. Good luck with your methods

[bushi]

I hate RCs. They don't work for me so I don't bother with them anymore. Not worth the hassle of always doing them and not getting any results.

[Xibran123]

I'm going to try to FILD. It always works for me but I can't seem to stay awake when my alarm goes off.

[Itachi]

I havent had a lucid dream yet, i joined about a week ago. But Reality checks sound the best to me for attaing lucidity. So thats what ive been doing i do a reality check every little while. Wish me luck

[louie54]

Good luck with that Ugh the other night I had another lucid dream that I just can't remember. I'm pissed. Well maybe tonight

[Serenity]

I'm on a dryspell right now (last LD was March 11! *gasp*). Erm... I'm trying to stick with one technique for longer than a few days to break it I have a horrible problem with patience! I get very much like, "I'm going to MILD! Maybe I should try WILDing? What about VILDs, I'm good with using my dream senses... I've been able to DEILD before, I wonder if I should try it as a main technique?" It's like a technique ADD... So... that's how I'm going to break my dry spell. I'm going to MILD... I've picked a dream sign that I will use as an image (to manifest into my dreams so I recognize it), and I'm going to stick with this one technique!!! The good news is... despite not recalling my dreams when I woke up (stupid alarm clock!), my recall has been generally very stable lately

[fleeee1]

[quote=Rebelution;1342086]Well what happens here is that I get into lucid dreaming, have a long-lasting episode of great dream recall and sometimes (if I am lucky enough), a lucid dream -- until life, or something, gets in the way and I forget about lucid dreaming. Then my nights become filled with blackness, no recall.[quote] YES, that's EXACTLY what happens to me. that's how i describe it too... "life gets in the way". it's frustrating because i LOVE lucid dreaming and wish i had the natural skill at it that some seem to have. of course i might have skills that they'd be envious of, but that's a different story. but it would be nice to never "lose sight" of LD'ing.

[fleeee1]

sorry, i screwed the quote up there.