Arggg. So I've actually been trying LD for a few weeks (granted, I haven't been sticking to the journal or reality checks very well.. heh..) but recently during my dreams I've been realizing things aren't correct. |
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Arggg. So I've actually been trying LD for a few weeks (granted, I haven't been sticking to the journal or reality checks very well.. heh..) but recently during my dreams I've been realizing things aren't correct. |
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I'm new to this Lucid Dreaming stuff.
Want to help me out or just want to talk? PM me!
Hey Rin! |
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Last edited by XeL; 07-05-2010 at 09:07 AM.
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~Adopted by Cygnus~
Yeah, it'll be like that for a while. You'll be this close to realizing, but something will just have to distract you. |
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To truly know someone is to have seen through their eyes while they were dreaming.
PM me if you want to get acquainted. Looks like adoption's not an option.
If you did your reality checks, you might have taken them in your dream and became lucid |
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Patience and persistancy is key! Once you follow that rule, you'll be LDing! Keep at it, you're doing fine! |
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My Dream Journal: INeverWakeUp's Super Dream Journal
Previously Known As: ineverwakeup13(2010-2011) and ineverwakeup97(2011-2014)
Thanks guys. The problem with the dream journal is that when I wake up, I usually go back to sleep and don't want to write my whole dream down. |
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I'm new to this Lucid Dreaming stuff.
Want to help me out or just want to talk? PM me!
I never get up in the middle of the night or in the morning to write down a dream if I want to sleep some more. What I do is, as soon as I wake up, I try to remember the dream I'd just had in its complete and sequential form, then come up with a short and concise name for it, that's like a key word, and just go back to sleep. Then when I get out of bed, I recall all the keywords and either write them down on a sheet of paper (if I'm busy) or open my dream journal (which is a .DOC file on my computer) and write the whole dreams down. |
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To truly know someone is to have seen through their eyes while they were dreaming.
PM me if you want to get acquainted. Looks like adoption's not an option.
Oh wow. That's a great way to do it! Thanks! |
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I'm new to this Lucid Dreaming stuff.
Want to help me out or just want to talk? PM me!
Yeah I highly recommend what Molder does. Just keep a sheet of paper next to you, and write down key words or something. |
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Thanks for all the support. It's making me not feel like such a failure considering I've been trying for weeks, haha. |
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I'm new to this Lucid Dreaming stuff.
Want to help me out or just want to talk? PM me!
Yeah, it can actually take a couple of months for some people. It's all about determination |
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I read that dreams don't get stored in your long term memory unless you make the effort to go over them in your mind as you remember them, essentially copying them to your long term memory. Writing them down works well not only because you then have a written reference, but because you think faster than you write/type. I've ditched my written dream journal in favour of replaying the dream over in my head a couple of times when I wake during the night and typing it up in the morning or afternoon, which works but I find the discipline that comes from mid-night writing gave me better results, so I will probably return to it. |
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What I do is my phone is always on my bed. If I happen to wake up after a dream, I usually write down the time, and some key notes. Then when I wake up in the morning, I'll glance at the notes, fill in the gaps, and write down any other dreams I had in my phone. I'm lazy and keep them in my phone to write down on paper "later", lol. I spent an hr writing down about 15 dreams that I had saved as drafts in my phone, haha! |
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