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    1. Can-wild

      by , 03-01-2017 at 02:21 PM
      COMMENTARY NON-LUCID DREAM LUCID DREAM

      Asleep: 12:35
      WBTB: 5:45, 7:00, one other time
      Awake: 8:00
      Techs: autosuggestion, CAN-WILD
      NLDs: 0
      Lucids: 1

      1. Auto-snooze alarm woke me up. I stayed perfectly still. After a few seconds, I started hearing the auditory hallucinations and feeling vibrations. Then I felt like my body was rotating, along with a wave of energy. I knew I was dreaming when I felt my hands and arms "above" where they should be. I raise my right arm and do a nose-pinch RC. I'm lucid and can breathe. I'm still in the same lying position as IWL. I try to move but I'm unable. I'm not sure what to do. I've heard others rolling off the bed or floating. I try again to move, but I put a little too much "force" into it. I immediately wake up.

      Notes - I woke up with the feeling of having had long dreams several times, but not really able to recall more than faint images. I'm going to focus on dream recall for the next few days. I'm very happy with CAN-WILD. It's almost a miracle technique. I mean sometimes when my alarm goes off and I stay perfectly still, the conditions still aren't right. But when they are, I enter a lucid dream within 60 seconds and it's easy. Nevertheless, I'm gonna continue my training with MILD every night as well. I was sleeping through my last alarm ringtone a lot, so I changed it last night. It seemed to work well. If the same thing happens again, where I'm unable to move off the bed, I'll try rolling or floating off the bed instead.
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    2. Lucid and an FA

      by , 02-27-2017 at 02:37 PM
      COMMENTARY NON-LUCID DREAM LUCID DREAM

      Asleep: 12:50
      WBTB: 4:30, 6:11, sometime around 7:15
      Awake: 8:20
      NLDs: 1 + 1 fragment
      Lucids: 1

      1. My auto-snooze alarm wakes me up. My eyes briefly open but I don't move. I'm laying on my side but in a weird position. I lay there relaxed. It feels like my legs are sinking physically, as if I was in a weird position and they were relaxing into a more comfortable position. I wonder if this will affect my attempt, but I don't worry about it. Eventually, I feel vibrations and the "deepening" physical sensation I've felt before. Also there was a wave of energy. Not much in the way of auditory or visual hallucinations. Eventually, I knew I was sleeping. I got up and did a nose-plug RC. I could breathe and was lucid. I was in my normal bed room. I got up out of bed and patted my body down from chest to lower legs. Then I slowly spun around in a circle to fill in my environment. Everything looked relatively normal. I walked to the door and went into the hallway. There were spots of water and footsteps as if someone had just gotten out of the shower and was walking around. I walked down the hall way. I woke up, possibly due to the uncomfortable position of my body.

      2. Fragment - I'm traveling with two female friends. We are in some house on the 2nd floor. There are a couple guys around us, and one of them is hitting on my friend. He's being weird about it though; he's not talking to her. He's just standing really close. He keeps making these fighting gestures, not really towards me but just in general. It's like a "mating dance" to show her that he's worthy. There's 2 other guys near us who are "play" fighting similarly with themselves. I think it's amusing.

      3. (FA) I wake up in bed. I lean over to T's side of the bed, because there is something on her nightstand. It's a large, green basket-type thing without a bottom. Inside are a box of large chocolates in unique shapes. I think how weird it is that earlier in the night I was able to turn down our white noise machine, even though this huge basket is in the way.

      Notes - Can't believe I missed that FA! I need to get back in the habit of more regular RCs, especially when in bed and waking up in the middle of the night. Again an indication of heightened awareness because I knew that earlier in the night I had turned down our white noise machine, and I realized that it was weird that I hadn't noticed that large basket there. I'm very happy with the CAN-WILD. I don't always wake up to that alarm, but when I do, it's usually subtle enough that I don't move which gives me the opportunity for a CAN-WILD. I woke up to it 1 other time and didn't move last night, but I wasn't able to slip right back to sleep.
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    3. Fragmented Night

      by , 02-25-2017 at 05:09 PM
      COMMENTARY NON-LUCID DREAM LUCID DREAM

      Asleep: 12:15
      WBTB: 4:00, 7:15
      Awake: 9:20
      Tech: Autosuggestion, WBTB + MILD
      NLDs: 1 + 1 fragment
      Lucids: 0

      1. I'm with two other guys outside on a wide street. There is a small animal, maybe a mouse or rat but I can't remember for sure. It has been trained by some organization (possibly the government?) to dodge objects/weapons that are thrown at it. We take turns throwing rocks or other things at it and it recognizes and responds by moving out the way. We are all impressed.

      2. Fragment - A few guys and I are flying drones. One of them "goes rogue" and doesn't respond to the remote controller anymore!

      Notes - I had a few beers before bed and slept extremely deeply. I woke up around 4:00 to use the restroom and fell right back to sleep. I woke up at 7:15 to my alarm but moved so I did MILD. Tomorrow will be a better night!
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    4. Lost Lucidity

      by , 02-24-2017 at 02:26 PM
      COMMENTARY NON-LUCID DREAM LUCID DREAM

      Asleep: 12:00
      WBTB: 4:30, 6:30
      Awake: 8:00
      Tech: Autosuggestion, WBTB + MILD, CAN-WILD
      Dreams: 1 + 1 fragment
      Lucids: 1

      1. I wake up to use restroom and lay down. I do MILD and visualize two of my recent lucid dreams. I also do several nose-plug RC's and tell myself I will nose-plug RC when I am dreaming. I don't even notice falling asleep. One minute I'm laying there doing this, the next minute I'm doing a nose-plug RC and I can breathe through my nose. Suddenly I realize I can breathe through my plug-nosed and I must be dreaming. I get out of bed and walk over to T's side. I wake her up and say "this is a lucid dream T". She seems mildly curious. I open the bedroom door and our cats are waiting there as usual. I'm careful not to let them in. I walk in the hallway. It's dark again and I decide to try the light switch. Again, it doesn't work. I remember reading someone's DJ on DV where they said a "magic spell" to increase the light in a room. The second I thought that, the light increased a little (but it didn't seem like a light bulb had turned on). T comes out and asks me what's so cool about lucid dreams. Then I looked over and saw our front door. I walked outside. It was totally green with ivy around us; there were no other houses or streets. At this point I think I lost lucidity and the scene shifts. I'm standing on the front porch of a house. A guy walks up asking if I want to be his golf partner? He usually plays tennis but his buddy isn't here. Suddenly his friend walks up. They both hand me business cards. They work at Ameriflight, which is an aviation company that I was looking at working for when I was still planning on going into aviaiton. Then, my manager at work walks out the front door? The next thing I remember is lying in bed awake.

      2. I am telling Taylor about the lucid dream I just had. Her dad is there, although he didn't look like himself. There was another guy and girl present in the scene who had apparently just started dating.

      3. Fragment - I'm in a banquet hall for some celebration. One of my co-workers is there. I walk up to her and we sit together and talk. I drop this drink and walk out to find a bathroom. I realize we're in a hotel. For some reason, this hotel has a live-animal exhibit. There are a bunch of birds in these relatively tiny cages on the wall. There's also a huge bearded dragon in one cage. I walk over to the bathroom and some guy comes up to me. He asks if I can stay here and watch his bag. He will save some money for me. I ask how long. He says 12 minutes. I say that's too long.

      Notes - I'm very satisfied with last night. First, I had a lucid dream using pretty much MILD (although maybe a slight variation on it). But secondly, I set an auto-snooze alarm for 4:30 and then for every 15 minutes from 7:00-8:00. At least 2 times, I woke up and remained completely still after the alarm. In one case, I truly felt like I might have been able to enter a dream immediately (like I did yesterday), but I was in such an awkward position. I started hearing the rushing sounds and feeling that "deepening" physical sensation that I felt yesterday, but I started sliding off the pillow and therefore had trouble breathing enough where I had to change position. The other time, I remained still and heard the rushing sounds but it didn't go anywhere. Maybe I was too awake, or woke up in NREM, or something else. But it's still training me to wake up to that alarm and stay completely still which is good. I know one of those times will also lead to a lucid which is encouraging.
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    5. Car Troubles and a DEILD/CAN-WILD

      by , 02-23-2017 at 02:18 PM
      COMMENTARY NON-LUCID DREAM LUCID DREAM

      Asleep: 11:30
      WBTB: 6:11, 7:20
      Awake: 7:30
      Tech: WBTB + MILD, DEILD/CAN-WILD
      Dreams: 2 + 2 fragments
      Lucids: 1

      1. Fragment - I touched my mom's face and 90% of the blemishes disappeared off her face

      2. I'm having dinner in Russia with my family and two other families. We are the only guests in a fancy restaurant and we are sitting with a high-level Russian official. My old friend D is there. We are ordered food, and it was kind of a competition to see who could order healthiest. D ordered right before me; he got chicken, toast, and an unhealthy side that I can't remember. I got chicken, vegetables, and toast. I initially asked for avocado/guac on my toast, but the Russian official said there was a food shortage in Russia and they would only have a tiny amount of Guac. He later came back with 3 avocados in his hands? (Memory Blank) We are all walking down the street. The Russian official accuses 1 family of something, but I never figured out what it was.

      2. I was involved in a large, multi-car wreck on the interstate. Somehow, I think I was at fault for the crash or part of it. I got out of my car before police arrived. Later, they stated they couldn't find any identification in the vehicle at fault (mine) and I never admitted to it.

      3. Fragment - I was driving down the road. There were about 5 buses on the side of the road in a line. They all put out there "stop signs" because they were going to pull out. I started to brake but my brakes weren't working well. I ended up slamming my brakes as hard as I could and barely stopped in front of the crossing guard who was also holding a stop sign.

      4. My auto-snooze alarm woke me up. I stayed laying perfectly still. After 20-30 seconds I heard weird sounds and the white noise machine seemed to increase in volume. Then I felt a physical "deepening" of my position. Suddenly, it felt like I was being flipped around? Then a feeling that is hard to described moved up my whole body. At one point, I knew I was asleep and could enter a lucid dream. I did a nose-plug RC and opened my eyes. I could breathe and was lucid. I was in my normal bed. I got out and saw my two cats. The lights were off and it was dim. I rubbed my hands together which felt rough again and I thought about how I was asleep in my bed. I went into the hallway and there were more cats and dogs. I tried to turn on the lights but the light switch didn't work. I thought about how people use that as an RC. I went into the main living room, and realized I was naked and holding a sheet around my body. Then I saw more large dogs. I walked back towards the bedroom to get some clothes and tripped over the large dogs that kept appearing. I tried to lock them in the bed room. Soon after, I woke up.

      Notes - Very happy with tonight. Had pretty good recall and I experienced a true DEILD or CAN-WILD entry in an LD. That might have occurred yesterday, but I also might have been asleep and dreaming the "wild" entry. Today I know for certain that it was a WILD entry. I had decent stability. I rubbed my hands together and remembered that I was truly asleep in my bed and this was a dream.

      Updated 02-23-2017 at 02:39 PM by 92619 (remembered something else)

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    6. Woman's Water Basketball

      by , 02-17-2017 at 02:48 PM
      Asleep: 12:15
      WBTB: 5:30, 6:30, 7:47
      Awake: 8:30
      Dreams: 1
      Lucids: 0

      1. I walked to a gym with a pool in it. There I joined a woman's water basketball game? There was one other guy playing and he was on our team. While playing defense, I experienced that sluggish responsiveness that we all know in dreams but it did not tip off my awareness. I found it difficult to move my arms to block shots or steal passes. At the end of the game, somehow I got my phone wet. I wanted to take the battery out but I didn't have time so I set it on the ledge. Then after the game I won player of the game. The other guy who was playing won player of the month? and they had him give a speech. He stood up there silent for a while. I think I woke up before he gave the speech.

      I woke up several times knowing that I was just in a dream but any memory I had just evaporated instantly. Very frustrating.
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    7. No recall

      by , 02-15-2017 at 02:15 PM
      Asleep: 12:15
      WBTB: 3:30, 5:30
      Awake: 8:00
      Tech: MILD, WBTB + MILD
      Dreams: 0
      Lucids: 0

      No recall from tonight.

      I slept through my 6:30 alarm so I must have been sleeping deeply. I woke up at 3:30 to use the restroom and at 5:30 when T got up for work and did not remember anything.

      Updated 02-15-2017 at 09:55 PM by 92619

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    8. Amusement Park Horror Story

      by , 02-11-2017 at 06:41 PM
      COMMENTARY NON-LUCID DREAM LUCID DREAM

      Asleep: 11:40
      WBTB: 2:18, 5:30, a couple other times in the morning
      Awake: 10:15
      Dreams: 2
      Lucids: 0

      1. I woke up only 2 hours and 40 minutes after going to sleep to use the restroom and recalled fragments of this dream. I believe this is the first dream I've recalled in an earlier REM period since starting my dream journal. The first scene I remember is a sexual scene on a bus or train, where we are trying to hide what we are doing from others. (Memory Blank) The girl with whom the scene occurred and I are now in the forest by a house that is hidden from the public. I wrote down "witness protection" as a tag but do not recall where I got that from. I see her walking along a path with her friend. But the way I see her is by watching a reflection that somehow exists in the forest, although there is no mirror or other surface that could give off such a reflection. I see myself as well, and I am wearing blue jeans and white T-shirt. Her friend says she notices me immediately. I think I am a bodyguard. I don't remember anything else.

      2. I am at an amusement park in this large mansion. Several of my co-workers are also there. It is a weird, horror mansion. All the works there are evil (as I found out later in the dream). I have the sense of this being a long dream and of experiencing a lot while exploring the mansion, but I don't recall details. At one point, I learn that my co-workers are looking for "treasure" that is kept in the mansion. It turns out the whole time the treasure was on the necklace worn by the woman who owns the mansion, whose room was on the top floor. It is a necklace with a ridiculously large pearl that is worth (only?) $7,000. There is a fight while my co-workers are looking for the treasure and somehow the necklace ends up on the ground. (Memory blank). Now out of the amusement park, I'm in a different location and receive a call from one of my co-workers asking about the necklace. I wake up.

      Notes - Since I had insomnia the past two nights, I was very tired. I think I slept very deeply as a result and had trouble recalling my dreams. I woke up several times in the later morning hours with the feeling of having been dreaming, but could not remember. Additionally, T did not go into work this morning and she often moves around when I wake up which is distracting during recall. Furthermore, I fell asleep so quickly last night that I did not do MILD nor auto suggestion. However, I did wake up to use restroom at 2:18 and I did MILD then. After, I found it somewhat difficult to go to sleep so I was awake for about 45 minutes. Then, at a later awakening, I did a full SSILD induction after which I went to sleep but did not have a lucid dream.
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