n00bslife Workbook

**n00bf0rlyf3** · 04-20-2012 07:57 PM

Hi I'm n00bf0rlyf3 and I'm 14, I live in Maryland. I've just gotten back into LDs but my recall has always been good, I write them in a journal most nights, my dreams are getting more vivid as time goes on. I use a mantra before bed and SAT/RCs throughout the day

**gab** · 04-21-2012 03:31 AM

Hey, that sounds good. Do you mind posting a link here to entries in your DJ, so we can talk about your progress? Happy dreams

**n00bf0rlyf3** · 04-21-2012 04:09 AM

right here

I don't post in it much, normally I just keep it in my RL journal

**Arch** · 04-22-2012 12:23 PM

That's fine, can you breifly tell us your progression every so often, also if you are focusing on the DILD technique, why not try out the WBTB technique with MILD because it really does help. If not I'd say improving your dream recall should be the main priority, so keep writing them down whether it be in your real life journal on here.

**n00bf0rlyf3** · 04-23-2012 05:27 PM

Don't worry I'll always write them down, unless I forget them.. :\. But yeah I'll keep you updated on everything

**Arch** · 04-25-2012 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by n00bf0rlyf3

Don't worry I'll always write them down, unless I forget them.. :\. But yeah I'll keep you updated on everything

I look forward to it (:

**n00bf0rlyf3** · 04-27-2012 11:37 AM

had a ld last night, around 10 secs and 360p quality, had no emotions but i forgot to stabilize

**gab** · 04-27-2012 05:32 PM

Thats great! I have tons of short ones, it will be better. Read some stabilization tuts, even if you have read them already. This may sound strange, but practice them IWL. Pretend you just got lucid and then say out loud 'stabilize' and rub your hands, look at them in detail, feel your clothes, touch nearby objects and do other stabilization techiques you want to do in LD. It will be easier to do in LD. Happy dreams

**n00bf0rlyf3** · 04-29-2012 01:30 PM

Holy crap Gab it worked, I added them (sometimes) to my RC and then I had a lucid last night where it was stabilized and vivid, but still cannot feel things

But the lucid was ~1-3mins compared to 5 seconds

**gab** · 05-02-2012 01:06 AM

That's awesome, congrats. What do you mean by 'can not feel things'?

**n00bf0rlyf3** · 05-02-2012 02:31 AM

When a huge dog bit my arm I didn't feel any sensation or pain (this part I don't mind), I also didn't when I rubbed my hands together.

**gab** · 05-02-2012 09:35 PM

It's possible to feel pain, but I think sometimes you don't feel it. Try to also clap your hands. It will give you feeling and also sound - 2 senses. Try to practice it during day and pay attention to how it feels. happy dreams

**Hukif** · 05-03-2012 01:13 AM

Oh oh oh! When you forget a dream, instead of not journaling try writting down moods and the like, it will increase recall like normal journaling.
Also if you want to feel things, try to focus on the warmth/coldness of something, since you are also feeling that in waking it should be easy and help you out.

**n00bf0rlyf3** · 05-04-2012 01:59 AM

When a forget a dream, 99% of the time it comes to me in the middle of my daily shower, If I don't remember I just write 'no recall'. What do you mean by "try writing down moods and the like"

**gab** · 05-07-2012 07:22 PM

Originally Posted by n00bf0rlyf3

When a forget a dream, 99% of the time it comes to me in the middle of my daily shower, If I don't remember I just write 'no recall'. What do you mean by "try writing down moods and the like"

Hukif, I hope you don't mind I'll answer:

It means, that if you don't remember anything from your dream, you can write down any feeling you got from the dream. Like "I think it was a happy dream", or "felt like danger", "something about blue".
To help your mind realize that dreams and remembering them is important to you, even little bits and pieces like this will help.

If there is no recall at all, you shouldn't think 'Oh, my recall sucks'. Instead, write "I have good memory and my recall is getting better every day" and believe it. Happy dreams

**n00bf0rlyf3** · 05-10-2012 04:03 PM

Ha my dream recall is fantastic, I get ~6 dreams on a schoolday (6-7 hrs of sleep). Just some days are blank, we all get those. And yeah I'll start writing down emotions, normally I just write the plot, it improves my recall but not my vividness, so I'll start writing down characters, etc. Probably will start when summer starts as I have much more free time, thanks for both of your posts

**Hukif** · 05-10-2012 09:55 PM

Oh yeah thats very good recall, cool. How is the lucidity going so far?

**n00bf0rlyf3** · 05-12-2012 04:19 PM

Ok I guess, I'm starting to do Dream Yoga in Sivasions class so that should help too. I have 3 so far, if you watched the layers of lucidity on youtube they were all like level 1 major, and I'm aiming for level 3 minor, so it will take some work but I'm doing my best
edit - lucid last night

**gab** · 05-14-2012 03:42 AM

Congrats for the lucid. Dream Yoga should definitelly help. Happy dreams

**n00bf0rlyf3** · 05-15-2012 08:25 PM

thanks had another one last night lol, was only a few seconds. I tried to wake my self up to start the dream over with a deild but when I got in the dream it was all black and I could feel sort of the SP.