Thread: Minime's workbook

Hey, it's Minime. I am 16, and I have been trying to lucid dream for the past few weeks with no success.

I have read about lucid dreaming for the past few years. A few weeks ago, I had my first experience:

Spoiler for First Experience:

I was in school, and the teacher was collecting homework. My mind rapidly cycled through a list of reasons as to why I did not have my homework done. As I was cycling through the reasons, I realized that this didn't make any sense -- school had ended a few weeks ago. I asked the person next to me (interestingly, the face made sense; it was someone next to whom I usually sit) why we were in school during the summer, but he gave sort of a murmured response. I realized that I must be dreaming.

I tried doing things like asking my crush out, but the dream was very foggy. I had a slight gap in memory, and I began walking towards my after school bus. I realized that this definitely made no sense, and that I was dreaming (again). This time, however, the world became a lot more clear around me. I attempted to fly up, and I did. I soared over the roads where the buses were, noticing the white dashes whiz past. I tried flying far up and dive-bombing, landing in a field and leaving a large explosion from the impact in the distance ( dream logic). After a second time, I then --- <Alarm clock>. Damn.

Since then, I have tried a number of methods. I tried a mantra to wake up after each dream cycle for WBTB. The waking up was surprisingly successful. The WBTB was not.

I have tried WILD, DILD, and (occasionally) FILD repeatedly.

I occasionally take Melatonin to aid sleep, and I have experimented with that as well.

I made a program that would say things like "You are sleeping" in the middle of a night. Those just half-woke me up with no consequences.

Using the same program, I made it sound a piano noise in the middle of the night. I had previously trained myself to do a reality check when this occurs. The single time that the sound penetrated my dream, I thought to myself "ugh, I am too tired to do a reality check". My most common reality check is trying to breath with my nose covered.

The problem I have had with WBTB/WILD is that I will either doze off and lose self-awareness or stay awake while being self-aware. Occasionally, I will remember I am dreaming, but in a 3rd person and not self-aware way. It is sort of like watching myself go through motions that are not my own despite supposedly being self aware. During these times, however, I do not have control over anything (nor do I think I should have control over anything).

As for dream recall, my memory is very good. I have found no reason to write my dreams down, because I can remember just about every dream I have committed to memory. I have never had a problem with forgetting something I recall in the middle of the night. The only problem occurs when I don't recall any dream!

Alright, well that should be just about it! Helpful comments and suggestions are always nice!

Thanks