Quote Originally Posted by fogelbise View Post
Good progress in here! If you had an LD already I would have been surprised but it may not be too much longer. But you should expect one, it helps to really expect one.
Yeah I say to myself: "Okay, I didn't have an LD last night, but I know I will have one tonight!"


Quote Originally Posted by fogelbise View Post
See above on mantras and keep them present tense like you are doing. On recall try handwriting a recall mantra 30 times per day...adding 10 more the next day if no improvement and 10 less if you do see nice improvement. Something like "I remember my dreams." Whew...you wore me out a little with lots of questions...of course it is also getting late here so hopefully not too many typos.
Thank you so much for answering all of my questions! It was a handful yes, but now I know a lot more and will try it all out. So I think I know how to do RC's and RRC's correctly and I'll try to remind myself somehow, I think I'm going to try to do a big RRC every time I'm in a new environment, or if I'm in the same place for a while, every one or two hours or so.

And I will do some small RC's as often as I can. And I will try that mantra out and I will write it, thanks for the advice! I'm going to handwrite "I remember my dreams" 30 times, and I'm going to repeat to myself before bed "I RC and realize that I'm dreaming" which I think is a better mantra. I'll try doing it while sitting up so I don't drift off.

Anyway yesterday I didn't attempt a WBTB or MILD. To be honest, I think I slacked off a little yesterday, which I shouldn't have done. I had a lot to do. I tried to do RC's as often as i could, and RRC's as often as I could. I didn't really repeat mantra's or visualize either. I should have put more effort in, I guess I was just busy and didn't feel motivated, but that's why most fail, right? I just have to be consistent and put the effort in. Do you have any suggestions for motivation?

So yeah I went to sleep, and I hoped that I would wake up naturally again so I could record my dream, but I didn't. I suspect it's because I didn't follow my regular sleep schedule. And I think I read that it's important to go to bed and wake up at the same time, I will try that.
So I woke up later, and I remembered one dream, it was very short, but instead of only remembering the scene and setting, I actually remembered some of the plot too and what I was doing. But it was still very short. So I will try this out, and maybe attempt a MILD+WBTB. Do you think it's a good idea to try it out or not? Should I only focus on DILD and improving recall? Anyway, I'll repeat the mantra and visualize before I go to bed, in addition to doing it in daytime.
Thank you