Update Day 1 - 4
Day 1
I read up about lucid dreaming and dream recall throughout the day to get myself excited and thought about wanting to remember my dreams as I fell asleep. I remember waking up twice throughout the night (which is unusual, I sleep like a rock) with two different dream fragments and tried to write them on my phone in the morning, but I'd forgotten most of what happened. Still, they were the first dreams in a long time! It was exciting!
Day 2
I made a dream journal and kept using the techniques from yesterday. I got an almost complete (unfortunately non lucid) dream! I scribbled it down as soon as I woke up in when my alarm went off.
Day 3
I used the same techniques, plus visualization of the dream scenes from the night before. I think it would have worked, but unfortunately a fire truck came roaring up the street as I was falling asleep and my window was open. It was loud and really stressed me out, so no dreams.
Day 4
I got lucid! It was during the first REM, so it was really short. I tried to lay still as long as possible without falling asleep to do a kind of WILD, then someone suddenly flicked on the lights! No one was there and I was really confused so I just sat there. Suddenly I noticed there was sun shining through my window even though I just fell asleep, and it clicked. I was dreaming. I did a reality check and sure enough I was. I soared across the hallway, met with a dream character (Ha! They're so stupid...) and then the scene started fading. I started rubbing my hand together and pacing (I realize now I should have tried spinning out...) but I eventually lost it. I woke up a few times and had two other dreams that night, but I was trying too hard to get lucid again and I kept waking myself up as soon as I realized I was dreaming. Regardless I'm amazed with my progress.
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