Having trouble maintaining LD

**EternalMystic** · 09-05-2013 10:44 AM

Hello fellow dreamers ! I'm a new member

. Recently I began reading on LD and I have been able to have 2 of them. I keep a dream journal, and do WBTB when I can. In both these lucid dreams, I managed to stay lucid for very few seconds but then I lost it (the dream just stopped, I didn't woke up)

. I read that if you get too excited and starting to feel that you're going to lose control, you should start spinning ! Unfortunately, spinning didn't work for me.

Do you guys know any way to make LDs last longer ?

Thank you

P.S. : Yeah, both were lucid sex dreams that I couldn't maintain

**JoannaB** · 09-05-2013 04:58 PM

Hello and welcome to DV, EternalMystic!

First of all the first few lucid dreams are often very short, due to excitement and lack of stabilization. Do not worry, you will have longer ones soon.

Second, check out the following tutorial for different options on how to improve stability of the LD: Dream Stabilization and Clarity Tutorial - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Enjoy your lucid dreams and enjoy the site. I hope you stay around, and we will get more chances to interact.

**Sivason** · 09-05-2013 05:03 PM

I am not sure about the spinning thing. It sounds a bit silly to me,but who knows. Try instead reducing all your inputs to the bare minimum. Your brain has trouble handling so much new data. LD is inherently weird as far as your brain goes, plus you must build up 'processing power.'
So, instead of looking around at everything in a n excited manner, focus on one small thing until you feel things are stable. This is a good time to try to find your hands. Finding your hands is the first task I set before any new LDer. It will teach you to create a good dream body and can make you good at stabilizing the dream. Just think, "I am only lloking at one of my hands," and imagine that you can see it, even if you are kind of pretending. After you can see one of your hands examine it for about 30 seconds. If the scene is holding together, then move on to looking around.

**EternalMystic** · 09-05-2013 07:24 PM

JoannaB - thank you very much for the link and for your kind words

sivason - thank you too for the instructions

BTW : I am doing some research on astrology recently, and I have found that Moon transits affect my dreams. What is your moonsign guys ? Mine is Cancer