My lucid dreaming adventure so far...Any suggestions?

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10-10-2010, 07:27 PM
cyanidebaby

My lucid dreaming adventure so far...Any suggestions?

I began trying to lucid dream in late August this year as an 'out of Uni project', having done research in 2009. I found that I could easily part decide what I dreamt straight away, by flooding my brain with favoured imagery, sound and stories, and this works well. By sheer fluke, I had my first level 2 (or 0 major) LD within about a week of trying, which prompted me to take it all seriously and begin a dream journal. After 24 dreams (two level 2 LDs) my dream signs are pretty apparent, and last week, I started taking a Choline tablet every night, it needs to settle in of course, and I haven't noticed any difference. I have noticed however that if i pretend that my last drink is some kind of dream inducer, that makes my dreams be what I want too...it's psychological.

The thing is, I always forget to reality check and it's holding me back, I'm so forgetful that I'm sure I'll never keep it up, so what do you think so far, any suggestions?
10-10-2010, 07:30 PM
Raetin

Whenever you see something strange in reality, that's when you reality check. Another thing to do is write RC on your hand so every time you see it, you RC.
10-10-2010, 07:44 PM
Hukif

Well, since you can work with the contents of your dreams easily, why not make it so that you RC within the dream? Something simple so that you won't forget in waking? Like when waking up.
10-10-2010, 08:28 PM
cyanidebaby

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Originally Posted by Walms

Well, since you can work with the contents of your dreams easily, why not make it so that you RC within the dream? Something simple so that you won't forget in waking? Like when waking up.

That's a great idea, thanks. I'll flood my brain with that and see what happens :)
10-10-2010, 11:28 PM
sisyphus

Yeah, expanding on what Walms said, if you are already good at dream incubation, you could try this method:

VILD - Visually Incubated Lucid Dream - Dreamviews Lucid Dreaming Community & Resource

I've been trying to develop my incubation skill (without much success yet) so that I can try this.
10-11-2010, 12:26 AM
cyanidebaby

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Originally Posted by sisyphus

I've been trying to develop my incubation skill (without much success yet) so that I can try this.

If there's any way I can help you with incubation, feel free to let me know. I didn't know it was a helpful skill until now :)