Thread: Recurring Dreams Preventing Lucitdity

Ok so I'm suck in this dilemma. It would seem that since I started over on my lucid practices that recurring dreams are trying to sabotage me.

It would seem that every time I get close to being lucid my dreams revert back to the Recurring dreams i had when i was younger. (I had a lot let me tell you). Last night was a good example.

I was dreaming, and I think "I'm dreams" then I'm suddenly in the fricken restaurant dream with no recollection to what had happened before! (as typically happens. I'll become aware then i'm in a recurring dream with no other recollection) This is not the first time it's happened either. The dream played out like it always has, though the entire time I'm screaming in my mind this is not real. Eventually the dream departs from the norm, at the end. Where i usually wake up I teleport to a different body. I remember having some control, but I'm not sure how much of it was control, or me thinking i have control. Anyway I'm super mad and i start screaming at a child DC.

I wake up to my alarm.

This is beginning to get very frustrating, as I was doing so well with becoming lucid before I had to stop for a bit. I will admit I've lost a great deal of recollection since then, but i think it's linked to my recurring dreams and possibly some stress. However I'm not horribly stressed any more and every time i hit a recurring everything else becomes blank. Dose anyone have any suggestions on ways to help me become a little more lucid during a recurring event or how to snap myself out of it?

If they happen as often as you say, you're very lucky. It means you have a reliable way to recognize your dreams. Use it to your advantage!

In your dream journal, always underline the recurring dreams (as well as other dream signs).

Start cataloging these recurring dreams. Throughout the day, daydream about what it's like being in these recurring dreams. Then, while daydreaming, say, "I'm daydreaming" and "this is a daydream." Then shift the daydream from the recurring dream theme into something you'd like to do within a lucid dream. Hopefully, you'll continue this habit in your real dreams and become lucid.

If you can learn to consistently recognize the recurring dreams and turn them into lucid dreams, and if you keep getting them frequently, you've got it made in the shade.

Thaks for the help, and sorry took so long to reply. I usually only get on in the am but i had to work early all week so i didn't have a chance to really type up all my dreams the last few days. anyway I've been keeping track, and with my most recent set of recurring dreams I've added a few signs to my list (slightly aggravating) and daydream practicing. after drilling those into my head it finally paid off

I made it lucid finally!!! - Dream Journals - Dreamviews Lucid Dreaming Community & Resource

Thanks for the tips. I'm glad to have a bit of control again..

What carwashguy said. Recurring dreams can be used as great dream signs.

I think you should treat this as a blessing because, as mentioned above, they can be almost the holy Grail for M I LD