I...Can't...Give..up!

**Saurfang** · 03-18-2011 12:40 PM

Hey people, I've been trying to have a lucid dream for whole week now. I mainly try DEILD technique. I wake up after my dreams, but I always open my eyes.

When I try to do WILD I just fall asleep without even geting to SP. I think I got to SP once, but did not get any Hypnagogic Hallucinations

When I try to do DILD I just have normal sleep, no LD's...

What should I do? I don't want to give up, but it's so hard. I want atleast one LD to inspire me again. Which technique works fastest, how do you personally do it?

**riverboy** · 03-18-2011 02:45 PM

Hey Saurfang, it sounds like you're trying really hard and the best advice is to not give up. The time it takes to LD varies hugely from person to person, from days to years. Although from my observations generally about a month.

One of the best things you should be doing right now is keeping a dream journal, if you're not then start straight away!

Good luck, it's 100% worth it in the end

**Tripoli** · 03-18-2011 11:58 PM

Do not give up. I remember when I did, I then came back and I have to start from square one, learning to remember my dreams, again! I would suggest DILD as a technique because that was the way I got my 4 LDs but whatever works for you.

**shaun95** · 03-19-2011 12:40 AM

Im having a problem sticking to it aswell. I really really want to and all but im back to school again and that really adds stress and i think that concentrating on lucid dreaming is to hard to remember. I am determined not to give up though and if i do i will spend the whole summer attempting lding really hard

**DreamStorms** · 03-19-2011 07:31 AM

Definitely don't give up! I'm sure it's worth it in the end! I've been at this for a little over a year and i still haven't had my lucid yet, but I'm not giving up! Atleast lately I've been questioning things in my dreams but not really getting lucid from them

Just keep telling yourself you'll become aware before going to sleep and keep that mindset as you are falling asleep and hopefully it leaks into one of your dreams and you will be lucid!

**Saurfang** · 03-19-2011 01:54 PM

Ok I'll keep trying then. Hard though ..

**onlmusha1** · 03-19-2011 02:08 PM

Do not give up. I remember when I did, I then came back and I have to start from square one, learning to remember my dreams, again! I would suggest DILD as a technique because that was the way I got my 4 LDs but whatever works for you.

Tripoli i just saw your tags as i was reading this, to prolong your dream as soon as you become lucid, grab a bag of chips or something to eat in many quantity and start eating them; your dream will seem to last for hours.

**Tripoli** · 03-20-2011 04:34 AM

Originally Posted by onlmusha1

Tripoli i just saw your tags as i was reading this, to prolong your dream as soon as you become lucid, grab a bag of chips or something to eat in many quantity and start eating them; your dream will seem to last for hours.

lol, I'll try that.

**Saurfang** · 03-20-2011 09:15 AM

Tried DILD yesterday by looking at my hands for 5 minutes and saying my mantra. Didn't work yet, but gonna keep trying. Any more tips about successful DILD?

**akash437** · 03-20-2011 01:20 PM

friend,
do one thing
use this technique.
1>sleep while meditating use can take help of theta binural beats.
2>have at least 5hr of sleep.set a alram for 3 am.
3>and when alarm rings wake up
urinate and drink 1 glass of cold water
4>sleep again.
a modified WBTB technique.
this always works for me and I get
3 lucid dream per week.
you will get your 1st lucid dream in just 1week.
message or e-mail me if it works for you.

tips:
meditate a lot
make your unique reality check
like the one in inception.
always have reality check
and
you can also write DREAM on your wrist watch so whenever you see it you remember lucid dreaming and in dream when you see your watch you will be lucid

**Codename** · 07-25-2011 10:30 PM

Switch up the tecniques, dont try THAT hard, dont be obsessed with it, build up your recall.

"GraveDig"

**Evolventity** · 07-26-2011 07:53 AM

Yeeeep, don't try too hard. Usually I do, and when I stop I suddenly have a lucid dream.

**Spyguy** · 07-26-2011 09:49 AM

Build up recall, that's definitely important. If nothing seems to work: there is a new tutorial about MILD by Naiya on Attaining Lucidity. What worked very well for me personally is ADA (thread by Kingyoshi on Attaining Lucidity). Good luck

**ItsMEE** · 07-26-2011 12:29 PM

I don't really like DILD because one of the most affective ways of doing it is to do a reality check every hour and I just can't be bothered. I just teach myself to RC whenever something odd/good/bad happens. Just keep at it, because eventually you'll have one and then it'll all be worth it

**LostInMind** · 07-26-2011 03:30 PM

I have the same problem, I can't even get in SP. I'm trying freaking hard to do a WILD, I think it's because it seems that you have more control. When you do DILD, it's something sporadic, and you have to do all those RCs along the whole day... But the WILD seems more independent of your subconscious.

**Marm** · 07-26-2011 03:47 PM

WBTB. Wake up after 5-6 hours of sleep and stay up for about an hour. During this time you can go on dreamviews or read something related to lucid dreaming; nothing exciting. Then go back to sleep again, using the MILD technique.