I've been trying for several months now, using different techniques. I had one or two DILDs at first, but the dream quality was poor, and since then I haven't had anything remotely close to a LD experience. I've heard of the fantastic things one can do in lucid dreaming, and that has mostly been motivation enough. But I've also read about people who have tried for over a year without success. I also really love my sleep and I have to get up very early in the morning, so I hate to sacrifice any for WBTB and such.

Sleep loss wouldn't be an issue if I were rewarded with lucid dreams every so often, but having been so long, I'm starting to get discouraged. The alarm rings in the morning and most of the time I just want to roll over and go back to sleep, since the alternative is half an hour of mantras or visualization or keeping engaged with an anchor, then failing and either falling asleep or being too alert and spending another 30-60 minutes just trying to fall asleep normally.

I really want to lucid dream. But I also want to be successful. Am I psyching myself out, expecting failure and so receiving it? Or should I try something different to start and then get into different techniques? Thanks...