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      Advice on combatting dry spells?

      Early last week I got really busy with work, I guess the stress caused me to lose all dream recall and any chances of lucidity. The problem is, now that I'm no longer busy with work I can't seem to get my recall back and definitely not lucidity. I'm stuck with maybe remembering 1 lacklustre dream per night, if I'm lucky I'll get a fragment or two on top of that, whereas before I could easily remember at least 3 vivid dreams per night.

      Thing is, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'm doing all that I used to do, motivating myself and everything, I'm even still waking up at the end of each of my sleep cycles as I usually would, only I barely remember anything now.

      Does anyone have any advice on how to kick this dry spell's ass?
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      It is possible that you are not waking near a REM cycle when your alarm goes off in the morning. You could try doing a WBTB. This will give you an extra chance to recall dreams, and some time to focus on your goals. Try to time it properly.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Robot_Butler View Post
      It is possible that you are not waking near a REM cycle when your alarm goes off in the morning. You could try doing a WBTB. This will give you an extra chance to recall dreams, and some time to focus on your goals. Try to time it properly.
      Nono, I never use an alarm. I wake up naturally multiple times throughout my sleep pattern and also do a WBTB naturally.
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      The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary.

      No sailor controls the sea. Only a foolish sailor would say such a thing. Similarly, no lucid dreamer controls the dream.
      Like a sailor on the sea, we lucid dreamers direct our perceptual awareness within the larger state of dreaming.

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      Quote Originally Posted by RareCola View Post
      Early last week I got really busy with work, I guess the stress caused me to lose all dream recall and any chances of lucidity. The problem is, now that I'm no longer busy with work I can't seem to get my recall back and definitely not lucidity. I'm stuck with maybe remembering 1 lacklustre dream per night, if I'm lucky I'll get a fragment or two on top of that, whereas before I could easily remember at least 3 vivid dreams per night.

      Thing is, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I'm doing all that I used to do, motivating myself and everything, I'm even still waking up at the end of each of my sleep cycles as I usually would, only I barely remember anything now.

      Does anyone have any advice on how to kick this dry spell's ass?
      I am always looking to answers to this problem, I seem to have hit stuck point.

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      This is a pretty awesome post by Arch on how to break dry spells http://www.dreamviews.com/f12/how-ha...-guide-124969/

      Whenever I get frustrated with lucid dreaming I like to just remind myself it's not a big deal, our frustration forms a mental block that stops us lucid dreaming. This is a great thread on the sort of mindset needed for lucid dreaming: http://www.dreamviews.com/f11/how-ta...eaming-120910/
      My Lucid Dreaming Articles/Tutorials:
      Mindfulness - An Alternative Approach to ADA
      Intent in Lucid Dreaming; Break that Dry-Spell, Escape the Technique Rut

      Always, no sometimes think it's me,
      But you know I know when it's a dream
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      So it turns out that I was trying too hard and getting too frustrated. I went to bed last night not really focusing on getting my dream recall back and managed to recall 6 dreams. Now to work on getting the lucidity back
      Check out my DreamViews Podcast with OpheliaBlue!

      The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary.

      No sailor controls the sea. Only a foolish sailor would say such a thing. Similarly, no lucid dreamer controls the dream.
      Like a sailor on the sea, we lucid dreamers direct our perceptual awareness within the larger state of dreaming.

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