Is there anything i am doing wrong?

[Iriba]

This is one of my normal days [literally]: - I wake up and ask myself "Am i dreaming?" without any emotions. - I look around my room and see if there is anything out of the place, i finish observing and do a few reality checks. - I see my mom after leaving my room and do a few reality check without any emotions (since she is one of my dream signs) - I go to school and do a few reality check from outside (Kinda strange, because on my dreams i am always in some classroom, so i should starting to do reality checks in classrooms too?) - About some time later when i have a necessity to ask my reality, i do it, and look around the classroom, i finish observing and do a few reality checks. (I try to do it discretly, since it's kinda embarassing) - I do this about 2-3 times while i am in school. - My mom go get me at school, and i perform a reality check again. I don't count how many times i question my reality, but i have a feeling it's about 7-8 times a day. Well, the only problem i see here is, i don't even take 1 minute to ask my reality. I look around to try to notice if there is anything strange, or anything is out of it's place, i perform a few reality checks and tell myself i'm not dreaming. When i go to sleep: - I lay down and let my mind "wander" for about 1 minute. - I start to speaking my mantra on my mind: "I know that i am dreaming" I can't feel any excitement, motivation or any other feelings when i am trying to fall asleep. because when i am sleeping i like to "empty" my mind. My visualization skills are very awful so, i call my mantras "black mantra" since i can't visualize anything or have any idea to fill that mantra with some lucid-related "images". On week-end [I always do WBTB]: - I go to sleep around 01:30 am - I set my alarm on my phone to wake me up 6 hours later. - After 6 hours i wake up, and start to question my reality, and after observing i do a few reality checks. - I turn on my computer, and get on DreamViews to try to get motivation through dream journal entries or anything else - Unfortunatelly i never can't feel motivated, sometimes i even "fake" my emotions, i pretend to be motivated but i know i am not. If there is anything i am doing wrong, i would kindly ask to someone telling me what is it. I found that everytime i do a WBTB, i can remember more dreams, while on a normal day i remember barely 1 dream, when i do WBTB, i remember about 2-3 dreams, which i find awesome. Oh and i sleep about 8-10 hours everyday. Thanks for your help and time reading this. Happy dreams

[gab]

You have to ask yourself "am I dreaming?" WITH emotions. It has to be "wow, wait a minute! This could be a dream." And believe, that yes, it is. Even if your RC tells you that you are not dreaming, don't tell yourself that. Because then when in a dream, you will tell yourself same thing. Check out this Collection of techniques for DILD and see what you could change in your practice. good luck

[Iriba]

I can't feel any emotions when asking that, what should i do?

[gab]

Do you get excited when you think about possibility of flying, going up in space, swimming in tropical see, meeting your favorite movie character and going on adventure with him/her? Or anything that you want to do in your lucid? If yes, that's the emotion you could recall when asking awareness question. Just imagine, you already had a lucid dream. Or, have you read here on DV, how realistic LDs are? They can look the same as waking life. What if you are in a dream right now, you just don't know it, until you RC? Do you get any tingle when you think about it?

[FriendlyFace]

I think you might be trying too hard... if you barely remember one dream on a normal day, maybe dream recall is what you should be focusing on rather than reality checks? A few years back I put a lot of effort into trying to lucid dream, then I gave up and just paid close attention to my dreams... now it just happens.

[Iriba]

Do you get excited when you think about possibility of flying, going up in space, swimming in tropical see, meeting your favorite movie character and going on adventure with him/her? Or anything that you want to do in your lucid? If yes, that's the emotion you could recall when asking awareness question. Just imagine, you already had a lucid dream. Or, have you read here on DV, how realistic LDs are? They can look the same as waking life. What if you are in a dream right now, you just don't know it, until you RC? Do you get any tingle when you think about it? I don't know how to explain exactly, i feel a weird sensation on my stomach and that gets me excited i think. But not everytime (Sometimes i get a bit excited what i could do on lucid dreams, other times i don't) it's strange. I think you might be trying too hard... if you barely remember one dream on a normal day, maybe dream recall is what you should be focusing on rather than reality checks? A few years back I put a lot of effort into trying to lucid dream, then I gave up and just paid close attention to my dreams... now it just happens. I pay attention to my dreams too, i mean sometimes i wake up and just stay lying and try to remember anything of my dreams. I don't think i am focusing too much on reality checks, because the more times i'll do it, the more chance is that i'll do them on a dream. but that is only my opinion.

[matthewebbert]

you are doing it correctly still i will suggest you to keep practicing.. and Reality Checks are a necessary part so focus on it..

[gab]

I don't know how to explain exactly, i feel a weird sensation on my stomach and that gets me excited i think. But not everytime (Sometimes i get a bit excited what i could do on lucid dreams, other times i don't) it's strange. Try and recall that feeling every time. It will become easier as you go.