Thread: Help for a beginner?

Originally Posted by PostScript99

If it "just happened", it's a DILD. If you reality check to it, it's a MILD. Just clarifying.

WILD is difficult for most people. The hardest part about WILD is that you have to fall asleep while retaining consciousness, and that's not easy. You don't just lie there.

And the noseplug RC (pinching your nose and trying to breathe) and the hand RC are the two most reliable ones from what I've heard, just FYI.

alright, I'll do RC's more often. But what's kinda frustrating to me is that even if the dream is completely out of this world, like it's 100% impossible I just take it in as reality.. Even before I started writing my dreams down, I could honestly say I could remember most of my dreams on the spot and tell my friend how crazy they were and explain the details, but while i'm dreaming it's just reality to me. Is this what a dream journal is for? to find dream signs that help induce lucidity?

Originally Posted by Emreoz28

alright, I'll do RC's more often. But what's kinda frustrating to me is that even if the dream is completely out of this world, like it's 100% impossible I just take it in as reality.. Even before I started writing my dreams down, I could honestly say I could remember most of my dreams on the spot and tell my friend how crazy they were and explain the details, but while i'm dreaming it's just reality to me. Is this what a dream journal is for? to find dream signs that help induce lucidity?

No. The main reason a dream can fool you is because of false dream memories. Dream memories can trick you into the craziest settings. I once believed I lived alone out in the country in a small cottage. How could I possibly believe that? The dream gives you new memories to replace yours IRL. If you remembered everything IRL, you'd be lucid all the time.

Dream journals are mainly for your own amusement and to aid recall and clarity. Nothing more...

Originally Posted by PostScript99

No. The main reason a dream can fool you is because of false dream memories. Dream memories can trick you into the craziest settings. I once believed I lived alone out in the country in a small cottage. How could I possibly believe that? The dream gives you new memories to replace yours IRL. If you remembered everything IRL, you'd be lucid all the time.

Dream journals are mainly for your own amusement and to aid recall and clarity. Nothing more...

Ahh then I guess it's just a matter of realizing i'm in a dream then, because my dream recall is pretty good, so I guess I gotta train myself to be aware instead of oblivious ahah