A very disappointing loss of interest in LD

[yanickma]

Hello all, The most disappointing experience happened to me....while in december I was starting to master a bit better my LD skills (I started in sept 2012) and was now having like 5 LD in a month, and I was starting to become very excited about the possibilities.....when january came.... I totally lost my interest!! I dont understand what happened...I had some visit during a month at my home that made me lost some cocnentration about LD but yet...not enough for such a catastrophic crash... I did not log on here for 6 months, my ream journal is empty, i remember only one or 2 dreams per week, worse than when I just started... as of now my interest is not back yet..I m so dissapointed at myself, I want to know if someone else even felt the same? It s been 6 months and no interest back yet, pleas ehelp me with some advice or personal experiences... Thanks

[KingYoshi]

I don't think you have lost your interest in becoming lucid and exploring the dream world, otherwise, you wouldn't even be here posting about this. I just think you have lost some motivation to put in the required work. It happens to all of us. I have been through many periods where I still wanted to explore my dreams, but I didn't feel like DJing and trying to keep my mind on lucid dreaming. There is no shame in that, bud. If you want to get your motivation back, you just have to power through the boring stuff and force yourself to work. The payoff of an awesome lucid dream can juice you back up in a heartbeat. The journey to lucidity isn't always sprinkles and frosting (I'm high ), but you just have to power through the tough time. Pretty much like everything else in life. The first thing to do, is start DJing again. You don't have to keep it on here, just keep a notebook and pencil beside your bed and write your dreams down once you wake up. Since you have already had success before, you can easily get right back into LDing and pick up where you left off. You didn't lose your ability or your desire to explore, you just lost your motivation to act upon those desires.

[DreiHundert]

I am confused here. You say you lost your "interest", but context clues indicate you seem to be upset about losing your "ability". Like KingYoshi says, you can't have lost interest if you are so interested in lucid dreaming again! I'm in a similar position, having quit for some time and losing my ability to dream vividly. Only time will solve this problem. But I think you'll be just fine

[yanickma]

Hello all, Thank you for your answers....I m gonna start dream journaling again since that was the first step I took back then....hope the interest will come back...and you are right with a single LD I would probably get back into it really quick Thanks