Thread: Tell me what you would tell yourself if you had to start it all over!

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

WBTB. If there's one thing I'd have told myself starting out, it would have been to do a proper WBTB.

I read about WBTB in Laberge, but it sounded so miserable I didn't even bother attempting it. But I finally wound up trying it by accident and it is the single most important change I have ever made to my lucid dreaming practices.

WBTB is now something I view as almost essential for my practices. I can have lucids without WBTB, but they are extremely rare.

So I'm not sure if this was by coincident or I was due for a lucid dream, but CanisLucidis' words really registered with me and made me rethink how I do WBTB, I also read the Laberge stuff which was quite interesting and I recommend anyone who has hopes for lucid dreaming to read it.

-I usually wake up, go to the bathroom, then go back to sleep(3-10 minutes)

-Last night I woke up about 4-5 hours after initial sleep and stayed up for 30 minutes, went to bed and quickly had what I think may have been a WILD.

Thanks CanisLucidis, I too found WBTBs to be kind of a hassle, and now I will give it more effort.

The dream
To The Man, Whom I Killed and Never Met - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Originally Posted by EmptyBucket

So I'm not sure if this was by coincident or I was due for a lucid dream, but CanisLucidis' words really registered with me and made me rethink how I do WBTB, I also read the Laberge stuff which was quite interesting and I recommend anyone who has hopes for lucid dreaming to read it.

-I usually wake up, go to the bathroom, then go back to sleep(3-10 minutes)

-Last night I woke up about 4-5 hours after initial sleep and stayed up for 30 minutes, went to bed and quickly had what I think may have been a WILD.

Thanks CanisLucidis, I too found WBTBs to be kind of a hassle, and now I will give it more effort.

The dream
To The Man, Whom I Killed and Never Met - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

I am a big supporter of WBTB as well. If you feel like 30 minutes is too long to stay up, try waking yourself up by holding your breath (get your blood flowing), doing math of some sort, trying to do a simple run through something like the presidents, states, verses, video games, etc. anything that gets your mind going.