First time using WBTB and bam, I broke my dry spell.

[wouterjongeneel]

Hello everybody, It's been months since I had my first lucid dream. Yesterday I decided to pick up writing in my dream journal once again, since I remembered a dream in detail. I wrote my entry and decided that, since my recall isn't the best, it's a good idea to try out wake back to bed. Just to see if I could remember more of my dreams to fill my dream journal with. And so I went to bed at 1am, I've set up my app (Sleep Cycle, which monitors your light and deep sleep) to wake me somewhere between 6 and 7 am, whenever my sleep is lightest (probably when I'm in my REM sleep in the 3rd or 4th cycle) it'll wake me up. And so I woke up at 6.28am, and I got up, did my plugged nose RC, I went to take a pee and drank a glass of water. I went back to bed, only to stay awake until 7am. In the mean time, I played a mobile game for a few minutes and been reading some Lucid Dreaming related stuff. At 7am, I went to sleep and the next thing I remember is me opening my eyes in my bed, doing my RC and bam, I could still breath. This is the first time I could breath while plugging my nose, so I suddenly was filled with excitement. I don't remember much though, the dream was very hazy. I remember being a bit frightened at first. The next thing I know I'm outside and trying to fly. It was night even though it was light outside when I 'woke up'. It's a shame I didn't think of any stabilization techniques, even though I know plenty and am aware of the importance of them. This probably caused the haziness and vagueness of my dream. For the duration of my lucid dream, I kept doing my RC for about 4-5 times, failing every time (failing a RC means you confirm it's a dream, right?). Way too soon I woke up for real, and my alarm clock told me it was 8am at the time. This is all I remember of my 2nd lucid dream. I'm thrilled that I had one and I cannot wait to try out WBTB tomorrow again. Thanks for reading. My LD count goes to two, whoooo!!!

[Brizzl]

Congrats! Yes, failing an RC means you're dreaming. Fun, isn't it?

[wouterjongeneel]

Hell yeah it's fun. It's a shame I skipped stabilization and sensory awareness, which caused my LD to be very foggy and barely rememberable.

[Chimpertainment]

Congrats on the lucid wouter! The best thing you can do to extend your lucid time is to engage as much as possible with your surroundings. That is probably the sensory awareness thing you mentioned. Also, shifting your attention can help out a lot as well. Just looking around at different things can do the same as most stabilization techniques. Most of all, enjoy yourself

[wouterjongeneel]

Yes indeed, that's that sensory awareness thing Thank you for your attention shifting tip.