Thread: Help me sort some things out.

1) Because maintaining control over dreams is fairly difficult for beginners. It gets easier as you have more and more LDs.
2) That highly depends on the particular person, the time spent training for LD, the effort put into the training, the state of mind of the person, stress levels, sleep hours and schedule, etc. Some people, although rare, get their first lucid dream in the first few days. For a few unlucky people it can take even years.
3) From the things I've read, time can become distorted in the dream world. 10 minutes here might feel shorter or longer in the dream, or no difference at all.
4) You don't need to use those techniques, they are meant to help induce a lucid dream. Ultimately, what triggers lucidity in a dream is awareness. If you aren't aware enough, no matter what technique you use, it can fail, nothing is foolproof.

Originally Posted by Despot

And the last question: Is it really worth it? I see alot of the posts that people struggle to LD and that they can't last long. And it scares me when someone says: It took me years to LD which just destroys my motivation completly.

Unfortunately, that's nothing we can help with. Your desire to lucid dream is your own. If you don't feel motivated then you're probably not going to do it.