Help with first lucid dream!

Hi

I am fairly new to this forum, not to lucid dreaming though. I will tell you a bit about my earlier experiences with lucid dreaming. I was searching YouTube and I came across a documentary about lucid dreaming. I was amazed about this topic and I googled it to find out how I would achieve lucidity . I came across a YouTube channel that learns you all about lucid dreaming. I went on a video spree and tried WILD that night. I didn't really research the technique well enough and failed for the first couple of nights. One night was different though (not in a good way). I found myself in sleep paralysis. At that point I didn't know what SP was and I hadn't been so scared all my life. I was really disturbed by the things that happened in my room when I was in SP. At this point I'm terrified of SP and I really don't want to experience it again. I know that the way of thinking will influence the things you may see in SP. I tried other techniques like FILD, but they don't seem to work for me. I have been trying FILD for like a month now and I seem to just forget about it as I am falling asleep. I hope someone on this forum can maybe tell me about a technique that suits me or maybe help me with WILD. I trust you guys and if there is maybe a way to let SP become my friend instead of my enemy I am willing to try WILD again.

Hope to get some replies.

Why not consider DILD? That's what I do...no SP, no HD, all fun and no fears.

Above should say no HH. Dang phone trying to improve on my English spelling. Aren't these things knowledgeable in LD abbreviations? :)

I love the feeling of SP, it tells me I have a chance of becoming lucid in the coming minutes!

Yeah, I should try DILD, but I feel like DILD isn't for me at all. Months of journalling my dreams dreams and reality checking. First, my dream recall is horrible and second, I can't seem to remember to make reality checking a part of my daily routine. I have tried it and it didn't really work. I only really remembered to reality check when I'm as thinking about lucid dreaming, and when I'm doing other things than laying in bed I don't really think about lucid dreaming. Maybe there is a way to make RC's a part of my daily routine and since the other methods won't really work for me I will try to research DILD a little more. Thank you for the suggestion!

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Originally Posted by Viros

Yeah, I should try DILD, but I feel like DILD isn't for me at all. Months of journalling my dreams dreams and reality checking. First, my dream recall is horrible and second, I can't seem to remember to make reality checking a part of my daily routine. I have tried it and it didn't really work. I only really remembered to reality check when I'm as thinking about lucid dreaming, and when I'm doing other things than laying in bed I don't really think about lucid dreaming. Maybe there is a way to make RC's a part of my daily routine and since the other methods won't really work for me I will try to research DILD a little more. Thank you for the suggestion!

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You don't have to do RCs throughout the whole day like a routine cause it won't work, instead do an RC when you see or experience something weird. As for journalling, it is actually quiet fun.

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Originally Posted by LDman

You don't have to do RCs throughout the whole day like a routine cause it won't work, instead do an RC when you see or experience something weird. As for journalling, it is actually quiet fun.

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Can you maybe give me an example when to do an RC or is it solely personal preference? I can't come up with something that happens in real life and in my dreams. I started a dream journal today too. It is actually really fun to see what sort weird stuff happens in your dreams.