Always falling asleep!

[Tape]

Hello! I've recently practicing lucid dream about a week ago but everytime I try, I always fall asleep I also alarm 4am so if I fall asleep (which I always do) so I can redo but can't seem to stay awake when i'm waiting for my dreams.

[mimihigurashi]

Erm, you're supposed to fall asleep. Even if you're talking about WILD. Which you do not do when you first go to bed at night. You are supposed to wake up a few hours earlier than you normally would, and then 'wait for your dreams', by falling sleep consciously. This is an advanced lucid dreaming technique and if you're a beginner, you should leave it for later and focus on easier techniques like DILD and MILD.

[Tape]

Erm, you're supposed to fall asleep. Even if you're talking about WILD. Which you do not do when you first go to bed at night. You are supposed to wake up a few hours earlier than you normally would, and then 'wait for your dreams', by falling sleep consciously. This is an advanced lucid dreaming technique and if you're a beginner, you should leave it for later and focus on easier techniques like DILD and MILD. No like fall asleep like really asleep.

[dolphin]

Just a guess, but it sounds like you need to catch up on sleep. Try sleeping until you can't sleep anymore and see if that helps the next night.

[RebelSeven]

you have to fall asleep in order to dream.....

[Tape]

you have to fall asleep in order to dream..... Trying to do the WILD method sir.

[dutchraptor]

What they're saying is that to WILD, you must still eventually fall asleep. The reason we tell people to lay in an immobile position when they WILD is because the body can only shut down the Aminergic system (Associated with waking) when you are completely still. WILDing is falling asleep with only a tiny margin of consciousness. The trick is finding the level of consciousness necessary to fall asleep but re-awaken properly once you enter a dream. The factors involve when you are waking up, what activities you do during this time, how are you are trying to fall asleep, your sleep schedule etc. It's an advanced method because if you get a single one of these factors wrong you will fall asleep fully, or stay awake instead of entering the dream just about conscious.

[RebelSeven]

and mimihigurashi made some good points. DO NOT try to WILD when you first fall asleep in the evening, use the WBTB method (wake up a few hours early then fall back asleep attempting to WILD) And what he says is also true about this being a more advanced technique that may be hard to grasp without a good basic grounding in lucid dreaming. You may want to put it off till a little later down the road, just a suggestion.

[Tape]

Alright, I give up lucid dream.

[mimihigurashi]

Why do you give up, lol. Have you even tried conventional things like reality checks, dream journaling, MILD, etc? You can't expect to do unideal/wrong techniques and have success. Quitting without even trying properly would be a big loss.

[Avian]

I am confused