Thread: What NOT to do when training LD as a [busy] person

DISCLAIMER: This post is based completely on personal experiences and it may vary from person to person, therefore it has no warranty on the things described here. I just write it with hope that it will be useful to someone.

Some time ago, I started training LDing and I had really good results since the first day. I used to join DV's IRC everyday, chat with people, drink some Yerba Mate as my LDing potion, and put a lot of interest in LDing.

Each time I tried a method it worked for me, at least the first time, then it just faded away and didn't work anymore (except WILD, WILD is awesome). I had so much excitement about LDing that each try that I gave to it, it just worked.

But suddenly, stress started to step in.

I had to do a lot of homework for the university + study all the time, I had to work at my job (which I didnt get paid for, but thats another story), then exams stepped in, family, blablablabBABLABLABLALABHABLAH....

Lucid Dreaming started to be something like a background hobby more than a lifestyle. But that does not work like that, it must be a lifestyle, at least I see it that way.

In my last lucid dream, I met my dream guide for the first time, Chad. And he told me that I should come back and talk to him, about important things, he seemed like he was worried about me.

And he had reasons to be worried about. I didn't recall a full dream since then. Even worse, I recall 1-2 fragments per 2 weeks. That's sad.

Sometimes I even go to bed and I feel empty, even that I have a girlfriend that I love more than my life. But I feel like I lost a part of me, an important part to communicate with myself, to communicate with Chad.

I write this post to warn everyone who reads this: Do not repeat these steps, by any reason

1. Stop giving importance to reality checks
2. Say when you wake up "This dream is not important, I will not write it down"
3. Stop thinking about Lucid Dreaming during the day
4. Convince yourself that this is not a dream, you do not know if this is a very vivid dream or not
5. Tell about lucid dreaming to more people than you should, so they think that it is a weird thing and they turn you down
6. Think that this is not for you

Lucid dreaming is, sadly, a very ignored topic in modern society, and it would help us to advance more as humanity. You have chosen to train this skill. Don't surrender, don't choose to lose it

Regards,
Nick