Luciera's Process to Lucid Dreaming.

[Luciera]

Alright, so as you may know, I've never achieved lucidity in a dream before and I am on the step to trying to attain lucidity. I will be posting here everyday talking about how each day went and will see when I finally achieve lucidity. I started on May 18, 2016. From May 18 to the present time, I've just done ten or so reality checks, wrote on my dream journal and convinced myself that I would attain lucidity. Nothing so far. These last two days, when I woke up, I felt really pissed off that I couldn't remember any of my dreams, but when I thought hard, I could vaguely remember them. The peak was on a Saturday night when I remembered three or so dreams. I always tell myself at night, "I will remember my dreams."

[MadMonkey]

I look forward to seeing your progress.

[Luciera]

Well, funny thing is, I had a....errr sexual dream. The thing is, I've never had sex before, nor have I ever touched myself (gross ), but in my dream, for some reason I did it, and it was very weird..... Still no lucid dream. :'(

[KingCobra]

I will also be looking forward to your progress. Good luck and I hope you have a lucid dream TONIGHT

[FryingMan]

Good luck to you, I'm sure you'll be lucid soon! You may want to consider opening a workbook in the DVA Intro or DILD class sections, that's a great way to keep yourself accountable to your goals and to get regular feedback from experienced dreamers .

[Efthemia]

I'm looking forward to the day you have your first lucid dream! Good luck!

[oneian]

Wishing you the very best and don't over think it... just flow. Be calm and relaxed.

[Oneirin]

Very best of luck! Hang in there and you'll get it. When you do, you'll realize it was all worth it. I'm looking forward to seeing your progress as well.

[Luciera]

Ok, something wrong is happening and I don't feel well at all. The reason I don't like dreams are because I have nightmares every single time. I want to achieve lucid dreaming now so I can make all this pain go away. Some days, I wake up in bed clutching my throat...some days in sweat. I want lucid dreaming now so I can stop the pain. I don't think I will be able to last longer. Remembering dreams is a key step to lucid dreaming, but those dreams are nightmares. Please help.

[dolphin]

Prepare for the nightmares, that way the emotional toll they take is lessened a bit. When you wake up, calm yourself down the best you can, telling yourself it was just a dream. Meanwhile, try to search for any problems in waking life that might be causing the nightmare. It could anything negative, from stress or anxiety to an uncomfortable sleep situation. You mentioned waking up hot in your other post so maybe cooling things down will help. If you're not sure what's going on, once you're lucid, ask the dream or a dream character and maybe they will give you some clues.

[Oneirin]

If you check out some of Robert Waggoner's work, he mentions two types of natural LDers. One type arises from their habits of very frequent critical state reflection (What was I just doing? etc.) The second type arises from those who have had frequent nightmares, and eventually developed such strong awareness & desire to end nightmares that they essentially become 'natural' lucid dreamers (possibly due to engaging a similar type of 'critical vigilance' of their current state/preparation for danger in dreams). Dolphin's advice of 'preparing' for the nightmares may be very useful in your case. You could consider using strong autosuggestion to strengthen your resolve to recognize the recurring nightmare and engage it consciously. In that way you could definitely work with the subconscious to resolve any issues which may be causing the nightmares. Just my thoughts, but I think being knowledgeable of the nightmares, and being prepared for their arrival may greatly help you to get lucid.