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      Question What am I doing wrong?

      Hi, dreamers!

      Ok. So, I've been attempting to lucid dream for a little over a year and although I have had some success, I feel like it's been very minimal.

      An accountabilty partner of mine asked me a few questions a few days ago and really put things into perspective. But, I'm still not sure where to go from here.

      So, I'd greatly appreciate it if all of you successful lucid dreamers could give me some input.

      Here are the questions with my answers:


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      So how are you feeling about lding?

      I still want to do it. It just seems like I'm doing something wrong.


      How many have you had so far?

      So far, I've had 7 lucid dreams.

      The 24 hours before my first lucid dream (which is a DILD) I was just constantly announcing my actions to myself in my head (ex: I'm walking to the kitchen; I'm opening the fridge; I'm drinking water; etc.).

      But, in the lucid dream that I had the next morning, I didn't become lucid because I was announcing my actions to myself. In the dream, I actually started out thinking about motivation and about how if people want success, they need to wait for it and they need to work for it. Then, all of a sudden, I got out of my head and was looking at my sister's dog who had just died a few days before. I was really confused as to how this was possible and then realized that this is a dream.

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      The 24 hours before my second lucid dream (which is also a DILD), I acted as if I was sent into dream world by an organization that collects data on dream world through lucid dreamers and that I was one of the lucid dreamers that was sent into dream world who was transferring dream data to them by saying, "NOW", in my head whenever I'm transferring dream data to them while doing simple dream experiments. (ex: my dream experiment would be to see what it's like to make a peanut butter & jelly sandwich in dream world. So, I would look at the jar, the peanut butter, the jelly, and think "NOW" when I look at each one, knowing that I just sent the dream data of that those objects back to the organization in waking life. I would also act as if everything I was doing was completely new and I had never seen it before because it is in my dream and I would be describing it to the organization who is back in waking life.)

      But, in the lucid dream that I had the next morning, I didn't become lucid because I was thinking, "NOW". I started out in the dream in a bed at my church and for whatever reason, I thought to myself, "No way that this is a dream. But, you know what, let me walk around just to check." I eventually looked at my hands, saw that each hand had more or less than 5 fingers and became fully lucid.

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      The 24 hours before my 3rd and 4th lucid dreams (which were a DILD and a WILD/DEILD), I did the same technique for my 2nd lucid dream.

      And again, I didn't become lucid because I thought, "NOW" in my dream. The dream started out with me waking up from my dream bed and going to my door to turn off the light. I notice scabs on my body (which was weird), but I didn't think of it as weird. Then, when I flicked off the light switch, the light didn't turn off. Then I looked back at the light switch to see if I switched it down, which I did. I was confused for a moment because this doesn't make sense to me and now I realize this is a dream and become lucid.

      When I woke up, I went back to sleep and continued my dream resuming where I left off laying in my bed and already knew that this is a dream since I meant to enter it lucidly.

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      The 24 hours before my 5th lucid dream (which was also a DILD), I again didn't become lucid because I was doing the technique in the dream.

      This lucid dream started with me "waking up" in my bed. I spoke to my brother who was somehow floating outside of my window. Then, I walked to the foot of my bed and randomly decide to do a reality check. I'm seeing one of my hands has an extra finger and realize that this is a dream.

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      The 24 hours before my 6th lucid dream (which was a WILD), my technique was to always be prepared to know what I would write in my dream journal if I were to wake up from this dream right now, no matter what I was doing, whether it was the beginning, middle, or end, I would know what I was doing or experiencing before I woke up and be ready to write it down in my dream journal.

      But, once again, I did not become lucid because I was doing my daytime technique in my dream, which was dream journaling to myself. Once this dream starts, I "wake up" in my bed and my body just feels weird. It's kind of like a weird, tingly sensation all over that I don't ever feel in waking life. I just know that this is a dream and go about testing out my dream experiments. I didn't reality check or anything. I just know that this is a dream and that is that.

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      The 24 hours before my 7th lucid dream (which was also a WILD), all I was doing was being NOW. I wasn't thinking "NOW" or dream journaling. I am just in this moment right now.

      For this dream, I "wake up" once again in my bed and things just feel weird and I already know that I'm dreaming, just like my last lucid dream.

      Is there a new tech you want to try or do you need to revert back to an old one?

      I honestly don't know what I need to do to get lucid on a regular basis. I just want to know what it is and do it.

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      So, I'd really appreciate any advice feom experienced lucid dreamers on what I should do for my technique(s).

      Thanks in advance.
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      If you were to wake up right now, what would you write in your Dream Journal?


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      Just read all of the dreams and now what? Before the lucids you made an excersice of self-awareness and attention, while in the dream you became lucid by that same self-awareness and attention.

      It does have a connection, it just doesn't shows in the form you expect it to (the same as your practice the day before)? And it does not have to be, dreams are unique shows of ones own reality and should stay that way.

      You know what? It took me 8 years of trial and error to induce one, single lucid dream. Checking on "wrong" paths and taking each wrong step as a new learning stone to one day actually achieve lucidity. And after all that trouble it all paid off, and now I'm on the correct track for myself and can confidently say that tonight will have several lucid dreams so long as I get to sleep.

      Don't take it as "wrongs" but rather as learning experiences towards a new path.

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      Try WBTB, FILD, MILD, and other simpler techniques. You'll have a higher success rate.

      Honestly the method I always suggest to beginners is simple:

      - Set an alarm to wake you up after between 6 hours and 6 hours 20 minutes of sleep. This'll put you in your longest REM period (You need to be in an REM period to get lucid. This is the thing that makes a lot of people fail to get lucid in the first place, because they attempt the methods while not even in REM). If for example you go to bed at midnight, and it takes you ~10 minutes to fall asleep, then set your alarm for say 6:12-6:15 so you get a minimum of 6 hours sleep, but not too much if you fall asleep faster than usual.
      - When you wake up, if it's easy for you to get back to sleep, then you can get up and spend a few minutes writing down your dreams, deciding what you plan to do in your lucid dream, and using the bathroom. If on the other hand, you struggle at getting back to sleep, I suggest instead just remaining in the same position you woke up in.
      - Now close your eyes again and just think about what you would like to do in your lucid dream, then repeat the following phrase inside your head "I will be lucid in my next dream". Repeat it as long as you feel comfortable. If you're super tired and just want to get back to sleep quickly, then just repeat it 5-10 times and then go back to sleep. If you don't mind repeating it for 3-5 minutes, do so. Hell, you can even keep repeating it until you fall asleep. It's all up to you. Even just saying it once will give you a good chance of getting lucid, so it really is up to you how much/little you say it.
      - That's it, now just go back to sleep.

      The method is really that simple and in my experience it's foolproof. I've never met a person that this method doesn't work for, and unlike techniques like say WILD, there's no room for messing up if you're inexperienced - other than perhaps setting your alarm for the wrong time. Anyone can repeat a phrase in their head and go to sleep - anyone can set an alarm, so once you've got the alarm timed right, the method //will// work for you.

      It might not be as high a success rate as you'd have if you're experienced with WILD, and I'd say on average only 1/3 of the nights you use the method I outlined will result in success - but that still means on average 2+ lucid dreams a week, usually more, so by the end of the summer you should have at the bare minimum tripled your current lucid dream count with this method.

      So yeah, try that out, and do it every night. Be consistent, and you'll have plenty of lucid dreams.
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      I'm sorry to hear that. Here's one tip from me. Scan Dream signs then resolve to spot them.The feeling off,if I spotted this I would've become lucid!Underline them or something then come to fully understand them.The Weird Technique works with this. Basically,when something weird happens in the waking world,you do a reality check. This method alone gave me 4 lucid dreams last night. Eventually,the habit of doing so transitions in the dream world and you're now lucid. Aided with WBTB and MILD then you're good . I learned this from Charley Morley

      I started lucid dreaming seriously 39 days including now and I got 36 Lucid Dreams. We're all different,test out my tip or the other tips here and find what works for you. Remember,LaBerge had little Lucid Dreams too before he discovered MILD. It took him two years to get Lucid Dream at will even with MILD aiding him. Best of luck to you
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