Thread: Is it possible that one just can't DILD?

Perhaps taking smaller steps towards the goal of a lucid dream would make it seem more manageable.

Something like this:
Stage 1-Experience a dream during which you think.
Stage 2-Experience a dream during which you think something is unusual.
Stage 3-Experience a dream during which you think something is unusual and question whether you are dreaming.
Stage 4-Experience a dream during which you think something is unusual, question whether you are dreaming and realize you are dreaming.

Do you think it is possible for you to experience a dream during which you think something is unusual?

Originally Posted by dolphin

Perhaps taking smaller steps towards the goal of a lucid dream would make it seem more manageable.

Something like this:
Stage 1-Experience a dream during which you think.
Stage 2-Experience a dream during which you think something is unusual.
Stage 3-Experience a dream during which you think something is unusual and question whether you are dreaming.
Stage 4-Experience a dream during which you think something is unusual, question whether you are dreaming and realize you are dreaming.

Do you think it is possible for you to experience a dream during which you think something is unusual?

My expectations became lower and lower through time because of repeated failure.

Now, I consider remembering at least something as success, but it's sad that I can't go further than that. Remembering a dream with me inside the plot or having a dream where I think something is unusual happens very rarely.

Originally Posted by Sageous

It's more likely, I think, that LD'ing is entirely possible, for anyone, than it is entirely impossible... even if that first LD is proving to be maddeningly elusive. If you are able to be self-aware during waking-life, then you are able to be self-aware during dreams. Period.

That said, DILD does indeed require a certain mindset to which not everyone can adapt well. It could just be that your mental "hard-wiring" is having a little trouble with allowing things like setting intention or working prospective memory to do their thing... a switch to WILD techniques might be just the thing for you, because with WILD you get to bring your lucid mindset to the dream with you; no need to summon it during a NLD.

Good luck with WILD!

Maybe I have a bad mindset in my subconscious that prevents me from getting lucid. I'll try WILD instead, thank you.

Originally Posted by Him

Is it possible that there other stresses in your life forcing you into a mindset where you can't ld?

Maybe. I got a lot of stress lately, but I'm not sure if it affects my dream life.