Thread: When and which induction technique to branch out to

I will send you a photo of my dream journal notes I was talking about.

Yeah if you can get yourself questioning 'is this a dream?' regularly during the day, then there's a good chance of you doing it whilst your asleep.

At the moment I am really into it and I'm on a good spell, probably my best, realising I'm dreaming about every other night. However everyone will tell you if you stop putting the effort in it's easy to slip into bad dry spells and go for long periods without a lucid dream. I am definitely guilty of that unfortunetly.

In terms of the vision point, I had a issue that effected a few of my early LDs. I'm not going to go into detail, as fogelbise said, i wouldn't want to put any stumbling blocks into you head. However when it happened to me I found it best to deal with it head on. When it happend i took a moment to compose myself, and then assertively out loud said -
"This is my dream, I am in full control here, [insert problem], thid won't happen any more!"
It's important to realise once you are lucid that you are in total control. If you let doubt come into play then it will become expectation. Collect your thoughts, speaking out loud helps greatly, and remember you are in full control of the aspects of your dream.

Yeah, sure. Send it over the dream journal notes whenever it is convenient for you. I'd enjoy reading that.

I have been trying to make a habit of asking that question at least 5-10 times a day while adding the awareness and incorporating RRCs that the user, Sageous, wrote about in his detailed WILD tutorial. My only struggle with that so far is that it seems difficult to attach enough meaning in my mind with each RC; sometimes I do genuinely feel the wonder and meaningfully feel I'm asking if I am dreaming, and others times it is a challenge to get my mind in the right place. I'm not sure why that is. Maybe it is some kind of mental fatigue I am experiencing. I want to avoid my RCs becoming mechanical or rote as much as possible.

And that's interesting. It seems that you get out of it what you put into it when it comes to LDing. That is great that you're able to be lucid every other day or so.

And that sounds like really good advice as far as combating any issues that arise with LDs. I'll keep in mind to keep my awareness about me and to remember it's my dream, and, as you said, confront any issues head-on. Just reading your post and writing this out makes me think it will be less of an issue and only a temporary hurdle if that. It seems confidence and expectation are powerful tools for LDs.