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If stabilizing is supposed to be the thing that makes the dream last longer, what do I do if it ends before I get the chance? Literally the first thing I do is strengthen my connection to the dream by observing my surroundings and stimulating each sense, but in the last two lucids I had, the dream just ended with no warning at all, while I was doing just that. It wasn't slowly deteriorating, it was just an instant blackout. The last thing I want to do is rush because that'll just make the dream end faster, so I'm not sure what to do on this one. Help is appreciated. |
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Ah man, that's a bummer. |
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Waking up groggy in the morning is not necessarily a sign of anything negative. Ordinary and good quality sleep can still leave someone to wake up that way, what can matter more is whether it lasts for more than a reasonable amount of time and if it then starts impacting someone's day. (Some of my best sleep actually caused a short grogginess in the morning for me |
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Singled out from some of my favourite quotes from Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri: "Risks of [Planet] flowering: considerable. But rewards of godhood: who can measure? - Usurper Judaa'Maar: Courage: to question."
This is more like a 10-15 dream pattern, haha. At the very least, it's happened every lucid I've gotten in the last 3 months. |
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Thanks for the clarification on the blackout thing. |
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Singled out from some of my favourite quotes from Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri: "Risks of [Planet] flowering: considerable. But rewards of godhood: who can measure? - Usurper Judaa'Maar: Courage: to question."
I thought that's what I was doing. As soon as I enter the dream i begin stabilizing myself but the dream ends before I can finish, I guess. I'm stimulating all my senses and usually my sense of touch doesn't really do much for me. I've tried rubbing my hands together in the past and nothing really came of it; same with touching things in my environment. It worked for a little but got diminishing returns really fast for some reason. Like, I'd be rubbing my hands together, and then the dream would clear up very slightly and then just end. |
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You could try dream chaining. I've never done it myself but. |
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Another suggestion. Because you say this is a 10-15 dream pattern. That is concerning because it should be getting better naturally. Sometimes I think our brain gets stuck in patterns and the pattern can be self-sustaining. Here is what I would do if it were me, if the close-up hands does not work - I would plan a WBTB + a galantamine. I would make a strong attempt to get lucid. The galantamine can really help not only with getting lucid, but with staying lucid (at least, for a little while). The idea is to break the cycle of instantly waking up when becoming lucid. Re-set your brain, then you can set a new pattern. |
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OK, I've tried Galantamine with middling results. I'm thinking the supplement I got was fake or something. Do you have any recommendations as to where I can get some real galantamine? I've heard good tings about GalantaMind. |
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I would definitely make sure you're buying from a reputable company. Amazon reviews can let you know if the product is genuine and working for people. I personally think a fake supplement would be rare, as galantamine is often synthetically produced, therefore not too expensive too make. I have Dreamtech. It works well. For me, 4 mg may or may not result in lucidity, but 8 mg always does. Assuming I haven't taken it recently. For me, it will only work ~once a week max. Tolerance builds very quickly. |
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Interesting. I was reading through that thread about whether supplements actually work and you said that while using galantamine, lucid dreams will be short and unstable. Considering that's my problem right now, I don't think I'll go this route. |
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They can be. |
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Ok, I get it. I've been practicing for like 3 months so it should work wonders, lol. So for supplements, I think I'm going to get galantamine from that company you mentioned, as well as something called "Acetylcholine Brain Food with Alpha GPC Choline" from this company called Natural Stacks. They have good reviews and seem legit so hopefully that'll prove to help. I guess I'll try them one at a time first, then combine them if I'm not seeing results. If that doesn't work then I guess it's back to square one. |
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1. I would definitely be careful about combining the supplements. That's a lot, one blocks the breaking down of choline, the other boosts choline levels in the brain. Together, they are synergistic. |
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Well I guess I should specify again, lol. I've been practicing lucid dreaming for like 3-4 years now, haha. It's only until 3 months ago that I started actually making progress for some reason. It just started working. So, to cut down on frustration for failed attempts, if I just think, "Well, I've only been trying for 3 months" instead of three years, then it doesn't hurt as much. |
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Maybe we're thinking in the wrong direction then and perhaps the problem is of the opposite nature. Because if that's the case, do you think it's possible that you're almost trying too hard and therefore waking yourself up without realising? Because stabilisation is kind of like rousing of awareness and it may be that you're actually pushing yourself awake... I really can't say, I'm not you and I'm not in your dreams after all, but maybe something to think about. |
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Singled out from some of my favourite quotes from Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri: "Risks of [Planet] flowering: considerable. But rewards of godhood: who can measure? - Usurper Judaa'Maar: Courage: to question."
That's actually kinda spot on. The way I see it, there's at least 2 phases every lucid dreamer goes through: the achievement phase, characterized by just trying to attain lucidity, and the exploration phase, characterized by being able to achieve lucidity whenever desired, with a main focus on exploring what dreams have to offer. For the vast majority of the 3-4 years, I was in the achievement phase. as of the last 3-4 months, I'm in this weird transitional state that i thought would only last a couple of dreams. In terms of getting lucid, I'm pretty confident that getting into a lucid won't be much of a problem in the coming weeks. However, I'm still not in a place where I can experiment with and explore the potential of my dreams just yet. As I'm writing this, I'm thinking there might be 3 phases. I'm not worried about achieving lucidity for the most part, but I can't really explore just yet. I don't have the freedom that I imagine explorers to have... Now that I can achieve lucidity, I suppose my main goal now is to learn to maintain it, to stabilize myself within the dream. (maybe call it the Stabilization Phase) |
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Hey, I would love to hear about your technique for WILD that is giving you a lot of success. Perhaps you wouldn't mind making a thread about it sometime? |
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Well, I don't think it's really too complicated or that it deviates too far from the norm but sure, I might churn one out. But I'll put it simply here. |
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Your rapid waking could be a deep-seated expectation, perhaps even brought on by the act of stabilizing. Do you have long non-lucid dreams? How vivid, clear, and stable are your non-lucids? Do you recall them in high detail? Do you love dreaming as a whole, and treasure and enjoy all your dreams, or do you feel that a non-lucid dream is a "failure?" |
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This is actually hilarious because I came to this conclusion myself About a day after. I was reading through a post I made a year ago on the LD subreddit where I talk about how excitement doesn't have to wake you up. I read a comment that said something like, "It’s so strange how many “truths” there are to lucid dreaming, that are likely down to just our beliefs and expectations about how the dream world should function." |
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