What Not To Do

Here is a list of things that you should not do in your lucid dreams. This should serve as a reference for beginners and experts alike. I will edit this post periodically, including everybody's suggestions.

Don't use the computer!
By Coolv

<blockquote>"Here is the thing that ruined last night&#39;s lucid dream: When I was in the dream, I was in my house. I saw that the computer was on and there was an interesting website on. I decided to sit down, thinking "What the heck. I&#39;ll just get back to my plan as soon as I look at how computers work in lucid dreams&#33;"

Of course, I looked at the webpage and got up from the computer. Unfortunately, I was now to distracted to do a task.

This leads me to the next thing that you shouldn&#39;t do in lucid dreams, namely:"</blockquote>

Don&#39;t get distracted or let your thoughts run wild.
By Coolv

<blockquote>"In my dream, I sat down on a chair and started to think about some random topic. Bingo&#33; The easiest way to either lose lucidity or wake up in real life (IRL). I ended up waking up."</blockquote>

Don&#39;t close your eyes
By Seeker

<blockquote>"That is unless you are trying to either wake up or induce a false awakening.

Closing your eyes is usually the kiss of death in an LD."</blockquote>

Don&#39;t panic
By Amethyst Star

<blockquote>"If you find that you&#39;re lucid and afraid that you&#39;ll lose it, don&#39;t freak out because that&#39;s the best way to wake right back up. Just relax. My advice is to relax and focus on how your dream body feels. By doing so, I&#39;m guessing that you&#39;ll be less likely to return to your real sleeping body."</blockquote>

If you are having trouble opening your eyes, don&#39;t pry them open&#33;
By freefire

<blockquote>"(I) wasted half a ld on doing this lol after that i realized that i could just see through my eyelids if i wanted to"</blockquote>

Don&#39;t have sex in your first lucids.
By Jess and Marvo

<blockquote>"Don&#39;t shag the nearest dream character&#33; Unless you want to of course, but I know I&#39;ve done it when I didn&#39;t plan to and it wasted the short lucid dream because I didn&#39;t do something constructive&#33;"

"The climax will wake you up. Sex in dreams is (mostly) for experienced lucid-dreamers."</blockquote>

Always have a plan
By LucidDreamGod

<blockquote>"Always have a plan, [or else] as soon as you get in the LD you&#39;ll probably spend all your time thinking and thinking tends to waste time, and you will end up walking endlessly through most lucids wondering what to do, a plan also helps you become lucid, and you should always stabilize to increase length and vividness."</blockquote>


Be sure to post your ideas/experiences too&#33; :)



Last update: December 1, 2006

Don&#39;t close your eyes&#33;

That is unless you are trying to either wake up or induce a false awakening.

Closing your eye&#39;s is usually the kiss of death in an LD.


BTW, great thread idea. I&#39;d like for someone to summarize all of this when it is done and submit it as a tutorial&#33;

How about "Don&#39;t panic." If you find that you&#39;re lucid and afraid that you&#39;ll lose it, don&#39;t freak out because that&#39;s the best way to wake right back up. Just relax. My advice is to relax and focus on how your dream body feels. By doing so, I&#39;m guessing that you&#39;ll be less likely to return to your real sleeping body.

how about if you are having trouble opening your eyes dont pry them open&#33;wasted half a ld on doing this lol after that i realized that i could just see through my eyelids if i wanted to :roll:

Don&#39;t shag the nearest dream character&#33;

Unless you want to of course, but I know I&#39;ve done it when I didn&#39;t plan to and it wasted the short lucid dream because I didn&#39;t do something constructive&#33; Erm...hope I&#39;m not the only one this happens to&#33;

Don&#39;t have sex in your first lucids. The climax will wake you up. Sex in dreams is (mostly) for experienced lucid-dreamers.

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Originally Posted by freefire

how about if you are having trouble opening your eyes dont pry them open&#33;wasted half a ld on doing this lol after that i realized that i could just see through my eyelids if i wanted to :roll:
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Oh dang why didn&#39;t I ever think of that during those 2 ld&#39;s I had.

Always have a plan, as soon as you get in the LD you&#39;ll probably spend all your time thinking and thinking tends to waste time, and you will end up walking endlessly through most lucids wondering what to do, a plan also helps you become lucid, and you should always stabilize to increase length and vividness.

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Originally Posted by Marvo

Don&#39;t have sex in your first lucids. The climax will wake you up. Sex in dreams is (mostly) for experienced lucid-dreamers.
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To shag = To have sex

I updated the list today&#33; Sorry for not updating it... Come on, everyone, do you have any new ideas?

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Originally Posted by Coolv

I updated the list today&#33; Sorry for not updating it... Come on, everyone, do you have any new ideas?
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Oh that&#39;s it. I gotta come up with my own thing now, I thought &#39;shag&#39; would do it, but NO.

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Originally Posted by Jess

Oh that&#39;s it. I gotta come up with my own thing now, I thought &#39;shag&#39; would do it, but NO.
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Hold on... what are you talking about? Do you want me to change the title of the tip or what? Also, what "own thing" are you coming up with?

dude disregard what i said,, im drunk, its cool, dunno why i quoted you...

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Originally Posted by Coolv

Hold on... what are you talking about? Do you want me to change the title of the tip or what? Also, what "own thing" are you coming up with?
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I remember now, I thought blabla abajakj

How about...

Don&#39;t say stupid shit when you&#39;re drunk ass, just STFU&#33;&#33; (@ me :roll:)

Don&#39;t worry about waking up.

If you find yourself worrying about the possibility of waking up, Let It Go. Take a moment to do something like stabilizing the dream (look at your hands, rub them together, etc) and get back to whatever you&#39;re doing. Worrying about waking up usually seems to end with waking up.

I haven&#39;t had any LD&#39;s since I was about eight (I&#39;m sixteen now), but I was always able to bail from a dream, or wake myself up by trying to look into my head. Just rolling your eyes by looking upwards as far as you can. The sensation always woke me up. I guess it wake someone (I think it kind of unlikely to do so, but...) if they did so.

Dont be afraid. Period. Fear of anything may lead to losing lucidity and acting irrationally.


Dont be annoyed by something or fight unnessesary battles, nor run from anything. Instead "reload" the dream by thinking of the same scene but without the bad stuff.

Don&#39;t fly unless you have good lucidity. I tend to wake up if I&#39;m semi-lucid and decide to fly, usually I cannot stop floating and wake up because I get too excited...