Thread: What causes your DILD's?

Hand reality checking worked for three out of five of my lucid dreams. If it is a nightmare I WILL know I am dreaming, but probably won't have the intelliegnce to do anything, but force myself to wake up.

Noticing I am dreaming in a nightmare is something I picked up as a kid. I never knew about lucid dreaming, but I really think if I can increase my nightmares then I can eventually learn to gain control instead of just waking myself up.

1 dreamsign, 16 spontaneous. The spontaneous are a number of things. Realizing things are strange, like odd behavior, people I don't know seeming familiar, etc., and seeing a clock and realizing it didn't agree with what time I went to sleep and then realizing I was asleep and dreaming, traveling down roads that are supposed to be familiar but I've never been on before, etc.

What is a DILD?

Originally Posted by Mattrick

What is a DILD?

it is a "dream induced lucid dream." this means that you started the dream normally but after awhile you realize that you were dreaming. this is opposed to a WILD (waking induced lucid dream) where you don't lose awareness as you fall asleep so you are lucid from the start.

if you need help on any more acronyms, here is a list of them. http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ead.php?t=2954