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I ask this because yesterday the entire day since I had woken up my neck had hurt, I tried my hardest to make myself have an LD or at the very least remember my dreams. I didn't do either, could this perhaps be because of my neck hurting, or me using a heating pad on it while I slept?
Or would none of this matter since you don't hurt in your dreams. =D
But I feel it did make me significantly more uncomfortable, and it's definitely harder to relax and be calm when you can't turn your head.
Did it keep you from sleeping well? Maybe it interfered with your sleep somehow?
I could equally see this helping you become lucid. It could make you sleep lighter and be more aware during the night.
Probably, the answer is, if you think it hindered your dreaming, you are right.
Good answer. ;D
I think the reason I say that is because I often have the feeling that whatever you believe is what it is. That is, if you think you're happy, you are. If you think you are incapable of doing something, you are.
As the same with LDing, if you believe you can do something, you can. If you don't, well... You won't have as much fun. ;D
Exactly. It is especially true for dreaming, where so much relies on expectation, confidence, and assumption.
I haven't yet had a LD that lasted long enough for me to do anything fun, or controlled enough for me to not get reallly fidgetty in my dream, but suspect that after reading all of this about LDing and the techniques etc. The next one I have will go much better.
So I feel even if I don't use many of the techniques on this site, and just use the information I gathered, it would have still helped me not only LD more, but become more confident of my abilities in them. ;D
Can I ask your opinion on something? Or I suppose it's not really an opinion as much as a personal fact. I digress, what method do you most use to induce a Lucid Dream? Or which works out best for you, I suppose is what I am asking.
Geez, sorry for the late reply :oops:
I most commonly use frequent reality checks during the day paired with a Wake Back To Bed. I normally use something between autosuggestion and MILD, telling myself, "The next thing I see will be a dream." I then imagine myself being lucid. I just put myself in the right mindset, knowing a dream is coming, and knowing I will be lucid.
When I WILD (maybe once a week), I use a tactile meditation. I imagine myself engaging with a memory or visualization in a physical way. Movement, texture, touch, ect.
I'm just speculating there, but in my opinion chronical pain may facilitate lucid dreaming. It is a quasi external signal that you might feel when dreaming and as such it can be used - like light or sound - to remind you of your state. This needs to be trained though. Haven't there been experiments with electric skin stimulation used as a signal?