Sudden ability to Lucid Dream with regularity (sorta)

So I was pretty into Lucid Dreaming during the summer of '07 (as evidence by my last login dating to that time) and was keeping a dream journal and testing during my conscious state. I got to a point where i was able to realize that i was in a lucid dream but then i would wake up pretty soon afterwards out of excitement. I just lost interest in Lucid Dreaming for a while, a long while. Then one night a few months back I had the most vivid lucid dream i have ever had. I was instantly able to realize it was a dream and then do whatever i wanted. I flew for the first time. I asked dream characters that i knew questions that i would never ask. I tried to demonstrate to the dream characters that it was a dream by floating (i couldn't do it so no one believed me). It was great.

Then it became a more frequent occurance that i would realize it was a dream. I have not been trying at all in anyway to do it but every now and again (usually once or twice a week) I'll realize it is a dream and try and mess around a bit. In fact, just last night I did it. I was in the middle of a dream and then suddenly I looked at my cellphone. I think that my cell is my trigger because the last few times I have looked at it and it just didn't work like technology should and i automatically realize what is going on. I can do some stuff but i never realize that i can do as much as one as able to do in dreams while i am dreaming. I guess I'll practice that in the future.

I guess I am trying to see if anyone else has just had lucid dreaming start coming to them all of a sudden. I swear I hadn't even thought about it before this whole streak started to happen. Here's hoping you guys can share some thoughts.

yeah man, ive been practicing for a loooong time and would have maybe 1 lucid every 3 months. Now all of a sudden im having about 3 long detailed LDs per week. i love it!

yes in fact i have started having lucids without rcing = D

Once I can have lucids as much as I have regular dreams, I will be very happy.

How do you have 3.5 dilds?

I hope my LDs start picking up :/

Time Wave

What a neat example of latent learning! It must feel great--everything clicking together at once.

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Originally Posted by shotbirds

How do you have 3.5 dilds?

I hope my LDs start picking up :/

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i have just been thinking about LDing all day, every day. doing my reality checks, keeping up with my dream journal. As i lay in bed at night before i fall asleep, i focus on trying to become lucid.

the increase in RCs and starting a new dream journal have helped alot.

it also has alot to do with confidence and being positive about it

i cant wait to fall asleep tonight, i KNOW i will become lucid (and if i dont, thats cool, i will do it the next day)

lol ^ he thought he was talking to you

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Originally Posted by shotbirds

How do you have 3.5 dilds?

I hope my LDs start picking up :/

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Because last night durring a wbtb, the dream faded once I realized it was a dream and then the same dream came back but I wasn't lucid. yea...

Just kidding, I've actually had 4.5 including when I was small.

To a certain degree I experienced this, but it required knowing about lucid dreaming and a lot of RCing. I had my first lucid naturally a few years ago, and of course I got way into it. But I didn't reality check or anything of the sort, I just thought about LDing and I only managed to have about 2 a year. Once I joined Dream Views and started reality checking, that frequency increased really dramatically, to about a lucid or two every week or every other week. Then over the summer, when I could get more sleep, it went to about 2-3+ every week, even after I stopped keeping a steady dream journal and RCing frequently. I still do reality checks though, but I don't get enough sleep, don't keep a DJ, and rarely do RCs... so my LD frequency has leveled off :tongue: Have your sleeping habits changed at all? It's cool that an awesome lucid can help motivate you :D And also to have a reliable dream sign!

I completely understand you, OP. I stopped posting a long time ago but haven't stopped LDing. I've even stopped my journals, but I still seem to maintain about 3-5 LDs a month. I think what has happened is akin to the saying "like riding a bike." You might not have ridden a bike in years, but hop back on and you have no trouble going places. I think it's like a switch gets flipped and your brain realizes that these states of awareness are possible, legitimate, and easy to achieve.

Have fun!