Call me impatient but I haven't had a proper LD for 12 nights despite doing heaps of reality checks throughout the day and recalling and journaling my dreams every single night. I had been having a LD every 2-3 nights but now I wake up every morning having slept and dreamed "normally".

I think part of the problem could be that my dreams are fairly boring and ordinary with very few outstandingly odd occurrences so I'm not being prompted to do RCs during my dreams.

I used to be successful with WILD but these days I either just fall asleep or remain wide awake.

It's very frustrating to be investing so much time, effort and dedication into this hobby with such a lack of result. I've even tried relaxing and "not trying" to have a LD when I go to bed. Every day I think "okay, maybe tonight" but then... nothing. I just don't understand it because I'm not doing anything different than when I was having regular LDs.

I'm really sad because LDing has been this wonderful new hobby that has added a new dimension to my life, including finding this forum, but I'm starting to feel that the ROI (Return On Investment) is not enough to justify continuing with it. For the first time ever I actually wish I'd never discovered lucid dreaming. Then I wouldn't be wasting all this energy pursuing LDs and I simply wouldn't know what I was missing. But because I've experienced the incredible joy and fulfillment they can elicit I can't bear the thought of giving up. You only have to read entries #2 and #22 in my Dream Journal to see what I'm talking about. Some of my LDs have been the most incredible experiences of my life. That may sound extreme, but anyone who has had a good LD will be able to relate to this. LDs are also the only way I can spend time with someone I would have laid down my own life for, who was killed five years ago.

Does anyone who has experienced a sudden unexplained dry spell have any advice or words of encouragement?

Thanks