Thread: Does Autosuggestion or MILD work in reverse?

Hmm i don't know whether it will work quite as effectively unless its subconcious. Always worth a try but yeh it will technically make it positive again as your subconcious will know that you are actually expecting it to happen!

Yeah, you're quite right Chris, my subconscious is obviously monitoring my thoughts throughout the day and is ready to throw a double-six at me , but I will persevere in the battle of the wills lol.

I will say this though, that when my subconscious does want me to become lucid it normally gives me two chances in quick succession so that I'm in no doubt that I'm in a dream. One LD I had is where I'm in a room and the guy I'm talking to suddenly disappears before my very eyes, like, just melts into the background and I'm like Hey!! weird stuff, that can't happen in real life, but then dismiss the thought entirely. Then I realise that the invisible guy is still in the room when a table in front of me that's on wheels suddenly gets pushed towards me and then i'm fully lucid due to that second chance.

I've never had any luck with autosuggestion, which kinda sucks because 70% of the time my dreams are influenced by activities that happen during the day.

And unfortunatly for me, light switches work in my dreams most of the time.....so I can't do RCs with them =/

I think the effect would be the same. If you think about a thing too much, it's probably gonna show up in your dreams, no matter if the thinking is positive or negative. That's how autosuggestion works.

Just like the guy said above, even though you are thinking of it in a negative manner. You are still focusing your attention on it.

Either way works in my opinion.

MILD is different than autosuggestion

Originally Posted by MrFantasy

MILD is different than autosuggestion

Yep, I think I know the difference. Auto being a one-off suggestion before sleep that you'll look forward to your next LD, or similar, but without the intent that you'll have one that very night. And MILD being a repetitive phrase that's used over and over until you fall asleep, preferably after you've woken up during the night.