DV Book Project: Questionnaires

As some of you may be aware, DV is currently undergoing a project to provide the users with a book on lucid dreaming.
As part of the research for this book we have come up with a few questionnaires for you to answer.

Quote this post and add your own answers underneath each question.
If you would like to post your answers privately, then please PM me your questionnaire.
You do not have to answer all of them.

We appreciate that you have taken the time to answer these.


*** Data from this questionnaire may be used in the book ***

General Questionnaire

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Which method do you prefer to use?


Which method have you had the most success from?


How long have you been practicing lucid dreaming?


On average, how many lucid dreams do you have monthly?


Would you find a DV book on lucid dreaming helpful?


How much would expect to pay for the book?


Would you buy the book if it was for sale?

MILD Questionnaire

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Do you find MILD easier than other methods? (Please state why)


Do you use a mantra when MILDing?


If so, what is your preferred mantra?


On average, how often do you successfully MILD monthly?


Out of 5, How difficult do you find MILD? (5 being the most difficult)


Any other comments?

DILD Questionnaire

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How many times during the day do you reality check?


What is your signal for a reality check?


Do you have a dream sign? (Please state)


Do you find DILD easier than other methods? (Please state why)


On average, how often do you successfully DILD monthly?


Out of 5, How difficult do you find DILD? (5 being the most difficult)


Any other comments?

DEILD Questionnaire

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Do you find DEILD easier than other methods? (Please state why)


On average, how often do you successfully DEILD monthly?


Do you use DEILD to chain lucid dreams?


If so, what is the most you have chained in one night?


Do you find it hard to remember the previous dream when you DEILD?


Out of 5, How difficult do you find DEILD? (5 being the most difficult)


Any other comments?

WILD Questionnaire

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Do you find WILD easier than other methods? (Please state why)


On average, how often do you successfully WILD monthly?


Do you usually experience sleep paralysis when WILDing?


Do you prefer to WILD during a nap or during the night?


If you have chosen during the night, how many hours do you sleep before attempting WILD?


Out of 5, How difficult do you find WILD? (5 being the most difficult)


Do you combine WILD with other methods? (Please state)


Any comments?

Dream control questionnaire

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On average, how long do your lucid dreams last?



If your lucid dream began to fade, how would you reboot it? (Example: Rub my hands)


Out of 5, how much control do you have in your lucid dreams? (5 being the most control)


What will usually cause a premature awakening?

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General Questionnaire

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Which method do you prefer to use? DILD


Which method have you had the most success from? DILD


How long have you been practicing lucid dreaming? Practicing, 14 years, getting close to 15.


On average, how many lucid dreams do you have monthly? Depends, lately been at 100

Would you find a DV book on lucid dreaming helpful? Helpful, no, interesting, yes.


How much would expect to pay for the book? No more than 14 USD

Would you buy the book if it was for sale? If I have the money, yes.

MILD Questionnaire

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Do you find MILD easier than other methods? (Please state why)
No, generally whenever I tried it, it would take like 1 week for it to go into my dreams, and then it will be random only <.<

Do you use a mantra when MILDing? Don't MILD.


If so, what is your preferred mantra? See above.


On average, how often do you successfully MILD monthly? 0


Out of 5, How difficult do you find MILD? (5 being the most difficult) 5


Any other comments? Use the same principle of MILD to remember tasks instead of becoming lucid.

DILD Questionnaire

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How many times during the day do you reality check? 1 or 2, depends on how the day goes


What is your signal for a reality check? Waking up and/or feeling heavy


Do you have a dream sign? (Please state) Yes, if you consider gravity and sometimes air to be unnacurate, if you don't, then no.


Do you find DILD easier than other methods? (Please state why) Yes, since most of my dreams start as a false awakening, its kind of easy as long as I know which check to use.


On average, how often do you successfully DILD monthly? Lately, 95


Out of 5, How difficult do you find DILD? (5 being the most difficult) Considering how long it took me, 5, considering once I got the hang of it, 1


Any other comments? DILD is harder when you have stable dreams, it is a real pain, don't wish for them...

DEILD Questionnaire

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Do you find DEILD easier than other methods? (Please state why) No, though it isn't that hard for me either.


On average, how often do you successfully DEILD monthly? Depends, like 3-4


Do you use DEILD to chain lucid dreams? When possible and not in a fight only


If so, what is the most you have chained in one night? From being bothered, 5?


Do you find it hard to remember the previous dream when you DEILD? No, natural recall.


Out of 5, How difficult do you find DEILD? (5 being the most difficult) 3


Any other comments?

WILD Questionnaire

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Do you find WILD easier than other methods? (Please state why) No, having to stay awake, getting to SP, so much to do.


On average, how often do you successfully WILD monthly? 0-2


Do you usually experience sleep paralysis when WILDing? Not since January I think, which sucks since SP is the best part of WILD.


Do you prefer to WILD during a nap or during the night? During the night, don't nap.


If you have chosen during the night, how many hours do you sleep before attempting WILD? Sometimes will just try first going to bed, if not, whenever I wake up naturally.


Out of 5, How difficult do you find WILD? (5 being the most difficult) 4


Do you combine WILD with other methods? (Please state) Yeah, not an official method though, and it just went out recently.


Any comments?

Dream control questionnaire

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On average, how long do your lucid dreams last? 15 minutes or more, unless Wake Initiated, then they last less.



If your lucid dream began to fade, how would you reboot it? (Example: Rub my hands) Cover my left eye or close both eyes, open them once I feel it's ok to.


Out of 5, how much control do you have in your lucid dreams? (5 being the most control) 3


What will usually cause a premature awakening? Fighting, but I'm addicted to that.

Thank you Walms :)

Anyone else?

Da bump :)

We really need the data from these.

General Questionnaire

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Which method do you prefer to use?
DILD

Which method have you had the most success from?
DILD

How long have you been practicing lucid dreaming?
Since May 1, 2009

On average, how many lucid dreams do you have monthly?
1 -2

Would you find a DV book on lucid dreaming helpful?
Absolutely!

How much would expect to pay for the book?
The dollar amount? $10.00 - $20.00. But honestly, I'd pay any amount.

Would you buy the book if it was for sale?
Yes!

MILD Questionnaire

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Do you find MILD easier than other methods? (Please state why)
I don't MILD

Do you use a mantra when MILDing?
Don't MILD

If so, what is your preferred mantra?


On average, how often do you successfully MILD monthly?
0

Out of 5, How difficult do you find MILD? (5 being the most difficult)
5

Any other comments?

DILD Questionnaire

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How many times during the day do you reality check?
Not enough thats for sure. At the most, 5 times.

What is your signal for a reality check?
Walking into my room, getting on DV, or just whenever I think about lucid dreaming.

Do you have a dream sign? (Please state)
Yes, Wal*Mart. And unusual, bad things happening (nightmares)

Do you find DILD easier than other methods? (Please state why)
Yes, because it comes naturally to me.

On average, how often do you successfully DILD monthly?
1 -2

Out of 5, How difficult do you find DILD? (5 being the most difficult)
3

Any other comments?

DEILD Questionnaire

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Do you find DEILD easier than other methods? (Please state why)
Haven't tried DEILD yet.

On average, how often do you successfully DEILD monthly?
0

Do you use DEILD to chain lucid dreams?
I will eventually.

If so, what is the most you have chained in one night?
0

Do you find it hard to remember the previous dream when you DEILD?


Out of 5, How difficult do you find DEILD? (5 being the most difficult)


Any other comments?

WILD Questionnaire

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Do you find WILD easier than other methods? (Please state why)
No.

On average, how often do you successfully WILD monthly?
0

Do you usually experience sleep paralysis when WILDing?


Do you prefer to WILD during a nap or during the night?


If you have chosen during the night, how many hours do you sleep before attempting WILD?


Out of 5, How difficult do you find WILD? (5 being the most difficult)
5

Do you combine WILD with other methods? (Please state)


Any comments?

Dream control questionnaire

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On average, how long do your lucid dreams last?
A decent time. Not sure exactly how long though.


If your lucid dream began to fade, how would you reboot it? (Example: Rub my hands)
Dreamspin.


Out of 5, how much control do you have in your lucid dreams? (5 being the most control)
4


What will usually cause a premature awakening?
It's random.

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Thank you very much amusicalheart :)

You never answered my questions about why MILD is up there separate from DILD.