Thread: I've been having major problems with my LDing. Help?

Okay, so just a few days ago I posted about my LD where when I took off some glasses, (Because it was really blurry, so I thought taking them off would help.) I woke up. Which really frustrated me. I didn't understand.

Something similar happened in this LD. A few nights ago, I had a dream where I was in front of a store. My dad's car was the only one in a very small parking lot. There was a little spot of grass and two teenagers were sitting and talking to each other. It looked like they were talking about me. I ignored them, and for some reason, I decided to do a RC. I plugged my nose, and breathed in. I could breathe! I realized I was dreaming. I got really excited, but soon calmed down. I looked at the big building next to me. I wanted to go inside of it. I started to walk towards the entrance, but all of a sudden, it got all black. I couldn't see anything. I tryed to walk, but I could feel my legs in real life moving. But I could still see the dream scene partially. And I could see me in the dream trying to move. It was so weird. I soon truely woke up after a few minutes.
Am I just one of those people who will never get to have a decent LD? I just don't know anymore. Any thoughts?

I suggest you just keep working at it. Since you have only had 4 LDs, it isn't surprising that they haven't met your expectations yet. With experience you will become more and more advanced with your LDs. Upon becoming lucid, stay as calm as possible and perform some stabilization techniques. Once the dream is nice and stabile, carry on with some dream activity. After a bit, perform some more stabilization techniques (even if the dream seems stabile). Performing these stabilization techniques throughout the dream, may help you stay in the dream longer and enhance your experience. Also, don't forget to perform a RC upon waking from your dreams. Alot of times it may be a false awakening. Another thing, once you become lucid are you thinking/worrying about waking up? This can actually cause you to wake up sooner than you normally would have. Good Luck in your future efforts! Don't give up, you hard work will pay off in the long run !

Thanks for the advice. I am going to start RCing a lot more than I do now.
But when I become lucid, I always feel timed. Like I only have one minute to accomplish what I want to do, or something. I think that may be why. I've never had a LD last longer than about 4 minutes. I hope I get better.

Originally Posted by aimee47

Thanks for the advice. I am going to start RCing a lot more than I do now.
But when I become lucid, I always feel timed. Like I only have one minute to accomplish what I want to do, or something. I think that may be why. I've never had a LD last longer than about 4 minutes. I hope I get better.

I know the feeling. I remember when I first started LDing, I would perform a mad scramble to try and get as much done as possible, because I didn't think I would have much time. I think what helped me most was learning the DEILD technique. I then would calmly explore my LDs and not worry about waking, because I knew I could just chain one with DEILD if I felt myself waking up. I suggest looking into DEILD and next time you become lucid, try and perform one upon waking. Good Luck to you!

With DEILD, do you remember the earlier lucids just as well as the ones just before you woke up?

Originally Posted by magpies21

With DEILD, do you remember the earlier lucids just as well as the ones just before you woke up?

Yes, I usually have no problem remembering my first dream. As soon as I wake up, I write the events from my dreams in reverse order. This tends to help remember everything. Think of the last event, and then think, "What was I doing right before that? Well, what was I doing before that...and that...and so on." The more DEILDs you chain, the harder it will be to remember the early dreams. If I have a nice, long, enjoyable lucid, I won't DEILD more than once, so I won't forget any of my first dream. If the lucid was short and uneventful, I'll DEILD to the point I forget it, but I don't mind forgetting a crappy dream. One or two chains shouldn't hurt your recall as long as you write the dream down as soon as you wake up. I have remembered up to 4 chains before.