What do you hate the most about LDing?

**Puffin** · 03-05-2010 03:10 AM

I apologize in advance if there's a similar thread like this.

I think everyone on this forum has some pet peeve about lucid dreaming. For me, it's the fact that even though it's a hobby, no one can see what you're doing regarding that hobby. It's all in your head.

What do you NOT like, or find most annoying, about lucid dreaming? It could be anything.

**Serenity** · 03-05-2010 03:15 AM

I find reality checks the most annoying, because they have a 100% fail rate for me when I'm lucid. Then, I spend the rest of the LD thinking I'm awake and losing my marbles.

**Puffin** · 03-05-2010 03:21 AM

Originally Posted by eternalstar01

I find reality checks the most annoying, because they have a 100% fail rate for me when I'm lucid. Then, I spend the rest of the LD thinking I'm awake and losing my marbles.

Even though my RCs fail in an LD, I'm sometimes wandering around with the impression that 'I still might be awake'.

**Crazydreamergurl** · 03-05-2010 03:28 AM

I'm annoyed because I've only had one LD and it wasn't all that great...

**Flashdance** · 03-05-2010 04:50 AM

Originally Posted by Crazydreamergurl

I'm annoyed because I've only had one LD and it wasn't all that great...

I've had 10, and they weren't all that great either.

All were less than a minute.

**Crazydreamergurl** · 03-05-2010 04:59 AM

Originally Posted by Flashdance

I've had 10, and they weren't all that great either.

All were less than a minute.

It sucks, doesn't it? :/

**lucidreamsavy** · 03-05-2010 05:02 AM

I find it annoying that they only last a few minutes (for me), and I can NEVER look at something directly! If I can, then I was specifically trying to see it, and even THEN, it's often messed up/freaky. If it's not, MIR-ACLE! So, I never know what my DC's TRULY look like

(Nice me with my lots of all capped words- that's the emphasis I'm putting on those words for those of you who don't know that

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**Snowy Egypt** · 03-05-2010 05:07 AM

I hate that they end!! XD

. . . Actually, yeah. I hate that they end. It especially sucks when I don't get to do my goals.

**Supernova** · 03-05-2010 05:25 AM

Hmm...nothing.

It would be nice if they were easier to acheive, but I certainly wouldn't say I hate that about them. If it was easy, well then that would just take all the fun out of it.

**beachgirl** · 03-05-2010 06:35 AM

i hate that i can't have them whenever i want... and that i miss going lucid when i have so many dreamsigns!

**J.D.** · 03-05-2010 10:09 AM

I hate that I can't show them to other people! A while ago I heard about a machine that can put together a (very rudimentary) video based on brain activity, but it's a loooong way off being able to record dreams. Still, one day, I hope!

**Lëzen** · 03-05-2010 10:45 AM

I hate that I've only ever been able to willfully initiate a LD twice...through WILD. Every other time I try, I usually get to the stage where my body becomes numb, but doesn't quite reach SP. On my most recent attempt, I got to the point where the floaty, tingly feelings of SP started to wash over me but then went away. Tried a second time, got to the same point, and it went away again.

So, I pretty much fail at WILD. Seems my only solid methods are DILDs and DEILDs...and even those happen at complete random.

**Logos** · 03-05-2010 11:03 AM

It peeves me greatly that I cannot share the images of even a fraction of my lucid experiences.

As strange as it is for me to say now, I also am annoyed that they have become so long, as it is more difficult to put them into words anymore.

**BigFan** · 03-06-2010 01:35 AM

Originally Posted by Crazydreamergurl

I'm annoyed because I've only had one LD and it wasn't all that great...

This is my biggest hate at the moment. I've only had one short LD and that was a year ago. I've been practicing during the day and have had LD on my mind for the last 2 weeks or so but no dice yet, although, I am getting close