Hi and welcome to class! Sounds like you got everything under control. The recent lack of recall is probably just a phase and it'll pass. Stress makes it worse though, so don't force it to come back. |
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Hi all. I've been lurking the forums for about 6 weeks and finally registered today. Quick intro on myself. |
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Hi and welcome to class! Sounds like you got everything under control. The recent lack of recall is probably just a phase and it'll pass. Stress makes it worse though, so don't force it to come back. |
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Previous Lucid Task: Flying [X]
Next Lucid Task: Telekinesis [ ]
2012 - LD's: 17 | Dreams: 24 - Updated every now and then...
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I finally made it back. I don't have admin rights on my work computer so I couldn't log in to the real DV. My home PC runs Linux, so it took me a bit to figure that one out. Anyway... |
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I had another LD experience last night. I realized I was dreaming and immediately tried to stabilize. I looked closely at my hands. They were kind of small at first, but the more I looked the more normal they became. The detail was crazy. I could see every tiny little line in my hand. I rubbed them together and that helped a little. I was in a crowded office, so I walked around looking for objects to inspect. I was touching everything on the receptionist's desk (I don't think they were very happy about that). I picked up a bag of Swedish Fish, and I'm kicking myself for not eating one. At that point I decide to try and complete the first task in the class before I woke up. In retrospect, this was a bad idea because the dream just wasn't stable enough yet. I walked around trying to decide who to ask. Most of my DCs were unfriendly looking old men. I finally found an older lady and said "excuse me". My next question was going to be "do you know I'm dreaming right now?" but I woke up before I could get the words out. |
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Planning a proper WBTB tonight. Goals include decent stabilization and having a conversation with a DC. Nice and simple. |
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It was a rough WBTB for me this morning. Bed at 12:00, then up at 6:00 with the dog. Was up for 20 minutes and took some Galantamind and A-GPC. Couldn't fall asleep for about 2 hours. When I eventually did I had a lot of short dreams. I did accidentally entered SP once and felt like I was moving at crazy high speeds, but then woke up (I checked with RC). |
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No luck last night. Did have really good recall though. Remembered significant lengths of 3 different dreams and 1 other fragment. I have the day off from work tomorrow so I plan to WBTB again tonight. May try Huperzine A, as it has worked for me in the past. |
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You seem to be having some nice success there What you can try with G+C is L-Theanine. That'll help you fall asleep. |
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Previous Lucid Task: Flying [X]
Next Lucid Task: Telekinesis [ ]
2012 - LD's: 17 | Dreams: 24 - Updated every now and then...
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Thanks for the advice. I did use L-Theanine in the beginning because the G&C combo kept me up for 3-4 hours. Then it seemed as though I had gotten past that and usually fall right back to sleep. That is until this weekend. Will start using L-Theanine again next time. |
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It sounds like you focus too much on hurrying up to be able to achieve the task, and therefore you wake up. It's all about doing it casually, keep your emotions subdued a bit if you can. Ground yourself to the dream and tell yourself that you won't wake up before you decide it's time to. Around a minute of stabiliziation techniques once you get lucid is enough for this. Also don't think: "Stabilizing to make sure the dream I am in will not collapse," but rather: "Rubbing my hands for fun, looking at the wall because I'm curious and tasting this plant because I can." |
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Previous Lucid Task: Flying [X]
Next Lucid Task: Telekinesis [ ]
2012 - LD's: 17 | Dreams: 24 - Updated every now and then...
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Excellent advice. Thank you. I will make sure I keep this in mind next time I get lucid. |
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Well, I signed up for this class 2 weeks ago so here's my progress report on the first set of tasks. |
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Had my best LD experience to date this morning. I woke after 5.5 hours of sleep, took 4 mg Galantamind, 3 Melissa capsules and about 0.5mg of melatonin. Fell right back to sleep. |
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Another LD this morning. I'm pretty happy because I didn't take any supplements. I'm not going to post the whole thing because it was fairly lengthy (approaching 10 minutes), but I did complete a task so I'll post a little of it... |
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I'm not going to post all of my dreams, but I did manage to recall 6 dreams/fragments last night. It came after a night of drinking (it was St. Patty's Day after all). I don't drink a lot so this was completely unexpected. I didn't do any MILD mantras, which I do every night. I did become lucid a couple of times, but I didn't really stabilize them and they didn't last very long. I was able to DEILD back into my dreams though, which was really cool. |
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