Thread: An induction technique possibly related to MILD, or is simply MILD.

I would think this could fall under the MILD technique, but I'm not quite certain. There seems to be a sort of method for MILDs to work. This one I am proposing now has not yet given me any lucid dreams, but like MILD, it causes what is on your mind to enter into your dream. A few days ago, I was going to go for a dentist appointment. I went to bed not concerning myself with the next day.

Upon waking up while it was still dark out, I knew that it was the day of my appointment. Humans tend to fear things as they are closer than when they are in the distant future. This fear or worry imprinted itself in my mind as I returned to sleep. I experienced what I believe was a false awakening, as the dream seemed very real and it seemed my appointment wasn't going to happen after all.

I woke up and realized it was just a dream. Still, the dentist appointment was on my mind. I fell back asleep and again experienced another false awakening. If this is the technique for having a MILD, then I'd like to bring up that this was never told to me. I read how one should go about having a MILD, but not in this manner.

It appears when our emotions are connected with our thoughts in a way that draws us to feel elated, or worried, or just wants to get the inevitable out of the way, it easily imprints itself onto our minds. This isn't the first time I've experienced this, but it was the first time I realized that this was possibly a way to experience a lucid dream.

Looking back, I've also noticed that thinking of a close friend and feeling happy as I went to bed has caused her to appear in my dreams. One before that, I was going to help my step-dad's dad and the inevitable caused me to have two dreams where I was waiting for my step-dad, since he was also going to be helping along.

If this is a MILD technique, hopefully those who have tried it and failed will now know the secret ingredient to at least causing your dreams to be about what is currently on your mind. Otherwise, if this isn't a mnemonic induced lucid dream, perhaps I'll call it a mindful induced lucid dream.