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I don't have recurring dream signs so far and I'll review my reality checks every night before bedtime.
Reality Checks:
-Nose plug
-Close one eye and see if there is a nose
Short Term Goals:
-Recall at least 1 full dream per night
-Stabilize lucid dream
-Fly somewhere
Welcome to the class, Sandyman! :D Interesting name. Love your avatar :)
Have you decided on a technique yet?
Oh yes, I'll use WBTB combined with MILD. It might change to just MILD depending on how much time I have.
The avatar is a fanart of the game Little Nemo: The Dream Master btw. :)
Hi Sandyman! Welcome :) I was wondering, how does your second RC work? Does the nose vanish in the dream or something? I think I might give it a try some time.
Good luck! :)
Thanks and no, the nose isn't there (There is no vanishing-part). I close one eye and look if there is a nose, if there isn't then I'm in a dream. To be honest, it is not the best RC, but the trick is that you expect that there is no nose (Hope this RC is now somewhat clear). I think I read about it in the wikibook about lucid dreaming. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by paigeyemps
Ahhh alrighty then! Thank you :)
Welcoem to the class Sandyman
Dude, I totally made a thread about that a few months ago, wondering if it would make a good RC or not! Cool that you have been utilizing it. Has it been working for you so far?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sandyman
I can only tell from my experiences over a year ago (before my one year dry spell/lack of motivation), but it has worked for me (It has failed sometimes, but I think every RC'll fail sometime). I do it together with the nose plug RC, it seems to be a nice combination.Quote:
Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue
Topic:
No dream recall at all! >.<
I didn't even hear my alarm clock for WBTB. It could be that the long train ride was a bit exhausting. I also make RCs very irregularly, thinking about combining RCs with a common event.
Sorry the train ride wiped you out. At least you got some deep sleep, so you should be well rested enough to try again tonight!
And you're right, every RC has the potential to fail. I'm just still so excited to find someone else who has been trying the nose visibility thing. I made a post about it before and folks were like "Nuh uh, no way, won't work."
So anyway, what common event do you mean to combine with your RCs? Just curious.
I don't know yet, maybe walking through a door frame or something like that. It should be a regular event so that I get in the habit of doing RCs regularly.
Managed to recall a fragment of a dream. It seems that I was still exhausted from the day before, because I couldn't concentrate on the MILD and was pretty fast asleep. Admittedly the WBTB was half-arsed, I only went to the toilet and then straight to the bed.
After reflecting on my RCs today I realized that my RC rate drops during midday and then sky rockets at night. I think I'll combine the RCs with looking at the time, because that's something I do constantly.
I like the clock idea. I do the same thing, because I'm constantly looking at the time too. Especially at work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sandyman
Hope you're able to get some more sleep :)
It seems that my dream recall is improving, because this morning I remembered fragments of a dream, but no lucid dream (Or maybe a forgotten lucid dream fragment). I WBTBed (I know, not a real verb) for about 30 minutes. I'll increase the time span to 45 minutes and see how it goes.
It's neat isn't it? Although I'm struggling to marry them together. Who would've thought that combining two habits results in work.Quote:
Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue
I'm not sure a longer WBTB is what you need. Dream recall doesn't improve just because you make your WBTB longer.
Spend more time focussing on your dreams when you wake up. Most likely, your problem has to do with thinking about something else immediately upon waking up or moving too much. I'm not sure why, but moving too much (especially sitting upright) upon waking up and thinking about things other than dreams upon waking really does recall no justice.
I thought I would increase my chance of gaining lucidity with increasing the time span or is it preferable to just focus on my dream recall and shouldn't worry too much about LDs yet?Quote:
Originally Posted by fOrceez
I can already see that holding still and just think about dreams will be a bit difficult, because there are about a thousand distracting thoughts inside my head, waiting to be thought, but it's a good discipline exercise.
Oh Man, another night with no recall. I laid there for a half an hour and nothing would come. Maybe something will pop up over the course of the day. On the positive side I can say that my RC rate has increased.
Ah, my bad. I thought you were trying to increase recall with the expanded time. For lucidity, i guess it can be up to the individual.. but I think it's not quite how long it is, it's more so what you do within that time. Bugger about the no recall tonight :/ Do you have any apple juice? Perhaps you could have some of that before bed tonight :D I know apple juice can really make my dreams a lot more vivid and that helps with recall.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sandyman
It's no biggie, already excited what this night will bring (Hopefully something). Apple juice is ready, let's see how this will work out. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by fOrceez
Fingers crossed for applejuice!!
Remembered a dream and a very, very little fragment of another one. Seems like family members are a dream sign, because I don't see them regularly (Could be awkward when I see them in RL and question their reality).
Yeah that could be awkward. You could try sticking your finger through THEIR palms. Or plug their noses and ask them to breath through their nose. Might be good for some laughs :P
I'm glad you recalled some dreams though. And noticed another potential dream sign.
xDQuote:
Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue
This scenario just popped up:
I do a RC on a family member.
Family member:"What are you doing"
Me:"Questioning reality"
Another day another dream recalled. The long slide is actually something I remember from my childhood, as far as I can remember it was always there for long distance travel. The slide itself felt long, but I don't know how long it really is. Also I think my old class mates are another dream sign, because I've had this dream several times where I sit in my old class (usually it involves a test or a homework I haven't made).
Excellent work on the recall Sandyman.
Question for you: at the end of your journal entry, you mentioned that you tried to "chain the dream". And then you said you may have succeeded. Were you lucid? Just wondering.
The last dream with no recall infuriates me, because I know I could've had it, but I was like: "You can write the dream down in the morning".
No, I wasn't! >.<Quote:
Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue
In hindsight it could have been used to induce lucidity, but I just wanted the dream to continue.
Yeah, it's important that you write down your dream whenever you wake up, especially if you know that you will be lazy. Dream journalling really should not feel like a chore.
I didn't have time to write in the DV-Dreamjournal in the morning, so I did it just now. Also it's weekday so I don't get so much sleep. RC rate seems to be pretty good (although there are still some occasions, where I look at a clock and don't do one), but it seems that they got more hasty. I try to pay more attention to my surroundings and the RC itself for my future RCs.
The thing is, I actually enjoy writing in the journal, but when I lie in my bed and wake up, my laziness is drastically increased.Quote:
Originally Posted by fOrceez
Also I had a weird experience when I was falling asleep. It seems that a dream scenario had already somewhat formed (I could see a beach at night and hear a person talking) when I remembered that I was still awake and then it was just gone. It was like a dream bubble just popped.
Sounds like the beginning of a dream! And that, sir, is how WILDs are done ;)
I'm suprised that I was able to recall 3 dreams (Ok, 2 dreams and 1 fragment), because I had less sleep (Had to get up early). RC rate seems to be steady now, but I have to pay more attention.
Cool, I will look out for more of those 'dream bubbles'.Quote:
Originally Posted by fOrceez
Oh cool Sandyman, that really does sound like the beginning of a WILD.
Now that you know what that feels like, you have something concrete to hold on to next time to help keep the bubble from popping. :P
Less sleep and therefore not so good dream recall. Nothing to special I guess, even the dreams were kinda generic (except the school that is a shopping mall). I'm a bit wondering, why the RCs aren't in my dreams (Maybe they are, but I can't remember them).
I don't really know how I should keep them from 'popping'. It's really weird, one moment I'm kinda in the dream, then I realize that I'm still awake and I'm just lying in the bed, with nothing but a vague memory of the experience in my mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue
Just one dream recalled (+a fragment) and I didn't hear my alarm clock for WBTB. I hope I get better results tonight, because I have more time to sleep.
Because of an incident in the last second (pretty late at night), I had to get up early and overslept, so no dream recall. :( But now is weekend and there is much time to sleep.
Sorry your recall got screwed up the other night. Hopefully you'll get more sleep this weekend and have better luck.
Alas I shall be working 20 hours this weekend :/
Recalled 1 dream tonight, there is one in the back of my mind, but I can't recall anything, only that I had a dream.
Wow, hopefully you get enough sleep as well, but thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue
Recalled 4 dreams and missed one obvious dream sign. >.<
I'm still asking myself, how I could've missed that.
Haha that sucks. You mean the Lucid Dream Workshop thing in dream #3?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sandyman
We're calling that Layer 0 major lucidity now. And you know, at least you're going in the right direction.
Man, I was sick and that wasn't really helpful for my dream recall. But sickness is away now, so hopefully more dreams to come. :)
Oh cool, hopefully I won't miss it next time. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue
Sick oh no, poor thing. I'm just getting over a nasty cold myself. It makes me wake up at weird times, coughing, and throwing my cycles and recall off. And at the same time, when I try to sleep in late, or get in a nap to make up for it, I can get some wild crazy recall and even lucids.
Glad you're better now though.
Recovering my workbook from the abyss...
So, after a motivation downfall I'm back again. My goals stay the same (Haven't achieved any of them (besides the one dream recall) although I had some semi-lucid dreams).
Really glad to have you back Sandyman. :)
I know you'll rock out some LDs this time around!
Man! Almost zero sleep at the weekend, because of a party. Haven't made much RCs today, it'll hopefully increase over the course of the week(s) again. :)
EDIT:
May be worth posting: I had a weird experience when going to sleep tonight. Could be because there was still alcohol in my blood, but once I closed my eyes I saw many images of faces or face parts (It was kinda visualization level seeing, if you know what I mean).
It could very well have been HI. Try to remember what that looked like and felt like, so you'll remember it and be able to lock onto it next time it happens.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sandyman
Also, get your boodie-ass to bed and get some sleep already!
Remembered one fragment about a friend in a mall. Also RC rate goes up, but not really at a satisifying level. :)
I will, definitely get more sleep now, but this weekend was a special case. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue
I understand. :) Good luck tonight Sandyman, and don't forget to journal your dream, even if it was just a fragment.
Sorry, didn't have time to update yesterday, but I recalled one dream (yesterday) about me being on top of a conspiracy in a glass skyscraper.
Today I had a dream about me being on some sort of physics convention and there was a time machine. You had to enter a date and a timespan and then a flashlight appeared and you are in the entered time period. I didn't travel far though only one day into the future.
Recalled also a dream about going to party with my friends and not being able to get there.
All in all I had awesome dreams lately, too bad I couldn't recognize some obvious dream signs.
As for the RC rate: It could be better, I hope it goes up again.
Time travel, that's awesome. I don't think I ever have seen or used a time machine, lucid or otherwise.
Good job on the recall though.
Was able to recall 3 dreams:
One is about being at my neighbour's house and preparing for going to somewhere.
One is about 4 androids that can morph in a sort of hovering motorcycle while other monsters where fightin (This was more a observation dream) and
finally one about being in school again and preparing for a test (Actually a recuring dream (with some variations) I have every once in a while)
RC rate has been better today, but there is still room for improvement. :)
Glad to see your recall improving. And you're keeping up with the RCs like you should. I'm curious though, are you focusing on any particular induction methods? And how do you prepare for it every day?
Recalled one dream about going to a festival with a bike (The bike was foldable). My bike was stolen and I had to drive a wounded friend to a hospital. There is more between that, I just marked the highlights. It was a pretty long dream (or maybe I recalled more). Made not a lot of RCs today.
I'm just focusing on MILD now, because I don't really have the time for WBTB. As for preparing: I go through my dream signs and try to observe the images (not too actively) while falling asleep and doing the MILD.Quote:
Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue
Oh cool, a longer dream! I remember when I was a kid I had a dream about having a car that folded up into a briefcase, just like on the Jetsons.
You should post that dream in your journal, I would like to read it!
Recalled one dream last night about me being in a club house with some of my friends. The club house itself was changing, which was kinda weird and the dream was about the length as the dream yesterday. RC rate was better today.
Oh, I'm sorry I just read this and I don't have time now. I'll write it in my Onlinejournal tomorrow. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue
ok cool :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sandyman
First: Sorry for not updating so long (3 days to be exact), but these past days were stressful. As a consequence my dream recall (I don't have any recall for one night) wasn't that good and I haven't made that many RCs.
Still, I have fragments of a dream were we are getting attacked my some sort of supernatural monsters and one were I'm resuscitating a doll (made out of flesh).
Hope that it gets better again.
Had a dream about babysitting my little cousins when my uncle comes and shouts at me. RC rate is getting up again, I'm already excited about tonight. :)
Sounds like recall is going up too. I read your dream journal (and commented).
So how did last night's dream go?