Thread: DaveTheJoker's Workbook

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

Seroquel.

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But he's not a teen anymore! Not sure, isn't he like 22? he looks teen-ish tho :3
Hahahahaha

Why hello there daveyy

Nah it was definitely him. Only a sentence of recall today, too much dinkin' around in the morning. I left my window open and then fan and I woke up several times COLD. Tomorrow classes start at noon so lots of time to do my WBTB.

Yeah I save my off days for sleeping in. As long as I don't go to bed past midnight, I'm almost guaranteed to have an LD when I have that extra WBTB time.

It's so weird how the quality of my dreams varies so much. I had two nights of good dreaming last week, and now nothing substantial for 6 days? WTF?

Originally Posted by SpaceCowboyDave

It's so weird how the quality of my dreams varies so much. I had two nights of good dreaming last week, and now nothing substantial for 6 days? WTF?

Awwwww man, I don't know. In general I know you try too hard, but if it makes you feel any better, we all hit ruts. You just gotta ride them out. I was just talking to another member about this. It doesn't hurt to take some pressure off yourself, and focus on a different area.

Had a quasi-lucid again the other day, but I was coming in and out of sleep and it didn't pan out. I'm still writing dreams down at least when I get em.

DAAAAVEY







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I had a recall rut a week or two ago. What got me out of it was doing mantras. I would create a mantra based on the idea that I wanted to remember my dreams. When I did that, slowly, my recall returned. Its basically a matter of intention. You know you want to recall, but you also have to believe you want to recall.
That is why religious people repeat stuff in their ceremonies so much, because at the end of the day if you repeat something enough, eventually it becomes true. Mantras are the perfect thing to take advantage of that cliche.

Heads up: It's almost October! I suggest making a new list of monthly goals you want to achieve, as well as reevaluate your DJ for possible new dream signs or any realizations

I had another lucid last night. I flew for the first time, that was interesting. Apparently it was a dream within a dream because I went to sleep, but while I was lucid I was really lucid, because I forgot about the previous dream. All I did was start flying and then I started to crash down out of control and I was able to even out my landing, but it only lasted 15 seconds maybe.

I went to bed at 12:45, woke up to pee at 9, and woke up for the day at 10:20. I didn't have any recall during my WBTB, but I did remember to chug a good amount of water. I wonder if that helped??? All I know is that that was much better recall than usual so I am going to keep doing it.

Congrats davey!!!

How was it? The flying?

It was pretty cool, I liked how I wasn't too concerned as I was spiraling down and crash landing. I would think that I would have been scared, but I wasn't.

Originally Posted by SpaceCowboyDave

It was pretty cool, I liked how I wasn't too concerned as I was spiraling down and crash landing. I would think that I would have been scared, but I wasn't.

Haha nice x)


"awwshiii i'm gonna plummet to my death. ah fvck it."

Well, I had a lucid on Sunday and now good recall this morning with a very erm... exciting non lucid. In fact, its too "exciting" for my online dream journal.

I am puzzled by recall on school days. Monday is the day when I have wake up early for school. Given that I usually only recall anything of substance maybe 1-3 nights a week these days, good recall on Monday is surprising.

Maybe it's just luck. Maybe it's the halo effect from the good dreaming night the night before. If I can have good recall on an early day, then why cant I get it half the time when I wake up late?

That's interesting Dave. Maybe it's easier for you to remember a dream when you wake up in the middle of it unexpectedly, and then you write that dream down right away. Meanwhile, if you sleep in, you might wake up a few times and not write any of the dreams down you just woke up from. So by the time you wake up, you forget all your dreams? That happens to me sometimes.

Last week was opening week for firearm deer hunting in Michigan. I didn't shoot anything, but I had fun and that's all that matters. While I had big plans for WILDing in my deer blind, that didn't work out last week. While I did fall asleep, I lost consciousness. I was able to get a couple DJ entries, but that was it. I have high hopes for this thanksgiving week lucid dreaming!

Goals for the rest of November (short and sweet):

Go to bed at the same time every night- no later than 12:00. STOP STAYING UP LATE YOU IDIOT

Get at least one Lucid Dream

Write in my dream journal every non-school day

Originally Posted by SpaceCowboyDave

no later than 12:00.

Muhahahahahha

I wish you good luck Josh

Originally Posted by paigeyemps

Muhahahahahha

I wish you good luck Josh

Good thing IRC is down.

Originally Posted by SpaceCowboyDave

Last week was opening week for firearm deer hunting in Michigan. I didn't shoot anything, but I had fun and that's all that matters. While I had big plans for WILDing in my deer blind, that didn't work out last week. While I did fall asleep, I lost consciousness.

I have to reiterate Stephen LaBerge's standard advice on performing a WILD from your deer blind: keep your rifle unloaded and go easy on the pee water.

Originally Posted by SpaceCowboyDave

Go to bed at the same time every night- no later than 12:00. STOP STAYING UP LATE YOU IDIOT

I wish that I'd read (and obeyed) this advice over the weekend! Good goals. Enjoy the Thanksgiving break and best of luck on getting caught up with your sleep.

By the way, if you're having trouble journaling on school days, you could try just scratching out some keywords for whatever you can remember. Then if you find time later in the day, you can fill in the details of the dream when you hit any kind of break. I've got kids that need transportation and a job that starts earlyish, so this is often what I fall back to myself!

Originally Posted by SpaceCowboyDave

Good thing IRC is down.

We actually put IRC down just for you so you can sleep early <3

Originally Posted by SpaceCowboyDave

Last week was opening week for firearm deer hunting in Michigan. I didn't shoot anything, but I had fun and that's all that matters. While I had big plans for WILDing in my deer blind, that didn't work out last week. While I did fall asleep, I lost consciousness. I was able to get a couple DJ entries, but that was it. I have high hopes for this thanksgiving week lucid dreaming!

Goals for the rest of November (short and sweet):

Go to bed at the same time every night- no later than 12:00. STOP STAYING UP LATE YOU IDIOT

Get at least one Lucid Dream

Write in my dream journal every non-school day

Well, I didn't have a lucid dream. I didn't try hard enough. I didn't even attempt any techniques. I did improve my dream recall in November. There were several nights when I recorded about 6 dreams. I also have been going to bed and waking up at a much more reasonable time.

My problem now that I want to overcome is that my dreams have been quite boring. I have been getting 3rd person dreams, which annoy the heck out of me because they are pretty much the opposite of a lucid dream. In 3rd person dreams I have no consciousness, its just like a film in my head that I am stuck watching. I want interesting dreams, like I have had in the past. One easy way to accomplish this is to get lucid. In order to be more conscious in my dreams (even if I don't become lucid), I can do a few things:

-WBTB
-SSILD
-FILD
-Reality Checks

It my not be causation, but there certainly is some correlation with my lucid frequency and amount of reality checks I do in the daytime. I need to get into the "is this a dream?" mindset again.

My goals for December are as follows:

#1: Have at least 3 lucid dreams. In order to accomplish this I will
a)Set my alarm and perform SSILD
b)Perform Reality Checks daily
c)Perform other techniques as necessary

#2: Maintain Dream Recall
a) Maintain a good sleep schedule (Getting to bed before midnight every night)
b) Continue to write in my DJ every morning (Especially after school ends)

#3: Do more than just become lucid
a) Rehearse my plans once I become lucid in my mind, type them out, and post them here. I have had the lucid goal of talking to a DC for a long time now.

Yes, after failing to get one lucid dream in November I am upping my goal to 3 for December. Gotta make up for lost time. I can do this easily if I actually do the techniques.

Dammit I hate not being able to edit posts...*may

Hey you better watch out.. DC's are mean. (Well at least mine talk to me now..)
Also, Hi.

Great goals dude.

I hate 3rd person dreams. I totally know what you mean. I might as well be watching TV then dreaming. I don't get them often but its really odd when it happens.