Thread: Densetsu's Workbook

It's been over a week and my laptop is finally back in semi-workable order.

Right now I'm running on the idea that the tone of my recent dreams is being caused by REM rebound due to lack of rest. I've been getting to bed earlier but I end up waking up at around 5-6 am (around the time that I'd usually go to sleep) and feel like hell for the rest of the morning unless I try and get another few hours of sleep.

I've also identified some rather problematic dream signs; if I realize I'm dreaming, I don't care enough to attempt doing things past exploring on foot. If I try driving, the world becomes recursive and I end up going in circles. If I try flying, I don't get enough lift to get anywhere very far.

The second dream sign has to do with talking. My voice usually fails me if I try to speak more than a few words at a time, reducing me to using body language to talk to dream characters. It can be quite vexing.

WILD practice seem to be a toss-up, but WBTB is going great. My MILD is also improving a good deal, which makes me hopeful that I can push past this rough patch soon enough.

Originally Posted by Densetsu

I've also identified some rather problematic dream signs; if I realize I'm dreaming, I don't care enough to attempt doing things past exploring on foot. If I try driving, the world becomes recursive and I end up going in circles. If I try flying, I don't get enough lift to get anywhere very far.

The second dream sign has to do with talking. My voice usually fails me if I try to speak more than a few words at a time, reducing me to using body language to talk to dream characters. It can be quite vexing.

Good to see you back. If I understand correctly, these are all problems that happen to you while you are lucid.

First, on the issue of not caring/motivation when lucid. I'd definitely suggest having one (or perhaps two) very specific things that you really want to try out in an LD. Commit it to memory and then get to work on it right away, if at all possible. If something more interesting pops up in-dream, hey, that's fine too! Motivation problem solved either way. If you don't have any big things you're especially excited about, Task of the Month is always fun! http://www.dreamviews.com/f43/task-m...2012-a-136745/

Second, I see a few dream control problems in terms of flying/driving /talking. The best advice I can give in general with dream control problems is to overwhelm yourself with positive details. Flying was always tough for me and the way that I recently broke through on that was to imagine as much detail about the successful experience as possible: the feel of the wind against my hands, the lightness of my body, the way that the foggy air would brush through my hair and chill my scalp. Whatever part of me had time to doubt a positive outcome was overwhelmed and instead the dream experience mirrored the barrage of positive thoughts. So far, this seems to work in all sorts of areas.

Like they say, it's hard to "not think about a pink elephant". It's easier to forget the pink elephant if you are trying to remember your childhood friend's phone number while performing complex arithmetic and hopping around on one foot.