Thread: MysticalDipshit's Workbook

I recall 2 dreams last night! YAY. This is progress. I woke up at 8.45, and just sat for a while thinking, and then I remembered some dreams. During that time, I also managed to remember some from the night before. So i think my weekend problem is just that I don't spend time thinking and sitting in bed for a while.

I also woke up in the middle of the night and tried to DEILD, but I keep moving around before I realize I have to DEILD. It's so difficult to stay still. I always seem to wake up in the most awkward positions though. -.-

I had a lucid dream last night! After 16 days of being on this site, and attempting to have a lucid dream, I've had one. I'm so happy right now. I think 16 days is pretty good considering some people had to wait months. Anyway, this is how it happened. My parent's alarm went off at 6.30am, which woke me up. Luckily, I was still sleepy, and I had woken up halfway through the dream. The dream was still on my mind, so when I rolled over and went back to sleep, I went back to it straight away. I instantly knew I was in the dream and ta-da! Lucid dream. The dream itself was more of a nightmare though XD

I'll start writing it in my dream journal now.

Also, where should I go from here?

Congrats on your first LD! And pretty action packed too!
Now that you know the feel of it you know what to look for when you dream, great DEILD.

I think the next step should be enjoyment and stability. Like you, my first 2 LDs got very chaotic very fast.
During my 3rd (and last one so far) I took the time to take in the environment I was in which seemed to make the dream last longer as well.

Final tip, I noticed you had trouble escaping because of the trouble you had with flying. A very good method to change the scenery in a dream or to teleport is to close your eyes and spin around.
I do this in non-lucids a lot and it works everytime.

Thanks. I'll try the travelling thing. Doors are supposed to work too. Like if I expect something to be there, and open the door it will be. And yeah I need to remember to stabilize next time.

Originally Posted by MysticalDipshit

I had a lucid dream last night! After 16 days of being on this site, and attempting to have a lucid dream, I've had one. I'm so happy right now. I think 16 days is pretty good considering some people had to wait months.

Congratulations on the lucid

I think we were pretty lucky in how soon we had lucid dreams. By using this website I had a lucid dream after about 19 days. Unfortunately mine ended pretty quickly after I realised I was dreaming. Yours sounded pretty intense

I would hate to have a lucid nightmare that I couldn't control. I would be kinda frustrated that I know I could possible stop it all but unable to. But I guess with a little practice you can change that.

Good luck with the future lucids.

It's so frustrating. But considering I hadn't had much experience I didn't really know what to do

Thanks!

Holy cow! Nice DEILD. Its way more difficult to DEILD from a non LD than LD! I have only been able to DEILD from my wifes alarm clock when she works and I'm off oncee or twice. I usually forget and just feel glad its not me for a change!




Anyway. Where do you go from here? Booney has it about right, Work on stability and control. Keep doing what you've been doing.

BrandonBoss is right too. I usually try to take charge of nightmare DCs. I yell at them and chew them out and tell them NO! Its your dream. Take charge and be the boss. Works for me every time.

Okay

No lucid dream last night, but I did have some cool dreams. I need to wake up early again but its so difficult.

I woke up halfway through a dream this morning, and tried to DEILD, but just as I was about to fall asleep, I realized that I had to get up for school. It was a weird dream though. I dreamed about having a lucid dream. I wish I had actually become lucid in it though.

Originally Posted by MysticalDipshit

I dreamed about having a lucid dream.

That's a really good sign. The subject of lucidity is coming forth in your dreams!

I've been away all weekend so I haven't really had chance to do much LD stuff, with the exception of RCs and mental DJing.

What's been going well:
- I can remember dreams on a weekend, however they are not as vivid. This may just be because I couldn't write them down this weekend. I'll see how next week goes.
- I'm waking up more in the morning.

What I need to work on:
- I need to have another LD, and I need to work on stabilization
- I need to remember to DEILD when I wake up.

I can't believe I've only just realized this. I was looking around the forums, and I kept thinking to myself that I needed to find some dream signs. My dreams have always seemed so random, and it felt like nothing linked. Then I realized, ZOMBIES!

Seriously. I have so many dreams about trying to survive a zombie outbreak or something that resembles a zombie. Not every dream, but at least a couple a week. So what do I do now I know this is my dream sign?

I had a zombie dream last night, but I didn't become Lucid. I also had an FA. I was laying in bed thinking about the dream, and I rolled over and wrote some more down. Then I was in the same position again, and I was like "That felt weird..." So I looked and I hadn't written it. I need to RC as soon as I wake up rather than 5 minutes after

So what do I do now I know this is my dream sign?

Like any other dream sign. Keep in tucked away to remember to recognize it the next time you are dreaming. If during waking life you are watching something with zombies, see/read something about zombie, if you ever think about zombies, then do an RC. The next time you dream about zombies and you miss the dream sign. Tell yourself that you won't miss it the next time.

You will probably begin noticing several dream signs. Just do the same for all of them. It will sink in eventually.

I had a zombie dream last night, but I didn't become Lucid. I also had an FA. I was laying in bed thinking about the dream, and I rolled over and wrote some more down. Then I was in the same position again, and I was like "That felt weird..." So I looked and I hadn't written it. I need to RC as soon as I wake up rather than 5 minutes after

I have loads of FAs where I am recording in my bed side DJ. I forget a lot but alway RCing when you wake is a good practice.

I haven't been doing much LD stuff over the past couple of days, but it was my birthday yesterday so I've been busy.

No more Lucids yet, but I seem to be using dream incubation more. (Well, more than the odd one time a year XD) It's so fun to go back into a dream from where you left off. I need to keep focused and think about LDing more now, and my next LD will come soon.

I was going to try WILD this morning but I'm too awake. I woke up at 6.45am after about 6 hours of sleep, but because it was starting to get light again, I found it difficult to fall asleep after trying for an hour. I was woken up from a nightmare though, so I can't decide whether it was bad because I couldn't go back into a LD, or if it was good because I didn't have the nightmare as bad as it could have been.

Ah well. There's always another night.

My brother was talking to me today, and he said "Is it just me or am i in 99% of your dreams?"

So I have another dream sign

Well last night I had a dream that I did the nose pinch RC and I started breathing. I felt weird. I didn't get Lucid, but it's still progress!

Oooh almost there! Make sure to be thorough with your reality checks in waking life! When you reject a reality check, provide explanations for it so you really think about why it is or it isnt a dream after all.

I remembered 4 dreams last night, and the weird thing was,there were no zombie apocalypse or secret agent fighting type dreams. Feels weird to have 4 normal ones. I'll post them in my DJ later.

No recall from last night, but then again I had an exam today, and being the huge procrastinator that I am, I left everything to last night and ended up having to memorize exactly 1100 in a night. Somehow, it worked and the exam went well. So now I'm back to being stress free, I get back to LD stuff.

I had another LD last night, but I'm not sure if I would call it a real one. Basically, I was running down the street where I live, knowing that someone was about to chase me (I think it was my Mum), and I stopped, and reminded myself that nothing could hurt me because it was a dream. When I actually realized it, I kept repeating to myself that it was a dream, but the nose pinch and finger through hand RCs didn't work. I was stood there for a while, waiting for the person who was chasing me to come out, but they didn't. It's like I couldn't make my mind up whether I wanted to leave or wait for the person, and the wait may have caused me to lose lucidity. I'm not sure, I can barely remember the rest of it.

Actually I remembered another part - I found a giant doughtnut which was about a metre wide, and it had cream/icing around it that was about 15cm thick, and I was trying to see what it tasted like, because I wanted to know what it would be like. It actually wasn't as sickly as you would imagine it to be, it was really nice

I had another lucid last night, but it was weird because it felt like I had no control in a lot of parts, but I was definitely aware that I was dreaming. I didn't really get much done, but it was a pretty awesome dream. It's in my DV dream journal if anyone wants to read it.

Target:
To realize in a dream that when I am lucid, I can do whatever I want, and that I don't have to follow whatever the dream wants to do. I can do this by reading through my Dream Goal Journal before bed so I have a strong goal in mind for the LD. That way I will be more likely to do my own thing.