Thread: LucidNightmares Workbook

I tried to do my MILDs again last night. Does anyone have any advice on how to stay relaxed while sleeping with someone else? Unfortunately my SO often gets slight sleep twitches as he's falling asleep, and it jars my concentration. I managed to get fully relaxed and got to my visualization part, I started imagining me and my little sisters in our dad's backyard playing with our dog..but then I got knocked out of concentration again by my SO's dog needing in the room. I've been very pissed off and frustrated trying to do these exercises at night only to have to get up to let in or out this darn dog (he wants in and out of the room CONSTANTLY through the day or night. I know it's normal dog stuff but it's pretty annoying when I'm trying to do something important, especially at night when I'm trying to sleep).

Anyway, I ended up just trying to get to sleep normally, again. My alarm went off at about 4:00 a.m for WBTB. I laid still for a moment to remember what I had been dreaming about, then started some light mantras and fell back asleep. I woke up about 3 times last night, each time during/after a dream, I didn't get up to write these down like normal, instead I laid still and thought about them until I felt I had enough mental notes down to fall back asleep. I had 3 very short dreams but only remembered 2, so when I got up for the morning I wrote them down.

I have figured out that my little sisters may be a dream sign for me. One or both of them have been in 3 out of 7 of my dreams the past 3 days. This may or may not be hard for me to get used to using as an RC because I am currently away from my little sisters? I'll need a lot more dreams written down before I decide.

I don't know if I'm just doing it wrong or what, but MILD seems to be doing nothing at all for me. The first time I did it and was able to do it uninterrupted I did have a very long detailed dream, but it may just be because the last few nights I've been interrupted and haven't been able to do it properly? My dreams are no more or less vivid than they normally are, and I haven't RC'd once in my dream, regardless of doing them throughout the day and meaning it when I do them. Should I try some other method instead? I have no idea what I should do next, or if I should just continue trying my MILDs. I'll wait and see.