Brizzl's Workbook

[Brizzl]

Hey guys. I'm a teenager; My name is Brennan and I live in North Carolina. I am ready to learn about myself and how I perceive others. I look forward to learning how to fully enjoy my sleep. Reality Checks: -Looking at hands/counting fingers -Nose plug Dream Signs: -Animals-big time -lack of people - Short-Term Goals: -More frequent lucidity -Being able to recall more than one dream a day -Mastering WILD (I tend to lean more towards this method) Long-Term Goals: -A lucid every night -Great recall in high detail -Doing DEILD Lucid/Dream Recall History: - I can only remember fragments and a couple of dreams from early childhood. Current Technique: -DILD -Omnilucid Constant RCing -SSILD with WBTB Any help is very much appreciated.

[Brizzl]

Had 2 dreams last night-totally messed up this morning and turned on my light. I think that's why I can't remember the second one. Its like, in my head but not? Anyway, this does mean my recall is improving! Dream 1 Fragment: an older woman running in the middle of the clip, camera view from the bottom pointed towards the skies. She had a gun in her hand and there was fire on both sides of the shot. No stars I noticed. I have never seen this woman before Fragment: best friend's dad inside a beat up dirty diner with a gun in hand, gun pointed to the sky; he was behind the counter by a cash register. He was looking around anxiously. It had moonlight coming through a window. Like I said, this was my best friends dad, so I did recognize him. I believe this two fragments are connected as they seem to be in the same setting. I think I dreamed about this because I just finished the Walking Dead season 2. Pretty neat. Dream 2 fragment: my little brother and I were in the parish hall (kind of like a giant cafeteria) of our old church with our father (who is an Episcopalian priest.) I just remember asking him if he could let us have our xbox back- they took it away months ago. Immediately my mind flashes a mental image of where they last hid it. I remember there was more dialogue between my dad and I but for the life of me I cannot recall it. I think it was probably me turning on the light that killed that. Oh well, there's always tonight!

[Brizzl]

I remembered some fragments of some stuff I didn't want in my dreams, so I didn't write it down. I have forgotten what at this point. Trying ADA and dream yoga.

[Brizzl]

Went to bed too late last night. Normally I sleep from 9:30-6:30 or 7, not midnight. Well, homework prevails.

[Brizzl]

Forgot to recall anything this morning. At least I'll have the weekend work on this stuff. Doing ADA a lot, practicing mantras and RCs throughout the day

[Brizzl]

Missed a couple days: Night of 9/28 Had another zombie dream, this time with actual zombies. My brother and I were in a broken down shack in a tiny room. He had a James Bond gun, P99 or whatever. I had a shotgun. I blew one zombie with the shotgun, then my brother hands me the P99. He looked older, like 15. I shoot the gun into the zombie, straight in the face. It shoots BBs. It doesn't even sound like a gun. I just keep firing until there must have been 20+ BBs in that fool. I just turned the gun around and bashed his face in. No blood, thankfully. Night of 9/29 I was at a friends mountain house. I was talking to his dad in the living room. I was on the couch, he was on the chair. He said "Actually, (friend's name) is adopted." right as my friend walked in. "What?!" Last Night: First Lucid!! 1st lucid- short one - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

[NyxCC]

Brizzl, congratulations on your first ld! Actually, after reading your journal entry I can conclude that you had two lds, because you also caught the FA. Very good to read that your recall is getting better and you managed to achieve an ld in such a short period of time. Your tech seems to be working pretty well. Keep up the RCs and ADA!

[Brizzl]

2 LDs in one night? You have made me one happy dude

[Brizzl]

Gah! My parents invited a guest over and I have to sleep on the floor. Wish me luck :X

[NyxCC]

That doesn't sound too nice. No extra couch?

[Brizzl]

Haven't been remembering much, just a couple of fragments here and there. I think I've mostly mastered dream incubation; I have used every sense in making my dream landscape. I really enjoy the incubation process. I haven't been in any of the landscapes I created just yet, but it really calms me down at night. I've been able I've been practicing ADA and doing RCs every time I do ADA and other times as well. Woke up at 3 last night, so I tried WBTB, the incubation went awesomely but I don't remember anything. I'm going to be sleeping on the couch til Friday. ugh

[NyxCC]

That's awesome. I've heard from others that they use dream incubation and visualization to help them fall asleep. That's a pretty nice application of the tech and can be extended to producing both lds and non-lds. For an increased effectiveness, you may gently think of a mantra like "I realize that I am dreaming" or so, while doing it. It'd be really cool to get an incubated ld this way.

[Brizzl]

I did dream incubation last night; imagined a nice city landscape No success. I did a WBTB at around 2:30 to attempt a VILD (http://www.dreamviews.com/attaining-...fectively.html) and my groggy self said screw it after about five minutes, turned over and just fell asleep. xD I like the way the VILD tech uses stuff pretty similar to the dream incubation. No fragments, no nothing. EDIT: I also forgot to mention, I think I actually did a VILD correctly but I got so excited that I fell out of it. I started to enter a dream landscape but my heart started pounding so hard when I realized what was happening.. meh

[NyxCC]

I did a WBTB at around 2:30 to attempt a VILD (How to VILD effectively) and my groggy self said screw it after about five minutes, turned over and just fell asleep. Oh, that happens to me as well. How many hours of sleep did you get before that? If you already slept like 5 hours and still feel groggy, it might help to get out of bed for a while until you freshen up a bit. EDIT: I also forgot to mention, I think I actually did a VILD correctly but I got so excited that I fell out of it. I started to enter a dream landscape but my heart started pounding so hard when I realized what was happening.. meh That's cool, you were so close! It's pretty understandable to get excited while doing this. A lot of people are like "wow, it's working" and then snap out of it. It's something that one mostly overcomes with time. I think it helps to remember that one needs to fall asleep after all. Just be as relaxed as possible and keep on visualizing + the occasional mantra. The body will do the rest.

[Brizzl]

I was in a cypress swamp, it was probably early morning. I was trying to get over a 4x4 bridge over a large creek. This dream didn't feel like some of my other dreams, more like I was watching it play out, so I guess it wasn't very vivid. I fell into the water and didn't feel wet/cold, just kinda numb. When I fell in I immediately saw a giant, enormous alligator. Like maybe 15 ft long, 3 ft wide head pointed straight at me. He was submerged underwater. I glanced around quickly looking for a way out and saw another one down the creek trailing towards me. I screamed for my father, summoning him. He came out from behind a tree and started running towards me, almost in slow motion. When he came over I didn't say anything, I think just expecting him to help me. Instead he handed me a 4x4 (possibly the bridge I fell off of.) So I jammed that into the gator and he tore it to pieces. I look back to my dad in fear. This entire time I was just floating in the water, not treading or bobbing or anything. Then my dad gave me a hardback book; it was a red cover with I think a green spine. No title to be found. I threw that at the gator and then I faded out. That was a weird one I've been going to bed at 10:30 or 11:00 usually.

[Brizzl]

Fragment: I was talking to one of my friends and I asked "Did you do the social studies homework?" "No." I vaguely recall some other stuff in this dream but not really. Also: http://www.dreamviews.com/dream-sign...l-sketchy.html

[NyxCC]

When I fell in I immediately saw a giant, enormous alligator. Like maybe 15 ft long, 3 ft wide head pointed straight at me. He was submerged underwater. I glanced around quickly looking for a way out and saw another one down the creek trailing towards me. I screamed for my father, summoning him. He came out from behind a tree and started running towards me, almost in slow motion. When he came over I didn't say anything, I think just expecting him to help me That's a cool dream. Animals can very often be used as a clue that one is dreaming. I like to use the mantra "I see an animal, I realize that I am dreaming" and repeat this throughout the day. One can also be on the lookout for animals when doing daily ADA and RC when seeing one. I liked how you summoned your dad to help you. This is exactly how we do it in lds too. One can learn a lot even from non-lds. I've been going to bed at 10:30 or 11:00 usually. Alright, so depending on how much time you've got available for sleep, you might consider moving the wbtb a bit later. 3-4 am maybe? Also: My recall is sketchy Recall tends to fluctuate,so don't be disappointed if you can't recall your dreams every single day. At any rate, do you best to write down anything that comes to mind and be positive about it. I posted an answer to that question in the link as well.

[Brizzl]

No recall :/ I have moved WBTB to 3:30, no successful WILD attempts since the first night I tried.

[JoannaB]

Recall does seem to wax and wane like the phases of the moon (though not connected to them) - it shall come back.

[Brizzl]

Good news! One of my first dreams that I legitimately remembered by just staying in my bed for a while. So was in my math room and I was just sitting in my desk. I think the teacher was teaching then but its fuzzy. So I started beatboxing in class and then all of the other students started beatboxing as well and it sounded awesome . But my teacher interrupted us and said we all had lunch detention and I remember thinking about the other lunch detentions I had and how it sucked; then I started arguing with her and the dream faded out. Last night when I went to sleep initially at 1:30ish. I think I was subconsciously WILDing/MILDing because it took for freaking ever to go asleep. I used some self hypnosis technique to try and open my dream eyes. After a while I started experiencing some HH, what felt like someone touched my ear and then I heard some weird dog creature thing barking. I gently took off my eye mask and unfortunately I was not dreaming, and a hour had past. Huh I need to work on recalling my dreams during WBTB. I think since I went to bed rather late last night that when I woke up I was too awake because it was too late in the night. I did end up going to sleep but a WILD attempt felt futile. Going to go to bed at 10:30/11 tonight and I'll try to maintain the schedule.

[NyxCC]

Nice! Cool thing with the wild/mild attempt too. Although it is usually better to do wild attempts during wbtb, it never hurts to do occasional practice pre bed (as long as it doesn't take too long ). I think it trains your awareness, you get used to being quiet and alert at the same time, plus you might get some cool dreamlets or HI. Good luck with the next trials!

[Brizzl]

I wasn't actually trying to wild/mild. It was just happening. I didn't do WBTB last night. I had a friend over and I didn't feel up to it. I actually remember having 2 dreams last night, but I only focused on remembering one. How do you guys recall more than one dream? Do you try to recall them simultaneously or do you focus on one or the other..? Last night was a really difficult dream for me to write down. My parents are very much against cannabis, and I had a whole ordeal with them about a year ago and I'm just afraid of ripping the family apart if I ever did it. It's that serious with them. In my dream I was outside a giant building, not paying much attention to the surroundings. I smoked up and it was weird. I've never been high before but this was not what I was expecting. I just felt so relaxed. Like whatever happened, it would all be okay. I remember when it first hit me. Kinda of like just falling into the comfiest bed in existence. I felt great- I even knew I was dreaming at that point because there was no way I would allow myself to smoke. At least not at my age- I'm 14 by the way. But I was just so chilled out that it didn't matter. Nothing mattered. I appeared in the giant building. It reminded me of the Metro in D.C. I just kept walking along, occasionally bumping into people- but it was ok. Everything was going to be fine. Nothing mattered.

[Brizzl]

You guys watch the walking dead? You know that room where the Governor keeps all of the decapitated heads? In my dream, there was a tarantula, 3 feet long. It had tiny, little legs like they had been cut off and just started growing back. It was in a huge glass tube on a table, lit up just like those heads with the blue lights from beneath. I could feel the eyes following me. The room around me was pitch dark, but I get the feeling that there were other animals in the room but I didn't look at them. Imagine this with a hint of blue, but 3 feet long and no legs. Weird.

[NyxCC]

Noes, this pic is so large, I might get tarantula dreams as well tonight. Got to be on the lookout. Animals, insects, dream sign!!! I wasn't actually trying to wild/mild. It was just happening. I didn't do WBTB last night. I had a friend over and I didn't feel up to it. I actually remember having 2 dreams last night, but I only focused on remembering one. How do you guys recall more than one dream? Do you try to recall them simultaneously or do you focus on one or the other..? Well, usually I can remember the last dream before wake and some fragments/highlights from the previous dream. I try to jot down any initial impressions and then expand on them. Concentrate on the image or feeling that I get. Also, recall dreams from end to beginning. The very beginning is quite often missing, but I try to go as far as I can. Sometimes, upon waking up, I would stay still for couple of minutes and tell the dream to myself to solidify it in memory. I also write down keywords when I have a natural wake and restroom break. Writing sentences on those occasions is more useful than key words since you might forget the stuff if you go back to bed. Some people here have gotten very serious about recall and have seen tremendous improvements, so it seems that over time it should get better. (but then some nights you just want to sleep ).

[Brizzl]

Aggh. Another disturbing dream I don't want to remember. Something about hearing my parents having sex very loudly and I just stood there and listened. Actually, it might not have been my parents, because I never saw who it was, but I get the feeling it was. Hate these weird dreams.