Thread: Linh's Workbook

Finally I can create my workbook because I'm finished with school now and have plenty of times 'til I go to university. I can actually keep myself up with my whole LD progress I made until now
So excited to see how much I already improved since I began with this stuff~~ :heart:

My Progress so far
I had some LDs decades ago but never gave it much attention until that topic crossed my mind 2 years ago. At that time I had a few LDs and afterwards also had the chance to visit a course on dreaming where they discussed LD as well. Everything went so smoothly but then I lost my focus on LD and got very ill... Nonetheless I found my way back and got into it again with the support of many people who kept me motivated.
Some worth mention things are I had some success in the past months e.g. much awareness in LD, I attended the VS's fashion show or organized private concerts with my favorite bands (Only 30 seconds to mars-twice and NSN yet) without any obstacles.

Where I am Now
Right now I try to handle my nightmares first because they hinder me so much on my journey. And I made quite some improvements now
( More details here ->http://www.dreamviews.com/nightmares...-part-1-a.html
http://www.dreamviews.com/nightmares...mediation.html)
I also had a few LDs in the past weeks but most of them were unfortunately only fragments where my awareness was lacking.

Where I need help and improvements
Like I said to lessen the amount of my nightmares and to be not so stressed out anymore so my dream recalls can be improved too. But I think that will be possible since I don't go to school now.
I also should practice those induction techniques more to see better results and maybe also try new ones.
Another thing which causes me a headache is that I have problems with falling asleep. I don't like to take pills just for that because I could fall asleep faster but after i woke up I felt more tired and there weren't any dreams to remember anymore not to mention the side effects...

Reality Checks
My most effective ones:
-question my surroundings/time/date
-looking for dream signs

Dream Sign
-school especially middle school/kindergarten
-former apartments
-(former)friends/boyfriend and girlfriend
-Jared Leto and other celebrity crushes
-dead people

Dream Recall History
depending on my mood and amount of sleep
-> 4-6 dreams (only when i'm stressed out)
-> >6 dreams (current state)
-> >10 dreams (if that's the case I mostly remember only dream fragments and rarely full dreams)

Current Techniques:
-DILD
-ADA
-MILD

short- term goals
- being able to get me out of my awkward dreams and bring me into a comfortable situation and fully enjoy that state
- having less nightmares
- being able to fall asleep easier

long- term goals
- more (self-)awareness in LD
- regularly LDs
- improving my dream recalls
- having less recurring dreams

I think I will get into the details later in another post. But that's all for now. I'm very pleased with my current progress and all the results I made so far. I can't wait to see how everything will be in the near future! I will also be posting here assiduously to have a better view over my progress