Hi theultimateone. Glad you could join the class! I'm not a teacher, but I pop in time to time to give my support You already seem to have the proper approach with the RCs, WBTB, Djing etc. I like your goals too!
 Originally Posted by theultimateone
However, I am starting to become a bit concerned about reality checks carrying over into dreams. I'm able to recall a dream most every night, and some are extremely vivid, but I haven't found myself doing any RC's within! Perhaps this is because doing RC's is still relatively new to me, but I feel like I am already doing them compulsively and that they should carry over. Who knows, I'll just keep working at it.
They probably might and will carry into your dreams at the beginning, but still out of habit. I think the RCs are meant more as brief moments of awareness that make you question things, and that awareness and questioning will then transcend into your dreams, making you RC. RCing is one of my main techniques as well and 95% of the time I question the situation I'm in before RCing when getting lucid. Remember to question the normality of situations and recall where you were 5-10 minutes before. Also about the " feeling compulsive " - thing : What's the big deal with making a few RCs during the day for exchange to be able to enter a world of limitless freedom? Keep RCing and the results will come!
 Originally Posted by theultimateone
Had some success with WILD! I took a nap and followed Naiya's guide. I saw weird colors in my vision, heard music and crashes in the background, but couldn't get to a dream before my alarm went off. I felt like I was right on the edge of dreaming but wasn't sure how to "dive in". Also, I had issues with swallowing and my eyes twitching when I started going to REM sleep.
Nice! What helps with me is that I let the sensations grow stronger and stronger, submerging myself into them. Go with the flow, it's like swimming down stream if you let it happen. You'll be in the dream lucidly before you even notice it. Read Sageous' tips for doing The Dive. For the eye twitching, try using a sleeping mask of some sort to put weight on your eyelids. It helps to prevent the flickering.( I use a t-shirt every night for this! ) If you feel like you can't stop thinking about the swallowing, then swallow freely, it's allowed if you can't perform properly because of it. Also when you realize it's allowed to swallow, the urge might not come at all!
 Originally Posted by theultimateone
Weird night last night. Woke up at 4 unintentionally (after going to sleep at 12) with some strange dreams in my head. Wanted to write them down, but was too lazy to get up. I thought I was writing them down, but was doing so in a fake DJ in my head (was this a DEILD, lol?). Then I thought I had gotten up, but again it was just another dream. Finally, when I actually got up I drank some apple juice, went to the bathroom and tried to write down my dreams, but much of what I had dreamed was lost. *After I woke up in the morning, I continued one of the dreams I had earlier in which I was working in a secret govt lab.
I found I was really tired in this state and that made writing down dreams even tougher.
I think having false awakenings is a great sign of progress. You're really close! Catching FAs are an incredibly easy way to become lucid, because it's really easy to train yourself into the habit of RCing every time you wake up. DEILD is when you wake up briefly and then dive back into the dream like in WILD. *You could have dive back into this dream for example I guess, if it occurred right before you woke up. ^^
Your focus should be on reaching lucidity, not necessarily on writing down every non-lucid you have. Write a few key-notes like the dream characters, the place, the emotions and the plot briefly. Being tired boosts your WILD chances, so you could try to WILD if you find yourself too tired to DJ next time.
Good skills!
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