lurking for a few days

**rockyraccoon** · 09-30-2010 03:52 PM

hi dreamviews
I've decided to join after lurking for a few days and seeing how friendly and helpful the people here are. I'll give you some brief or not so brief info about me.
I've been keeping a DJ on and off for around three months now some written scraps in a note book some typed on my laptop.
I find remembering to do RC's throughout the day really hard. Although I do look at my watch a lot but I have never done this in a dream

Ever since I was little and a dream became too scary something would click and I'd say this is a dream but then I'd wake up. Recently I had a dream were I fell out of a rollercoaster and got stuck at the top, then I realised this must be a dream but once again I woke up.
I've been trying the WILD technique for over a month now but every time I start to enter what I think is SP i get excited and loose it.
so thats me and my attempts at lucid dreaming, hi

any tips or advice would be appreciated, thanks

**Puffin** · 09-30-2010 04:43 PM

Hi, welcome to DV!

Whatever you do, don't do mindless RCs. 99.9% of the time you become lucid from sudden awareness and not a reality check; they're used just to confirm the fact that you're dreaming.

**grischkaja008** · 09-30-2010 05:40 PM

Hello and welcome

As Puffin said, train more on awareness than during mindless RC's. RC are good to confirm if you are dreaming or not.
WILDS are a bit difficult to start with, DILD or MILD are easier. (that's what I find)

Happy lucid dreaming