New Kid In Town

**DreamscapeRuins** · 01-06-2011 06:03 AM

Hey everyone

Argh, I hate being the "New Kid In Town", but everyones gotta start somewhere, right? So, here I am! I'm new around here, but not new to the grand old interwebz. (Who's new to the internet?)

I'm a 21 year old college student majoring in Information Technology. My name is Amanda (But all my friends call me Manda. Drop the A, its cooler)

I first started learning about Lucid Dreaming around two years ago. I'm not sure what, exactly, sparked my interest. But something did. I went on a massive Google hunt and learned everything I could about it in one nights time. The next morning, I bought a dream journal.

I kept up with the routine of waking up and immediately pulling out my journal for a good year. No results. Not even a false awakening D: The best I could get were more vivid dreams.

I still haven't read the entries in my dream journal. I was trying to wait until I got the entire thing full before reading it through.

Shortly after, I had a family emergency. It required both me and my Mom to relocate 3 states away for a good 4 months. This COMPLETELY threw off my routine. While I still carried my journal, I never wrote in it.

On afternoon, while dozing off in the hospital waiting room, I suddenly gained lucidity. Nothing tipped me off, its like I instantly knew I was dreaming. Once I realized this, my excitement started getting the best of me and the dream started to get fuzzy.

A book I have once told me that, to keep hold of lucidity - its best to focus on one item in dream until you gain your control back. I did just that. I focused on the doorknob. And it worked

Ironically, I didn't do anything cool in my dream. I walked around a bit (The dream setting was the hospital. I think I had spent entirely too much time there, and it started popping up in my dreams), talked to a few people, but I kept waking up. I'd be able to force myself back to sleep and into a lucid state again instantly.

Finally, my phone rang. It was all over xD

Even after that, it took me awhile to get back into the routine. I must admit, what got me back obsessively into it is Inception. Ever since watching that, I've been back on my crazy adventure to master this.

Currently, I'm trying to use a variation WILD (Wake-induced Lucid Dreaming), except there is no "waking yourself up 5 hours later". This one, my friend suggested, you try to go into right as you fall asleep for the first time. I'm not sure if I'm too much of an amateur right now for a technique like that.
4 days down, very few results =/

Woooow. Rambly long post. I'm sorry XD Here's a shorter version:

Hi everyone! I'm new

Not exactly new to lucid dreaming, but new to these forums. What are your tips to reaching lucidity?

JP · 01-06-2011 06:26 AM

Welcome to the forums Manda, you have come to the right place. This is a great place to start, Wiki - Dreamviews Lucid Dreaming Community & Resource You can find nearly everything you need to know about lucid dreaming in the dreamviews wiki. I recommend you start a dream journal as soon as possible; record all dreams. If you need any help with anything feel free to ask or shoot me a private message. Good luck!

**Matte87** · 01-06-2011 04:19 PM

Hi and welcome! You sound like one with discipline, and that's great! I would give up if I didn't have results within a few months. Some people are having a hard time doing WILD and so they stick to MILD and DILD. They rely on becoming lucid while in the dream, and that's the technique I go with. If you do WILD when going to bed, you will have a hard time remaining conscious as you're often very tired. Also if you manage to do it, the dream will not be as clear as it would be if you did it after 6 hours of sleep,

I suggest you try different techniques out, and like juvenilepunk said, continue on writing in your DJ. Daydream alot about lucid dreaming just before bed. What you will do, how you would feel if you achieved lucidity etc.

Good luck! If you have any further questions, feel free to ask them here or in a PM.

Keep on dreaming!

**DreamscapeRuins** · 01-06-2011 09:06 PM

Thanks for the welcome, guys!

And yeah, I would have probably given it up by now. However, having a semi-lucid dream in the hospital a few months ago kind of set the idea in my mind. Its possible for me, I just have to figure out /how/. Plus, I'm pretty obsessed and stuck on the idea. I have been since I first learned about it xD I refuse to give up easily.

Plus, keeping the Dream Journal is kind of interesting on its own. Even if I never ever reach full lucidity, I think I'd still keep the journal.

**XeL** · 01-06-2011 09:09 PM

to DV, Manda!

Best of luck!

**GMoney** · 01-06-2011 11:34 PM

Welcome to DV, Manda!

I don't know about trying to WILD right when you go to sleep for the first time - everything I've heard about lucid dreaming says you should set your alarm for 4-6 hours after you fall asleep. Of course, you could try your method, but I think you'll have much better results WILDing in the morning.

Good luck lucid dreaming!