Lucid Dry Spell HELP!!

**Linkster17** · 01-11-2011 05:32 AM

I need help becoming lucid again. It has been 5 months since I have become lucid and it's very hard to try and stay motivated since its been so long since I've had one. Any tips to help me achieve a lucid again? thanks in advance for any tips and advice

JP · 01-11-2011 06:37 AM

You're just going to get back into the rhythm of recording dreams and performing reality checks. It's not going to be easy, it's going to take practice and time before you start actively having lucid dreams again.

**frederom** · 01-11-2011 06:38 AM

This is true! sometime it gets very hard to stay motivated.

But you know what? Some of my best dream were not even lucid... you can still enjoy theme. This helped me on my motivation level.

Also don't aim to high. every dream recall is a little victory.

If you religiously keep track of your dream in a dream journal you cannot fail. But write as many thing as you can in it, study it, understand it.

You need to work hard and be confident about your self ... every non-lucid dream you had is not a fail but a big step forward that will led you to lucid dreaming.

**rkenning** · 01-11-2011 06:47 AM

ive been trying for around year now and finally ive had about 3 in the past month so just be patient and keep trying, its all worth it in the end to be able to manipulate a dream world

**Linkster17** · 01-12-2011 03:23 AM

Thanks everybody for the advice

**Nufeather1** · 01-12-2011 03:36 AM

I suggest giving it a break maybe( some people actually go lucid when they take a break from it) . If not then try visualizing the dream out before you go to sleep, and tell yourself you will become lucid, you could maybe even question the whole sensation and ask what setting will i be in? who will be there? how will it smell? what will I feel? etc.
good luck! keep the motivation!

**KushyBear** · 01-12-2011 04:15 AM

Here's some good motivation : The feeling after you did your first RC in a dream.

**pinkeyedance** · 01-16-2011 12:26 PM

Get really anal about keeping a dream journal and be as descriptive as you can.
Try not to think about how crap the next day will be once you wake up.
Set your alarm 10 minutes earlier than usual to give you some time to record your dreams if you're a busy person.
Try sleeping on a pillow that isn't your own.

Just a couple of simple suggestions but I hope you find something that works out for you!

**Linkster17** · 01-21-2011 01:16 AM

Again, thanks for the tips everybody. I haven't gotten a lucid yet but I will soon!

**bored2tears** · 01-21-2011 01:16 AM

Linkster, I remember you from the MILD classes back in August! I stopped trying until yesterday, so do you want to work together?

Also, having a positive mindset works. I told myself as I fell asleep that I will remember my dreams, and I did. This never worked for me, but for some reason it did.

**atkins513** · 01-21-2011 03:01 AM

The dream Journal was a great suggestion and you should take bored2tears up on his offer.. getting lucid sometimes works best when working on it with someone else

**Linkster17** · 01-21-2011 03:14 AM

Sure bored2tears, although I am also working on something like this with someone else

**StonedApe** · 01-21-2011 03:40 AM

Dream journaling is essential. You could also try meditating or just doing something that relieves stress and clears your mind before you go to sleep. Another thing that works is believing that you will have a lucid dream. I started telling myself that I would have a LD and doing WBTB. Have had 15 LD in the past 5 days since I started putting in a serious effort(this is after a 3 month dryspell, and about 6 months since I had more than one a week), but I'm rather ocd about things when I decide I'm gonna do them. The more effort and thought you put in the more likely you will have one.

You can do it, just believe that you can.