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      Ohai

      Sup, guys... I just wanted to try lucid dreaming, so I joined. I just wanted to know what the easiest technique is for you...I dont know which one to try.

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      Hi. Stay dedicated, because lucid dreams can be amazing. I successfully had many lucid dreams a few years ago (but I was never able to remain in them for longer than a few seconds.) Since 2011 started, I've been trying again. I'm not an expert on the subject, but this is what I've found, basic advice I think anyone on this site would advise (You might have heard what I'm about to explain before. That's no problem for me. I enjoy explaining it, and writing this gives me a higher chance of having a LD tonight.):

      You must keep a dream journal, if you aren't already. I don't know of a LDer who doeesn't. They'll help with your dream recall, and will tell your subconscious that your dreams are important, which will also help with LDing.

      Think about lucid dreaming throughout the day, allow yourself to get excited about. Do many reality checks (RC) throughout the day. These are when you ask yourself if you're dreaming, and come up with whatever method you like the best to decide whether you're dreaming or not. RCs will help you gain awareness that you're not dreaming. If you never question whether you're dreaming or not while you're awake, how can you expect the thought to occur to you in a dream? Common methods are:

      - Check a clock or some text. Look away and imagine that when you look back the text/clock will be different. Look back. If it's different, you're dreaming. If it's the same, you probably aren't dreaming.
      - Look at your hands. In a dream, 90-something % of the time, your hands looked f'd up in some way.
      - Do a 'history check': think about how you got to the place you are. In a dream, you usually won't remember. If you remember the long series of events you've been through since waking up this morning, you're probably not dreaming.
      - Don't just decide that you're not dreaming on the basis that everything feels too real. Never underestimate how real things can feel in a dream.

      As for the methods... DILD, WILD, MILD, WBTB, etc. I personally had one of my pathetic '2' lucid dreams this year by using the WBTB (Wake Back to Bed) technique, and my dreams are usually MILD or DILD. The WBTB technique is when you sleep for multiples of 1.5 hours (usually 6 is advised), wake up with an alarm clock, stay up for about half an hour doing lucid dream related things, like reading about it, going on this forum, or just thinking about it. Go back to sleep, and you're very likely to have a lucid dream. The WILD (Wake Induced Lucid Dream) technique, which is when you go from a waking to a dreaming state while fully conscious the entire time, is said to work very well with the WBTB technique. I've personally never succeeded with WILD, but I plan to eventually.
      Last edited by Dianeva; 01-27-2011 at 04:48 AM.

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