Thread: Thanks DV but...

It's different for everybody.
For me it took two months.
For some it took up to a year.

Don't give up hope.

I haven't had much time for techniques because of school and other things. But I have made it part of my 'routine' to record in my DJ. Everyday, no matter what. It's the first thing I do in the morning. It fills me with joy when I wake up from a good dream. This is why I will continue working my way towards Lucid Dreaming. I feel like I'm getting close though. When I started, I literally had zero dream recall. The past few years my sleeping time was a few hours but felt like less than a second. I would close my eyes, open them and It's morning. Many people I know want to sleep like that, but I don't. I envy those who have dreams every night.

Like Malicious said, it is different for everyone. It happened to me by accident before I even knew what lucid dreaming was, but it takes some people over a year. If you keep recording your dreams you should be able to recall 1-2 dreams a night in no time. It also helps if right after you wake up, you just lay in the same position you were sleeping in, and try to run the night through your mind. Try to remember when you actually went to sleep, when your first dream started, when it ended, when the next dream started, etc. Just laying in bed thinking about your dreams seems to boost your memory better than sitting at a desk. You should also make sure you're getting at least 8 hours of sleep if you aren't already. It should help with recall and generally be healthier.

The ADA tutorial might also help with dream recall and becoming lucid. http://www.dreamviews.com/f12/all-da...3/#post1628862

Also remember that you must believe 100% you will be lucid and stay determined.

Record your dreams in a dream journal. Make sure you write them out as if your dreams were a story; how one event led to another. This trains your brain a lot better if you were to just write down point form of little things you remember.

Practice being aware of your current state of mind. At random points of the day, you should stop and think "Am I dreaming?". At first you'll have to force yourself to remember, but keep doing this until it naturally pops into your head 5+ times a day. Look around your surroundings and just study them as well as do a reality check.

Never doubt your ability to lucid dream. You require your subconscious to provide the cue that you are lucid dreaming as you lack consciousness so if you have any doubt that you can't lucid dream then you're subconscious is going to pick up on this and take the belief and try and make it a reality.

Lucid dreaming is about more than just dream journaling though. Anyone can have a dream journal, that doesn't mean they are going to have lucid dreams. It's just the first step. What other techniques do you use, if any?