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Hey, I'm 15 and most people won't judge you for your age, I've been lucid dreaming for about 2 years, I'm not an EXPERT but I'm pretty good, fell free to ask me about anything but WILD and things related to it.

Well it seems that my best bet is going to be WILD, as that has been the closest I've been to obtaining lucidity. There's been around 5 times that I've had a false awakening, but brushed it of as real life and never tried a reality check. :C


But tonight I'm GOING to have a lucid dream (confidence building (: ).


As for the question: What would you say is my best bet for a first time lucid dream?

Hi Garrett! I'm Jeremy, i'm new around here too.. nice to meet you!
And Soulnote, nice to see another aussie around here :b

Nice to meet you too Jeremy. God damn, I love a forum with a great community.

Hi, welcome to Dreamviews! I joined the site and started lucid dreaming when I was fifteen, so age really isn't a factor here.

If you want to start having regular lucid dreams, the first thing I can suggest is to start practicing awareness, since all lucids have to do with awareness in some way or another (including WILD). If you haven't looked them up yet, learn the various reality checks (RCs) which are used to confirm whether or not you're dreaming. The most popular one is the "nose-plug RC", which is basically just as it sounds - you plug your nose and see if you can breathe through it. In real life you obviously won't be able to, but in a dream you'll breathe as if nothing is blocking your airways.

I have a guide linked in my signature that contains a list of various other RCs, along with a rundown on the various lucid dreaming induction techniques and some other stuff. Here's some links to a few helpful WILD tutorials, taken from the guide.

Official Dreamviews WILD Tutorial
Jeff777's Free-Falling WILD Technique
Mind Awake, Body Asleep - Sleep Paralysis Induction Tutorial
KingYoshi's WILD Technique
Naiya's DILD and WILD Secrets
Seeker's The Five Phases of WILD
Mzzkc's Why You Fail at WILDs
Billybob's WILD - The Guide to End All Guides
AllInYourHead's How to Fail a WILD

Phew, that's quite a load to get started if WILD's your thing.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask, be it in this thread or by PM!

Hey there, Neeps. Can I call you Neeps? I'm going to call you Neeps.

First of all, I hope you're keeping a dream journal. If you're not, now's the time to start. It's hard to become lucid if you're not fully invested in your dreams, and a journal will help build your recall. If you're lucky, it will also help increase how vivid your dreams are. When you're lucid in a vivid dream, it's easier to gain control because you can skip past the stabilization/clarifying stage, mostly.

Keep in mind that you can be entirely lucid in a dream but have no control. A lot of newcomers get a little confused and think that being in control is an aspect of being lucid, but that's not the case, it's just that having conscious control of a dream is the most, if not the only interesting aspect of lucid dreaming, so people probably group them together as the same thing. Being lucid means you're aware that you're dreaming, that's it. You can have no control or total control, but if you know you're dreaming, you're lucid and it's a lucid dream.

So personally, I use the WILD method whenever I can. I have a lot of success with WBTB, too. I find that waking up in the morning and going back to sleep without really doing much just happens to bring about lucidity, but that's not the case for everyone and WBTB on its own is pretty unreliable. I can't explain all of these methods here but you can read about them in the Attaining Lucidity section which also has various sub-forums. It's important to read, read, read as much as possible and have a basic understanding of the common techniques and terms (mainly DILD/WILD/WBTB) so you can come up with specific questions to ask the more experienced folk.

On a side note,

Originally Posted by GNeeper

"I have 5-6 years to learn as much as I can, and want to spend it as well as possible".

Spend the rest of your life learning as much as you can and spend it as well as possible.

First and foremost, I said not to ask me about WILD, I'm a natural DILD'er, but the trade off is how much I suck at WILD. I'm not saying you shouldn't WILD, but if you want to WILD and not DILD, ask someone else, I'll assist you with anything but WILD.

By the way, confidence does play a big part, so good job there.

Now, about your FA's, well first you'll need to RC in real life, or at least RC when you get up, even if you're sure you're awake, do it anyway, false awakenings tend to be more realistic than most dreams. Keep a DJ, this will improve your recall and your intent to lucid dream. Look for common signs if you have them, though you might not, I don't As you recall dreams every day, you'll sort of get a different feel in your dreams rather than reality, this will help a lot too. In my opinion, the absolute, most important thing for a DILD is intent, which you have, and general awareness, even in real life. Try to be aware of things in real life, I'm not saying do a RC every time something slightly off happens, you can if you want though, but re-affirm yourself to as if this is dream or reality at least.

You can try to MILD too, which is using a mantra before you go to sleep, when you mild, don't just think them as words, think them with emotion, and no MIGHT, it's WILL. A good, simple mantra is, "I will lucid dream tonight." A MILD is also not an induction technique in itself, it's so assist a DILD or DEILD...or sometimes WILD, depending on how you use it.

When you do DILD, I'll be able to help you DILD even more, when you have your first, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING is to collect your thoughts at the start. Just because you know it's a dream, it doesn't mean you're as lucid as you can be, when you wake up you'll be wondering why you wasted your time doing whatever. You need to try become more conscious when you first become lucid, if you don't, you'll be impulsive. Try think logical thoughts when you become lucid, like math or a schedule from real life, that'll awaken your conscious mind more. Also stabilize the dream by stimulating your dream senses like sight, touch and hearing. When you become lucid, take in your surroundings and see what the dream is like, this'll help you become lucid in later dreams, because you're identifying your dream world.

Sorry for such a long explanation, but I thought I'd help you a bit more with some basics for me, if you want some control advice, go to KingYoshi's Dream Control section in the DV academy. Poke around the forums for some other advice, there are lots who could help you more than me.

I SPENT A LOONNNGG TIME WRITING THIS!!!

Thank you all for the positive remarks on my entry. This is one helpful forum. I had no success last night as well as recollection of my dream. Im putting a lot of faith into WILD as that has been where I get the best results. I just want my first lucid dream

But this does not mean im not interested in DILD at all. Why waste perfectly good day time sleeping, when I can have fun all night long? Though WILD seems more feasible to do without having to wait 14+ hours for each attempt.

Originally Posted by GNeeper

Thank you all for the positive remarks on my entry. This is one helpful forum. I had no success last night as well as recollection of my dream. Im putting a lot of faith into WILD as that has been where I get the best results. I just want my first lucid dream

But this does not mean im not interested in DILD at all. Why waste perfectly good day time sleeping, when I can have fun all night long? Though WILD seems more feasible to do without having to wait 14+ hours for each attempt.

What are you talking about waiting 14 hours? What does 14 hours have to do with DILD?

DILD is lucidity inside a dream, right? I mean going to sleep each night is about 14 hours apart if I were to fail.

Well WILD is lucidity in a dream too...you're just lucid from the start...you're still asleep, still a dream...

I personally dislike wild, but thats because i have no patience or willpower -.-

I suggest DILD/MILD techniques. try going into the 'Attaining Lucidity' boards. You'll get alot of variations to a lot of techniques just like Puffin showed you.

Sorry im replying so slow with minimal response- im at school using my phone to post which is very tedious. Ill be home within 2 hours and for anyone who wants to talk to me about LDing add me on skype: garrettneeper

This, to me, will be a lit easier to communicate. c:

There are some very mature kids on this site, and some immature ones, I suppose. lol
Remember that lucidity and control are two different things.
You can have complete control over your dreams without knowing that they are dreams. I am a perfect example. A dozen or so years ago, my dream self learned that be could do anything with his mind. In my dreams I have FORGETTEN that there is a world where I can't do anything with my mind.
You can also be completely lucid and powerless over your dream. "I know this is a dream. Why can't I fly?"

Not to try to make little of your attempts so far, but many people try for many weeks for their first lucid. Many people have success in no time at all, though. It just depends.

Welcome!

Welcome to Dream Views! Its always exciting to have new members, you know the more input we get from people the better we understand dreams. Everyone is so friendly here it is just unreal. I think you will like it here a lot.

Originally Posted by sloth

There are some very mature kids on this site, and some immature ones, I suppose. lol

Originally Posted by Soulnote

I'm a natural DILD'er

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Alright, just tried Yoshi's WILD technique to no avail. GOD DAMN PHONE RINGING. I'm going to wake up at around 2 am with an alarm clock and try again.

Also: When you are in Sleep Paralysis, is it still possible to be awake? I feel as if I am within SP, but I can still possibly move but at the same time I'm not having and hallucinations.

I'd like to talk quickly on skype, in hopes I find out as much as possible before bed tonight (about 5 hours away).

Skype name: garrettneepar

First, not all of us have skype,

Second, don't give up after 1 attempt

Third, I still don't get why you would have to wait 14 hours for DILD and not 14 hours for WILD

I'm not giving up, it's just I saw that it's better to do WILD only a few hours after you've slept for a bit.

And what I am saying about the hours is that if I fail to attempt DILD once during night, the earliest I wake up is in the morning at my normal time. Sorry, I'm just a beginner to all these new techniques...

Well if you fail to do WILD one night it's the same thing.

Hi, I'm 15 too. You're not alone.

i'm new here too, look forward to learning with you, Neeps.
all i have as advice would be patience and good luck. have fun!