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      Greetings!

      I'm 19 years old. I have had sporadic lucid dreams throughout my life, and now I am interested in learning how to master the process.

      My high school economics teacher introduced me to lucid dreaming. I never knew what it was called before then, and for all I knew I was the only one experiencing these types of dreams.

      Ever since I joined the military last year I have not been able to achieve lucidity. Is it possible that stress could be a huge factor? Being away from my family, wife, etc...

      Well nonetheless I am glad to be part of the forums!
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      Wotcher! (I don't even know what that really means..)
      Welcome to DreamViews! Yes, stress can be a major factor to achieving lucidity and even just recall of your dreams, you should try doing something like meditation to relieve (some of) the stress.

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      Any questions about lucid dreaming? Drop me a PM here!

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      Wait, you are 19 and married?!? Wow, thats pretty cool, must be nice to meet someone you love so early in your life. Less time wasted looking for her.

      Anyways, stress is a huge factor. Think of it this way- you are so stressed that you can't sleep at night. Obviously that means no dreams. But you can be really stressed and still be able to sleep. If that is the case, you may be able to nod off, to to be able to dream, you might be too stressed for that.

      It's a fine balance, but really less stress equals more success.

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      Welcome

      and yes, stress is my biggest problem. Try meditation before you sleep if you have time. Good luck

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      I really don't feel stressed though. I have absolutely no problem sleeping at night. When I wake up I know I've had a dream I just can't recall it at all. I just am trying to think of reasons why I can't achieve it when I always could.

      I will try your tips tonight and see if they help!

      But basic military training messes with your head so much and I might just need to work at mastering it again.

      And yes, I'm happily married.
      Graduate my training within the next 45 days and I we will finally be able to get our house together.

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      Well really the best and probably only reliable way to improve your dream recall is with a dream journal. This helps to emphasize the importance of dreams to yourself. It works like having a cold. Your nose is blocked to you to breathe through your mouth. This is not normal, and so you notice it more and when you are thinking about it, you do it manually and it really takes your attention. Same for dreams. If you write them down, your mind gets thinking about them. When the mind is more and more focused on dreams, you will begin to have them more.

      If you cannot maintain writing in a book beside your bed each morning (I don't know how the military messes with your day to day life), then maybe just taking a while or spending free moments really trying to remember the dreams you had that night, and focusing on them. It's easier than it sounds, and even easier if you can jot down a few lines about what happened.

      It's basically Lucid dreaming 101 to have a dream journal, but most people after a while are so focused on lucid dreaming, that they have to need to try and recall their dreams- they do it naturally, like breathing.

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      Hello there! Sounds like its just enough stress to keep you from being lucid or not remembering. I have a similar past to yours when it comes to lucid dreaming, and I think that for naturals the lack of even the tiniest of LD's seem to stress us out more because it was never a problem before. For DV noobs (like myself) we never had a technique or practice to fall back on when we have a dry spell. It's almost like its strange to naturals not to have a LD so when they join a site like this and actually pay attention to the frequency of LD, they get a bit more stressed out. lol IMO.
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