n00b @ lucidity

so, i just recently started trying to lucid dream. i've had one so far :D and my dream recall is now daily as opposed to before when i would remember dreams maybe 4 times a month.

it's been hard for me to try and start lucid dreaming because it took me a while to even get my dream recall up. i used to be there was something wrong with me because i wasn't able to dream every night, but here i learned i was just doing everything wrong.

anyway, it'd be cool to have someone on here to talk to, to ask for questions and whatnot. because i really want to be able to lucid dream at least weekly because it seems really cool. it should be much easier now considering school is over.

thanks for reading :D

Welcome to the forum :)

Ask away, there's plenty of people here willing to help. Also you should check out the wiki section of the site, there's a bunch of information about the different techniques and such . It'll probably answer most of your questions.

Welcome to DV.
That's impressive you raised your recall that greatly, nice job :)
Just keep persistent with trying to LD.
If you have any specific questions feel free to PM me, another Dream Guide, or ask on here.

Hello, Miss fouxdafafa.

Welcome! I myself am new here too. I started my "mental training", per se, about two weeks ago. I've bolstered my dream recall to at least one dream a night, sometimes as high as 3 a night. I've had 3 lucid dreams so far, one on the second day (or night, rather) of training, and the other two pretty much spread out. I should be due for another one soon.

Have you tried MILD before? For some reason I think it's actually having a negative impact on my dream recall! For example, last night when I tried it I woke up at morning, and couldn't remember anything. To stick to my at-least-one-dream-a-night goal I went back to sleep, this time without using MILD but rather just trying to relax myself and I got one dream before waking.

I'll try MILD one more time, (it'll be my third go with MILD) and if it impairs my recall again or doesn't conjure a lucid dream, I'm going to have to switch to something else.

Good luck!

EDIT: Well, according to the DV database, scratching an itch is okay when trying MILD.

I'm the kind of person that moves a lot before going to sleep, trying to find a good position and having to scratch constantly. The previous two times I tried MILD involved me forcing myself to ignore all the itching I was getting, WHICH WAS ALOMST UNBEARABLE!!! I know I get so close to dreaming because I can feel the paralysis taking over me. All the itching keeps bothering me while I'm tring to sleep.

Knowing it's okay to scratch I guess I'll give MILD a few more tries.... and put on a little lotion to minimize itching.

-Shiromage