Plateaued in Lucid Dreaming progress

After I saw Inception in May, I was very eager to learn how to lucid dream. Beginning May 31, I started keeping a dream journal and thus far have 58 recorded dreams. I started off rocky, with one every couple nights, and eventually got up to 5 or 6 a night, vividly recalled.

But since Sunday night (Jul 3-4), I've been waking up after all my dreams and losing a substantial amount of sleep, as well as losing some of my dream recall. Jul 6-7 I didn't recall a single one, nor Jul 8-9 (and only one on Jul 7-8).

I've been trying to keep myself dreaming through autosuggestion as I fall asleep, but it hasn't helped. (You know, things like... "I will recall all my dreams," "I will become lucid in my dreams," that kind of thing.)

I have had only two dreams where I became lucid during (Jun 11-12, and Jun 29-30), and both ended almost immediately after.

I've also tried using dreamsigns to attain lucidity, but every time I discover a new dreamsign I never dream about it again.

If it helps, I'm nineteen and male and sleep about 8-10 hours a night. I'm trying to attain full lucidity, and have a dream planned for when I do (or at least somewhat outlined).

Hey, Zack and welcome to DV! If you need help, feel free to PM me. Be sure to read up on the tutorials in the wiki!

Welcome to Dream views Zack! You should definitely read the tutorials here, they help a lot. Are you using reality checks? I got interested in lucid dreaming back in early 2010 but for some reason stopped but three days ago i started back and i haven't had a lucid dream yet but i know i will soon. Some stuff i like to use to increase my odds of having lucid dreams are binaural beats, the MILD technique, doing reality checks like pinching my nose closed and trying to breath through it, "Really's ultimate lucid induction song" (which has also helped people get vivid non-lucid dreams), Puffin suggested "Jeff777s free-falling WILD technique" which i think is really good. I would have posted links but you have to be registered for 7 days to be able to do that, so use the search bar to find them.

I hope you enjoy it here :)

I've been using reality checks, yes, but I've never done one in a dream. The hard part for me is setting a subconscious schedule every day to do so. For example... at work, I don't really think much about it. And since many of my dreams are work-related, you can see the issue there. As for the binaural beats, I have those on my iPod but my headphones always fall out when I sleep, so I've never had luck with that. I've also tried MILD but have a very hard time getting to sleep after taking those steps and usually my mind drifts off of the mnemonics before I end up in dream.

I've taken a look at Jeff's WILD technique, which I think I will try; I think I've tried something similar before, with the hypnagogic state "dreams", and I've been able to control that... but that is still when the logic center is functioning, and I believe it is conscious rather than subconscious (at the point I've reached).

I wasn't able to find anything about this induction song, though. I tried Google and the forum search bar and got nothing...

Any other tips are welcome!

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I wasn't able to find anything about this induction song, though. I tried Google and the forum search bar and got nothing...

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Try searching for "Really's Ultimate Lucid Mp3 is Here!" this is what the thread is titled.

I've downloaded the MP3 and will try it tonight. Not sure how well it will work as it appears to be more for meditation and autosuggestion purposes, though.

That's not to long ago. It's probably just a dry spell. Not a bid deal. I had a 3 month dry spell.

When you were first picking it up, or after you had become seasoned at it?

Hi Zack. Great job on getting where you have today! It sounds like you might be having a little bit of a dry spell which is completely normal even if you had been having a lot of lucid dreams before that. It kind of sounds like you might be loosing confidence and you need to keep as much confidence as you can. If your confident, it will happen. If your having trouble with Dream Recall then read this Tutorial. As for waking up right after your dreams that might just be a mental block. Like you think your going to wake up after your dreams so you do.

I would recommend just to wait a bit and see what happens. It could be a dry spell, or it could be something else. Just wait and see what happens :).

Good luck! Oh...and...Welcome to Dreamviews!

Alright, I've got a half dozen things to try tonight, then. Thanks for the kind welcomes and I'll be sticking around this forum for a while I think!