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      Love/Hate Relationship with Lucidity

      I was a super vivid dreamer as a child, and began to experience lucid dreams in my pre-teen years. I had my first sleep-paralysis episode when I was 17, although it wasn't until later in life when I learned what had actually happened. Lucid dreaming always came very natural to me, and the control over the dreams was always simple. As I aged, the lucidity was always there, but my ability to control has diminished. I suppose this is due to change in sleeping habits (kids do that!) About 4 years ago, I began to experience WILD on a regular basis. I blame that on my husband's work schedule. He came home at about 2-3am every night; I'd wake up for about 30 minutes or so, then go back to sleep. Apparently, this was an ideal setup for my body to experience WILD. Now, it occurs often - sometimes I welcome it, sometimes purely accidental. I look at my dreaming in different ways. Sometimes, I think it's just about the coolest thing ever. (and it really is!) But lately, the only word I can think of to describe it is frustration. I can never go anywhere in my WILDs. They always start from my bedroom, as I get out of the bed I fell asleep in. I can't go anywhere (I'd love to open my closet door and see Hawaii, but it's only ever my closet) My control is not great anymore, I can't paint my own picture. I am also having a hard time with my reality checks. Things that were sure things simply don't work for me anymore. There are times when I worry about whether I really can open up my bedroom window and fly out. So I don't anymore. In my dreams now, I walk downstairs and open the door and try to take-off from the ground instead of just running with the dream.
      Well, I can go on & on (you don't know how many times I tried to start a blog just so I could go on & on.) I'm a bit long-winded Anyway, I thought it was time to try to get my skill back, and turn it into the awesomeness it once was! So..nice to meet you all!

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      Sounds like you're having abit of a control issue, it's probably because you expect to see the inside of your closet when you open it. But you are lucid at this point you know it's a dream, and with that comes the ability to manipulate it. There shouldn't be that metal block so lets get rid of it, have you tried starting from scratch with some basic control, then work it up as you gain confidence.
      On another note, are you keeping a Dream Journal? How good is your recall?
      Good luck

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      Welcome to DV! What I suggest you do is to try more passive control. Try different ways of flying instead of the way you use to do it. If you doubt your abilities after a dream in which you didn't have much control, you will have a harder time in the next and in the next after that. It's a downwards spiral, so get that confidence back up! You can be god if you want to, shouldn't a little bit of gravity manipulation be a piece of cake?

      If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. Good luck!

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      Hi, im not very expierenced at Lucid Dreaming. But I think you've forgotten about LD's. Maybe you wasn't carelles enough? You should take attention to Lucid Dreaming. And about Closet.. The secret is that.. When you are Lucidy it's you dream, all control Is in you hands, the dream will end when you will want, the object will move if you want It. You just need to believe It 100%. Just open Closed doors, and think for e.x. There will be a new landscape, and It will. The brains used to make all think in lucidy as realistic as It posible. Cuz when you lucid your brains Logic center turns on. Thats why the dream may change alot, and the dream wont be as unrealistic as It was, I mean if there was flying dogs, probaply It wont any more and... Cuz It's much more logical after gaining lucid. You used to think In reality that theres gravity, people cant fly, theres no monsters, teleports, telekanesis. If you want to gain control of you dream, you must empty your mind of all reality (Forget that grafity exist, forget all you've learned In reality, about reality).

      So you must believe 100% and you must forget, or just not to think about reality thinks.. Cuz If you will think that theres cant be flying dogs, talking animals and other thinks. It wont, It will be almost reality... And you wont have control of dream. And It wont be fun. Cuz It will be almost reality, cuz your brains depends on what you think..

      I hope It Help Ya.
      Last edited by Dumax; 09-25-2011 at 06:39 PM.
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      I think you're all right - getting back to basics is key! My recall is pretty good, and I've never been good with keeping up with a dream journal. So that's goal #1. Look forward to interacting with everyone here

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