Introducing myself, and my experiences so far.

Hello everyone!

I've been lurking around DreamViews for a few months now, and I just made an account today. So far I've had 1 lucid dream, and sadly it only lasted about 5-10 seconds, as I was so happy I woke up. Sadly, this was a few months ago, and I had stopped trying to Lucid Dream for some time.

I recently picked it back up though, and so I thought I'd come back and put 100% of my effort towards achieving lucidity. I've been writing in my normal journal before bed to clear my mind, and I was keeping up on my dream journal, but I've been remembering less and less lately, probably because I haven't been writing in it. I have been practicing some of the techniques such as WBTB, and MILD, so far with no success. Today I was reading about All Day Awareness and I like the idea as well as the results that I have seen others get, so I will start to try that beginning tonight. So far, I've only really read Naiya's guide, so if there are any other guides that are as helpful as hers was please link them in this thread. Also, in case there is anything important that I should be looking at or anything that you've had success with to induce lucid dreams on a constant basis please let me know. :)

-Brees

Naiya is a good start, that's for sure. Don't know if they still exist but the guides of Billybob are golden too, all of them.
And don't worry about quick success, it may take a month but the effort is worth it, also the DJ increases recall because it makes you think more of dreams, so if you keep focused even if you don't write everything down there shouldn't be a problem.

Welcome Brees!

Everyone has time where they give up for a while (heck, I took a 5 year break ;) ) but I think you'll find coming back to it with a renewed passion really helps get you lucid! Having already had your first LD when you started will give you that head-start on what to expect, and how to beat the excitement which wakes you up :)

To me, it's important to always keep your dream journal as best you can - even if you write down that you don't remember anything in the morning - it's the habit of writing in the journal and continued effort that really pushes your recall to the best it can be :)

You say you've been doing WBTB and MILD - have you been combining these with the basics required for DILD? Reality checks are a surefire test to make sure you are dreaming, and while you can get by easily without them in my eyes they help heaps when you're beginning :) For me, MILD is what I'd accredit almost all of my LDs to, it's the most effective technique for me. Finding the right technique for you is what really nails things in, though you have to try them for long enough to see if they do work!

In terms of guides the Beginners Guide To Lucid Dreaming is one of the best I've seen, and has links to all sorts of tutorials for every technique covered inside of it :)

Good luck, and welcome to DV!