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Hi
I'll start off by saying, I've never been very good at introductions. Now I'm not too sure how many lucid dreams I've had, but I don't have many now adays. When I was younger I was terrified of going to sleep because of almost guarenteed, vivid nightmares. My mom could only take so much of me running to her room in the middle of the night, so at some point, I was on my own. Learning to lucid dream came naturally.
When i was very little I had a recurring dream of my brother dragging me down the hall, and swinging me through a laundry basket, (you know...the plastic ones with all the square holes,) and it would shred me into little pieces. I started to remember I was dreaming, and would just accept my fate and wait to wake up. After a few times I learned how to wake myself up by tightly shutting my eyes and opening them (theres a mental aspect thats a bit difficult to explain) and I'd be awake in my bed. Long story short, this led me to not just waking myself up, but giving myself advantages over my nightmares, hence why I'm now on a lucid dreaming forum.
At some point in my early teens I sort of... forgot about lucid dreaming, or maybe lost interest, I don't quite remember as this is the drug experimenting age. At some point in my life I developed a drug addiction and robbed myself entirely of my dream recall, and probably REM sleep in general due to the short hours of sleep and certain narcotics. About a year ago I cleaned up, but I'm still having trouble trying to get back to my previous level of very strong dream recall. I keep a dream journal by my bed but usually only use it for a few words, cause I can only remember what just happened. I have one or two good dream recalls a week, and have had a couple lucids this past year, but I woke up from them both extremely quickly. One of them kind of just... faded to black, and there I was in bed with my eyes closed.
Anyway, I'm rambling. So this is why I'm here. I've been browsing the forum before I go to sleep for the past couple months, to try to keep my mind on dreaming. I figured, why not make an account? Meet the strange (in a good way) people that write out the thoughts I've been reading every night.
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Its good to meet you. I'm new to this place as well and figured I would just start randomly commenting til someone talked to me. I was hoping to find adults on this site that I could relate to in accepting this challenge of lucid dreaming. I think I've come really close to being lucid but have struggled to keep excited about the whole process. I'm here for motivation because I think its the most important thing to making lucidity happen. If you believe and feel it will happen it will. I think I have trouble feeling it will happen and so it doesn't. Anyway good luck in your dream endeavors and maybe we'll talk again soon.
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Hi, Roaka122 and Infinityjester. Welcome to DV!
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Hey Infinity Jester. Yea I feel you, I've been losing that motivation as well.
Hi JoannaB, thanks for the welcoming =).
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Yea there are just so many things in my brain fighting for attention. Lucid dreaming could be very rewarding emotionally but I lose focus of it throughout the day. I started doing reality checks again whenever I transition into a new environment(going outside/inside) as I think this helps me take it more seriously. I think talking/ reading about. Reddit is where I used to go and first turned me onto this, but I'm getting tired of that place and r/luciddreaming as well. There seems to be a lot of immaturity there and only de-motivates me. If your ever need of motivation feel free to send me a message. I certainly no master at this particular game but my mind is open so I'll help you any way I can.
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Nice to meet you JoannaB.
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The invitation is appreciated jester, and the same goes to you.