Hello! :)

[sallyrand]

Hello everyone, I'm a new member here in dreamviews. My name is Sally and I'm 22. I'm very happy that I found this forum. I had my first lucid dream a couple of months ago. I was conscious that it was a dream, but it only lasted a couple of seconds. I've searched a lot of information on the internet and I decided start reading this book: "Lucid dreams in 30 days by Keith Harary and Pamela Weintraub". Have anyone read it? If so, is it helpful? or is it better to follow the instructions in this website? I've been reading it for a week now, but I'm a little bit sceptical with its results. This is the first time I join a forum, and I'm kinda lost. I would appreciate any help. Greetings from Spain.

[MissyDawhMajii]

Welcome to the forum of dream views! Just post a lot and stay by the rules and it shouldn't be too hard. ^_^ I hope you enjoy yourself here a lot x3;

[JoannaB]

Welcome to DV, Sally! I recommend both this website and reading a book, not either or. I am not familiar with the particular book you mention, though. What about it makes you skeptical?

[sallyrand]

Well, the book is a guide. The give everyday instructions to follow. This is only my first week and I feel like It won't work. You can easily find it on the internet for free. I will combine their instructions with information I find here and at the end I will tell if it worked for me

[Karloky]

If you want to do LD and to be successful it has to become your lifestyle not a one day habit

[JoannaB]

Different people learn LD at different speed, so a book that claims it can teach you to LD in x number of days will not be literally correct, though the techniques they recommend may be good, but the number of days is not something to take seriously. Some people learn to LD fast, and others struggle to a while before succeeding. Also different techniques work better for different people, so if you try one technique for two weeks and have no success, you can try another method for another two weeks, until you find something that works for you. And when I say two weeks, I do not necessarily mean that precise amount, just that you should not be switching techniques every day, but stick with one technique for a while. Edit: This is really like with many other skills. For example, learning how to read: one cannot say it takes x number of days to learn how to read. Different people learn at different speeds. It also depends on many factors such as commitment level / effort and also age of the person learning (kids learn faster), and also stress level (if you have lots of stress you learn slower), etc.

[sallyrand]

Thank you for your replies. Yeah, I can imagine that LDing depens on the person. I think I'm gonna read the book and follow its recomendations and see if it works. There is a lot of information in this website. If lucid dreaming it's a lifestyle, as Karloky says, I want to embrace it. I think I just have to work on it and find out what's best for me.