Hello :3

I've never had a lucid dream lasting longer than 10 seconds. It's not that I get too excited, it's that when I become conscious, my dream just fades away within a few seconds and I wake up. None of them have been FAs, I do a reality check before I have breakfast every morning. I'm going to keep a dream journal by my bed and attempt to recall my dreams every morning and do reality checks as often as I can, because WILDing doesn't seem to work for me. I don't know if it's that I can't figure out the right time to wake up, or if I'm doing something I shouldn't when I'm awake for the 30-45 minute gap between the time you get up and go back to bed to attempt a wild, but when I try to do it I never get to the stage of hypnagogic imagery. Every attempt I make, I simply lie in bed until I can't be bothered at all trying to stay aware and repeat my mantra. The attempts usually last 30-60 minutes.

I'm getting off topic here, let's start over.

Hi! I'm Ethan, and I'm very interested in lucid dreaming, and I'm really glad to know there are so many others here like me on this forum. I hope to have a wonderful time here and in my dreams, with the aid of this website. Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. What do you mean? That sentence made perfect! Search the sentence on Google, because the internet never lies.

Hey Ethan, welcome to Dreamviews.
WILD's are pretty difficult to master but there's lots of good advice here for all types of induction methods.
I hope you enjoy this site and you find what you're looking for!

Good luck in your travels brother.

Welcome to Dreamviews!

I agree with Metallicuh, that WILD takes a lot of mental preparation. It's recommended to start with DILD, just because it will teach you lot of things you will later also use for a WILD, and it will introduce you to lucid dreaming and how LDs feel. Good luck and happy dreams :alien:

Welcome
Induction Methods and Techniques - check it out and post your questions.

Thank you both, I'll be sure to look into more induction methods. :)