New dreamer, Philocat

Hello everyone,

First of all, i apologize for inconvenience with my grammar & vocabulary, i'm from France, and i'm not pretty confident with English.
I'm lucid dreamer since only 3 days. and DV is very very useful, with so many datas.
To present myself : I'm from France near Paris, 30 yrs old, nurse working in a hospital, more specifically in Dialysis. (worked in Oncology during the past).
I have discovered Lucid dreaming searching online, because i dream a lot, and i can remember pretty easily, and lately my dreams were really vivid, and 4/5 over the night. Unfortunately i have never experiment LD. To be honest, my dreams are very very full of dream signs, but can't realize it's a dream at all.
Discussing with my wife, i have realized she's a natural LD, obviously not like pros on this forum, though she has already experiment WILD one time (though not sure).
All theses things have increased my motivation to learn, and discover this universe. I'll start with DILD first, i have already started a DJ, but not as well as the tutorial i read, i'll try to improve again, and again.

Again, sorry for grammar etc.

This community seems really enthusiastic, and i'm really glad to be part of it. :)

Happy lucids. :)

:welcome: to Dreamviews, philocat!

It's great to get another dream enthusiast. Of course, we are happy to help you get your first lucid. Looks like you are on your way to your first one, since your memory is great and dreams are vivid.

Also, you have lots of dreamsigns. You can start with that and use them to become lucid. Everytime you see your dreamsign in waking life, stop what you doing and tell yourself "whoa, I'm dreaming (or this could be a dream)". Then look at your hands, count your fingers (don't expect to see the normal number, as in dreams, we always have more or less than normal). Then think or say: "Next time I'm dreaming, I look at my hands and realize I'm dreaming". All this time be very excited, as if you already were in a lucid dream.

There is more RCs (reality checks) than looking at hands, and different mantras (affirmations) than "next time I'm dreaming..." You can read more about DILD and RCs here:
http://www.dreamviews.com/dild/13212...ods-dilds.html
Induction Methods and Techniques

Good luck and please ask if you have any more questions. And no worries, your english is great. We are a community of dreamers from all over the world and not everybody has english as first language. :bow:

Oh boy, you are so lucky to have a dream enthusiast wife, already a lucid dreamer, you can share so much every morning discussing your night-time adventures, plan shared dream goals, etc. !

You have already quite a significant/important head start down the LD practice path if you can remember multiple, vivid dreams per night. Keep up with the dream recall, and just start adding daytime awareness work, as can be found in the links in gab's message.

Recognize that any conscious moment could be a dream! Keep a special eye out for situations and scenarios that occur in your dreams. It can take some time to build daytime awareness -- lucid dreaming as a discipline is a life-long journey of discovery about how we sleep and dream, and about exploring conscious awareness. However, with diligence and consistent practice, lucidity will start appearing in your dreams, probably in your case sooner than the average person who doesn't yet have good recall like you have now (which is around 1 month).

Thank you ! Enthusiasm is contagious. :D
I know i have full of dreamsigns, but i can't interact during my dreams at the moment. (Beginning syndrom i guess), i'm training about awareness during daytime, and i feel it will be helpful. (i have felt some progress)
I have already a mantra, RC (especially pinch noise, thumb through palm, and hands check), but awareness seems the key to open dream's door. :)

I am really excited about lucid dreaming, and since i'm naturally optimistic, i'm pretty sure LD will come. Your advices are very useful, thanks to you!

Hey, Philocat!

You could try meditating (focusing on breath, ect.) at any time during the day for about a week - maybe more - to boost your awareness!

RC!

I didn't mention it before, because it's not really a "beginner" idea, but there's no harm in knowing what you're aiming for eventually (it can be a much all at once when you're just starting out). But self-awareness (which *is* lucidity), really just means "paying attention." Learning to pay attention to the present moment when awake will lead to doing the same in dreams, which, combined with great dream recall = very vivid, present dreams, and lucidity. Learn to recognize when you've zoned out (gone on "autopilot"), and gently bring back your awareness to your present situation. As BenHull said, meditation on the breath is a good way to get a feel for this -- sit-down meditation sessions are focused sessions of this, the goal is to try to keep it going in some fashion all day long. But don't overload yourself, just know this is a good thing to do once you feel you have the capacity for it.

Hello !

Thank you again for advices! Meditate seems to be very helpful, but i think i should focus on awareness first, one or two weeks at least, because i am a true begginer.

But DV has such a lot of tuto, informations, people like you, i can't lose myself,
I am focusing on :
- Awareness, ADA
- Keep a DJ (i mean Decent DJ!)
- Reality Check
- Improve my dreaming recall

But i keep reading amazing stuff like Dream Yoga !

Yes Dream yoga is really fascinating. But you're right to focus on the beginning steps in the beginning: RC, dream recall, DJ, critically questioning your state ("why do I think I'm awake?")