Hello,

I joined this forum couple of weeks ago in hope that I will find some useful advice for achieving LD, and later maybe to share my dreams with the others.

This is going to be pretty long post, so I understand that some of you do not want to read it, but I simply need to share this, even if it means that I will be just talking to the wind. Also, as I am beginner, I would welcome any piece of advice that anyone could offer me.

Before you start reading I need you to understand that lucid dreaming is something I am extremely passionate about. In a couple of seconds, you will see why.


It all started a month ago, when I woke up in the morning from a dream that was so beautiful that I actually felt very sad and angry that this is a reality, and not the dream I was in. This feeling lasted for couple of hours, until I decided to do something about it. I remembered reading somewhere on the internet about dreams that can be controlled, so I looked it up and found some basic information about it. I resolved I will do anything to get back in the dream I mentioned above.

I was lucky enough to come across the book ETWOLD by Stephen Laberge. I understand that this man and his book are held in high respect by most of those who practice lucid dreaming. The book was awesome to read, but I felt I needed something more than that. You see, I always try to gather all information about the subject, so that is when I joined this forum.

I started practicing techniques for achieving LD. I started with WBTB + MILD and I succeeded one time. It was the second time I tried that, but the dream itself lasted only for couple of seconds, as I woke up from sheer excitement.

Since then, I havenīt had a single LD. And I have been trying this technique for at least 10 times.

My biggest problem is that when I wake up from a dream and spend some time awake, it takes me an hour to return to sleep. It is particularly hard to fall asleep for me when I am reciting mantra in my head. So, that is one problem.

However, I have succeeded in some things. For example, if I resolve to wake up from a dream, I do it. This night I just once said to myself that I will wake up after some dream, and I did. I wrote it into my DJ, got back to sleep and fell asleep in less than 15 minutes (the reason I fell asleep fast could be that I was not trying to MILD and I avoided any sources of light during wake state).

I remember every dream I wake up from with no problem. I can usually remember details, like in the last dream there was a key, and I still remember every inch of that key, its color and shape and size.

So, my problem is that either I remember a lot of dreams and sleep well, or I try to MILD and stay awake for so long that I am too tired to do anything at all. Maybe I should try another technique, I do not know. As I said, any advice would be great.

So that is my story so far. I sincerely hope something will change.

Thank you for reading this