Hello everyone please give me feedback and advice

[Nawm]

Hello, Everyone I am new here. I am 24 yrs old from Canada and I knew about Lucid Dreaming for some time now but I can't say I've ever considered it up until now. I guess I'll start by mentioning what made me consider doing it and what held me back before. I was always intrigued by lucid dreaming so what made me do it now? Simple I told myself one time if only I can stop sleeping to stay productive. I know some of you may find that weird, but it was a thought and then it hit me Lucid Dreaming! I said if I can be aware in my sleep which was the only thing I knew about LD, then could I control it? I was also to begin architecture by end of this year which involved creativity so asked myself again, could I gain new skills in my dream? So my curiosity led me to research on LD and the more and more I read the more I grew fond on LD. What held me back before was ignorance and fear I didn't know much about it and thought I could get stuck in my dream and die! Where I am now, I want to know what are the steps as i'm laying in bed to enter lucid dreaming if I do RC and repeat mantras i'll just end up sleeping normally from being tired im confused here any advice?

[cooleymd]

Sounds like you are mixing WILD where you enter the dream from Mind Awake Body Awake to Mind Awake Body Asleep as you fall asleep but for WILD most people would sleep for like 5hrs or so then wake back to bed and remain active (mentally if not both mentally and physically) then they wouldn't so much do mantras as try to hold vaguely onto consciousness. I have achieved Dream Exit Induced Lucid Dream (DEILD where your in a dream and wake up and then go back into dream in WILD-like fashion) but never succeeded in a direct WILD, tho I have made it to full paralysis many times You seem to be mixing this with DILD (Dream Induced Lucid Dream) where you also might wake back to bed or train yourself to wake after every dream (possibly to DEILD but more likely) to do mantras and say things like "dreams are important" "I will remember my dreams" "I will be aware I'm dreaming" "I will become lucid" or whatever. Then after you fall asleep you dream (like always), but have increased chance to become lucid (become aware your dreaming). The difference is in this case you go from Body Asleep Mind Asleep to Body Asleep Mind Awake. read up on DILD and WILD and see which you think you should try first. If you want to have lucid dreams go to sleep early and get lots of sleep. And nap often, this will increase your chances.