there has do be something im doing wrong...

**NZMatt** · 05-03-2006 04:41 AM

ok, tell me the chances of me having an LD, if i:

reality check every half-hour.

go to bed, relax myself and focus on remembering my dreams.

think about LDing alot during the day.

i've been doing this for about a year, and havent LD'd yet.

also, if i get to the stage for remembering 2 dreams a night, what steps do i then take to LD? can someone please give me a phrase to help me remember my dreams?

thanks alot.

**memeticverb** · 05-03-2006 09:13 AM

hey, yeah im sort of new to this thing where you do certain rituals and voila!, lucid dream time. ive mostly just had them randomly and for no apparent reason.

however, i did start getting them about every night when i got to the point where i was remebering ALL of my dreams from the night before and writing them down in the morning. i eventually stopped doing this because, as you could imagine, writing 7 or 8 dream journals everyday gets time-consuming. but it really works. the hard part is getting to that point.

im sure youll get some better advice from others here

good luck!

**irishcream** · 05-03-2006 10:10 AM

Originally posted by NZMatt
ok, tell me the chances of me having an LD, if i:

reality check every half-hour.

go to bed, relax myself and focus on remembering my dreams.

think about LDing alot during the day.

i've been doing this for about a year, and havent LD'd yet.

also, if i get to the stage for remembering 2 dreams a night, what steps do i then take to LD? can someone please give me a phrase to help me remember my dreams?

thanks alot.

Well, sounds to me like you might be trying too hard...reality checks every half hour strikes me as a bit much,but then everyone is different.
I tend to do a reality check when i see something totally odd, like a weird car or something.
Remembering two dreams a night...well, you could start noting down your dreamsigns, and acting on them by doing reality checks in your dreams.
You have to believe it's going to work though.
I don't know if this is any help to you, but some of the others might have more advice than me...

**Tornado Joe** · 05-03-2006 02:22 PM

Hey NZ,

According to that list I'd say you're doin everything right - unfortunately, that's what they call something that "looks good on paper".
I believe there is such a thing as trying too hard. What happens is that it becomes and obsession, and that leads to stressful or desperate behavior. Stress is a dream killer - and you can't go lucid without dreams!

You can do a couple things at this point:
[list] - one week or so with no lucid intention might snap you out of it.
Try completely new techniques - WBTB, WILD, etc
Concentrate on only one technique [list]
A little tip that might help about your reality checks: when you find yourself in "reality" after checking for it, take a moment to imagine what might have happened had you found yourself in a dream at that point. This will give you some training on being able to identify something out of the ordinary in a dream (because remember, in dreams we dismiss some pretty crazy stuff as bieng "normal")

**Gwendolyn** · 05-03-2006 07:18 PM

Originally posted by NZMatt
ok, tell me the chances of me having an LD, if i:

reality check every half-hour.

go to bed, relax myself and focus on remembering my dreams.

think about LDing alot during the day.

i've been doing this for about a year, and havent LD'd yet.

also, if i get to the stage for remembering 2 dreams a night, what steps do i then take to LD? can someone please give me a phrase to help me remember my dreams?

thanks alot.

In addition to what others have said, you need to keep at it. I mean, how long have you been trying? This isn't a thing that instantly happens. You have to really work hard at it. So, don't give up. Let up on the stress and don't get too obsessive. It'll happen eventually.

**Nikolaa** · 05-03-2006 07:30 PM

man,mabey that tehnique doesn't work for u?try something else,but do that old tehnique at the same time

**NZMatt** · 05-04-2006 05:17 AM

hey guys thatnks for all the help!

i went to bed and hardly teried, i jsut kept on saying i would wake after my dreams and remember them, and voala, i remembered 2 dreams, and i remember almost being able to see my self leaving the dream and waking up directly after, i now see it, you basically think you can, and you can!