aallrriigghhtt... more questions from Mikey G

[themikeyg]

alright now I've basically got most of my confusion under control I'm just pretty new to all of this.. anyways.. my story is.. my girlfriend told me about lucid dreams a month ago I'd had about 3 or 4 before that and one since she told me and.. about 75 percent of the time I'm dreaming.. I know that it's a dream.. I just don't exactly know what comes next.. the times I've lucid dreampt I haven't really meant to.. I'd just realize I was dreaming and change what was happening.. but.. ever since I've learned about lucid dreaming I haven't been able to do it like.. now I'm just confused about the concept of... what exactly do you do once you realize you're dreaming? that.. and.. how exactly do you keep lucidity for longer? I had one that lasted for a long time before I learned about LDing but the one after only lasted for a minute or so before I lost lucidity the other times I LD'd were really awesome and I'd really like to do it again so.. any help would be greatly appreciated thanks

[cecile]

Once you realize you're dreaming... you do whatever you want to do That is the beauty of it Personally.. I think you should just stablize it at first you know, stay calm look at your hands (focus on the details) intesify it and then explore... fly.. and if you're feeling daring.. change the scenery (spin around and think of where you'd like to be, when you're done spinning it might be there) && to stay lucid for longer is a skill you have to learn to stablize your dream mainly by staying calm but... if you feel your dream fading you could spin... rub your hands together ah, I don't know, there are techniques anyways I thought I would answer your questions... just because you're my boyfriend you get special privledges I love youu

[Amethyst Star]

First off, you're not the first person that that's happened to. Others have found their lucidity lacking after they find out that it's more mainsteam than they thought and that there are "techniques." There's hardly a real wrong or right way to go about becoming lucid, so if you are able to do what you did before, then more power to you. Do you know if there might be something specific that could be holding you back? As for lengthening the lucidity, with the limited number of LDs I've had, I think that mainly it just comes with practice. It's a matter of finding a way to continually remind yourself that you're lucid and you can try using tricks such as keeping a "lucidity card" in your pocket or something (you can get creatice). Mainly it's just constantly reminding yourself, though. In time, though, you won't have to focus so much on that. You can also try deciding ahead of time what you would like to try to do in your dreams before you fall asleep. That can cut down greatly on the time it takes up in your dream. And if you have more questions, we're more than happy to answer them... just as long as it's not the "how do I become lucid?" question. We get that one all the time! -Amé