Im Confused About Becoming Lucid Through Dild

[DanfromOregon]

Hi my names Daniel, a few days ago my friend from school told me about lucid dreaming so i went online and looked it up. I have been keeping a dream journal for a little while. Remembering dreams comes pretty natural to me so I'm not having trouble remembering the dreams. But im confused about how when your in a dream your supposed to realize your in a dream. Like i have read all about reality checks and things like that, but lots of my dreams seem really fast paced and confusing, and im not sure how my conscious mind is going to step and realize its a dream. So i hope you understand what im trying to say. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated

[DuB]

But im confused about how when your in a dream your supposed to realize your in a dream. Like i have read all about reality checks and things like that, but lots of my dreams seem really fast paced and confusing, and im not sure how my conscious mind is going to step and realize its a dream.[/b] Well, simply put, most of the time you won't realize it's a dream. For example, I average 3-5 dreams per night, every night. That is considered average. That's around 28 dreams per week. I usually have one lucid dream per week, always a DILD. That means I only realize that I'm dreaming about 4% of the time. It sounds kind of depressing to express it statistically like that but one lucid dream a week is certainly not bad. It's not like I have anything better to do while sleeping . How often you become lucid depends on many factors, most of which are not entirely known. Natural ability plays a part. So does dedication (dream journalling, consistent reality checks, practicing induction techniques, etc). The amount and quality of sleep you get is also a factor. The biggest factor, unfortunately, appears to be dumb luck. It's been my experience that the dream content itself doesn't have a lot of bearing on whether or not you gain lucidity. Sometimes I gain lucidity basically spontaneously in a dream where nothing really that out of the ordinary is happening. Other times I'll have a complete bizarre dream that, in retrospect, should have been OBVIOUS to me that it was a dream- but I didn't become lucid. So to sum it up - you don't have to understand how you're going to manage to realize that you're dreaming. As long as you practice your reality checks, it will eventually just happen. Trust me.

[Shadow Dreamer]

Well, simply put, most of the time you won't realize it's a dream. For example, I average 3-5 dreams per night, every night. That is considered average. That's around 28 dreams per week. I usually have one lucid dream per week, always a DILD. That means I only realize that I'm dreaming about 4% of the time. It sounds kind of depressing to express it statistically like that but one lucid dream a week is certainly not bad. It's not like I have anything better to do while sleeping . How often you become lucid depends on many factors, most of which are not entirely known. Natural ability plays a part. So does dedication (dream journalling, consistent reality checks, practicing induction techniques, etc). The amount and quality of sleep you get is also a factor. The biggest factor, unfortunately, appears to be dumb luck. It's been my experience that the dream content itself doesn't have a lot of bearing on whether or not you gain lucidity. Sometimes I gain lucidity basically spontaneously in a dream where nothing really that out of the ordinary is happening. Other times I'll have a complete bizarre dream that, in retrospect, should have been OBVIOUS to me that it was a dream- but I didn't become lucid. So to sum it up - you don't have to understand how you're going to manage to realize that you're dreaming. As long as you practice your reality checks, it will eventually just happen. Trust me. [/b] I have one lucid a week aswell if you have never had a natural lucid dream it is hard to induce one just keep trying all the different techniques around the site