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Hello

I stumbled on this website while searching, on google, for lucid dreaming experiences. I believe I had a semi-lucid dream once, I was quite younger (11 or 12, now I'm 19). In the dream there was this person I am not very fond of running after me with a shotgun, shooting it in every direction. Suddenly, it dawned on me that I couldn't get hit or I would wake up. I distinctly remember the moment when I realized I was dreaming, but the rest of the dream just fades away. I think I woke up shortly after, but not due to the bullets, thankfully... I'd have hated to be murdered by that bastard.

Anyway, I was talking to a friend of mine a couple of days ago, and she told me about some lucid dreams she's been having. It ringed a bell, I remembered mine and looked into it. I believe she's a freak of some sort, she has many, many lucid dreams without trying, and also, she has sleep paralysis almost every week, sometimes more than once a week! I actually asked her to come into my dream next time she's lucid, and make me lucid too, but I don't really believe it, and neither does she. In fact, she made fun me. It just seems too much, for that to be possible... But it would be really amazing.

So, in order to achieve my goal, I started a dream journal, I only have 2 entries yet. I usually remember parts of my dreams, but they're never very vivid, and to be honest, the recall isn't that good. So far I've got one dream per night, and on the 2nd night I recall the dream with greater detail, however, it just seems a lot smaller than the first dream... shorter, in time span. Shouldn't practice make the lenght of the dreams bigger? Both dreams were written down after 6 hours of sleep, I have no ideia why, I woke up when they ended. I don't think that happenned before, I believe I usually sleep through the night... Should I also count the morning dreams, while snoozing? In that case I recall two dreams during this last night.

I'm also doing periodical reality checks, in fact, I wrote RC on my phones screensaver, so I'll remember to do one every time I look it. The RC I try is plucking my nose and see if I'm still breathing. Is that enough?

Also, I try MILD when I'm going to bed. And I tried one of the relaxation methods, but I just see these white flashes and strange images, and my eyes try open themselves, very slowly and weakly, but they do. Is that normal? I gave a pathetic shot at WILD too, but again, I had these white flashes (and insomnia afterwards) and I can't seem to concentrate on one thing; I always feel like I need to scratch something, or change position or whatever. I'm a smoker, pot too, sometimes, maybe that has something to do with the images I see with my eyelids closed...?

This post is ridiculously long. I'm sorry. I also apologise for any mistakes, spelling and gramatically wise. English is not my mother language and I haven't spoken (or written) it in a while.

Thank you, and I promise from now on I'll keep things shorter!

Welcome to dreamviews!

Originally Posted by Fisher

Anyway, I was talking to a friend of mine a couple of days ago, and she told me about some lucid dreams she's been having. It ringed a bell, I remembered mine and looked into it. I believe she's a freak of some sort, she has many, many lucid dreams without trying, and also, she has sleep paralysis almost every week, sometimes more than once a week! I actually asked her to come into my dream next time she's lucid, and make me lucid too, but I don't really believe it, and neither does she. In fact, she made fun me. It just seems too much, for that to be possible... But it would be really amazing.[/b]

I don't know if you can call her a freak, I also know some people who normally have lucid dreams and they're very surprised in the morning when they remember a dream they couldn't control. As for your friend coming into your dream, as cool as it sounds, it hasn't been scientifically proven, although some people said they experienced it. The thing you gotta do if you're planning to have a shared dream is, during a lucid, to find that person and tell him/her a "password" and when you see him/her in real life, you ask for it.

Originally Posted by Fisher

So, in order to achieve my goal, I started a dream journal, I only have 2 entries yet. I usually remember parts of my dreams, but they're never very vivid, and to be honest, the recall isn't that good. So far I've got one dream per night, and on the 2nd night I recall the dream with greater detail, however, it just seems a lot smaller than the first dream... shorter, in time span. Shouldn't practice make the lenght of the dreams bigger? Both dreams were written down after 6 hours of sleep, I have no ideia why, I woke up when they ended. I don't think that happenned before, I believe I usually sleep through the night... Should I also count the morning dreams, while snoozing? In that case I recall two dreams during this last night.

I'm also doing periodical reality checks, in fact, I wrote RC on my phones screensaver, so I'll remember to do one every time I look it. The RC I try is plucking my nose and see if I'm still breathing. Is that enough?[/b]

Congratulations on the dream diary! Now you've got to make sure you stick to it:-p. As you try every morning to recall your dreams, you'll notice they're going to become more and more vivid and you're recall will improve. Just don't get lazy, like I did. As you start practicing lucid dreaming, it's best to write down everything you remember, feelings, sounds, so I suppose you should write snoozing dreams. I do. As for the RC, I think it'll do. It got me lucid twice out of four lucids.

Originally Posted by Fisher

Also, I try MILD when I'm going to bed. And I tried one of the relaxation methods, but I just see these white flashes and strange images, and my eyes try open themselves, very slowly and weakly, but they do. Is that normal? I gave a pathetic shot at WILD too, but again, I had these white flashes (and insomnia afterwards) and I can't seem to concentrate on one thing; I always feel like I need to scratch something, or change position or whatever. I'm a smoker, pot too, sometimes, maybe that has something to do with the images I see with my eyelids closed...?[/b]

I've never experienced those stuff, sorry, can't help you there, but I do know that smoking pot is bad for lucid dreaming.

Originally Posted by Fisher

This post is ridiculously long. I'm sorry. I also apologise for any mistakes, spelling and gramatically wise. English is not my mother language and I haven't spoken (or written) it in a while.[/b]

No worries, besides, your English looks ok to me, but then again, it's not my mother language either (oh, and sorry if I have any mistakes - any kind...).

Good luck on lucid dreaming!

Hello Lyla! Thank you!

I don't know if you can call her a freak, I also know some people who normally have lucid dreams and they're very surprised in the morning when they remember a dream they couldn't control. As for your friend coming into your dream, as cool as it sounds, it hasn't been scientifically proven, although some people said they experienced it. The thing you gotta do if you're planning to have a shared dream is, during a lucid, to find that person and tell him/her a "password" and when you see him/her in real life, you ask for it.[/b]

I didn't say it in a really offensive way, especially to other people in the same situation as her. Lol, I'm all about R-E-S-P-E-C-T when it comes to these dreamworld and spiritual things. I adore her, really, I just don't like to miss out on any chance to tease her, and I guess it transpired on my post. I'll be happy to have fun on my own while LD'ing, I'll deal with dream sharing, if ever, when I reach my full LDing superman potential lol.

I hope I don't get lazy too... But I'm impatient, lol, I'm eager to see some results and I've only been doing it for two of days! I hope that you got back on the virtuous path, and are updating that DJ daily! (Don't you find it odd to talk about DJ's like this? I can't help but think about someone on speed throwing his/her limbs everywhere behind a table). Thank you for the tips though, I would never write anything about the feelings and sounds if you didn't tell me. I was under the impression that visual sensations and conversations were more important.

How did you LD the other two times without the RC? Is there any method that suits the majority of people?

Thank you

Hey fisher! welcome to the dream views family, good luck leaving! See you around the forums!










Happy Dreams,
Volcon

Sorry about the "freak" thing, my mistake .

Well, in the other two dreams I just became lucid, because I realised things didn't make sense at all, DILD I guess.. Although, one of them was sort of a FILD - Finger Induced Lucid Dream.

Originally Posted by Lyla

My second one was a FILD... I think... or maybe because I tried to FILD about 7 times during that night ( my room was full of mosquitos and as soon as I would fall asleep another one would come buzzing around my face and I'd wake up and try FILD again) and then nose-reality-checked in a dream, making it a DILD...oh, whatever.
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Yes, I believe that DILD will also work best for me. I'm also trying these brainwave pattern inducing souns, they're quite strange, but nice. You might want to give it a try, it's in the Lucid Aids section.

Thank you for the welcome Lyla and Volcon. Good luck with LD'ing.