Quote Originally Posted by starrynight View Post
Does practice make perfect when it comes to LDs, or is it possible to try "too hard" and practice "too much"? I had started a dream journal, and then the first morning that I tried WBTB I succeeded in having a lucid moment (I realized it was a dream, but got too excited, and spun to try to stay in the dream, but it faded). I continued to try WBTB every morning for a week, but didn't have any more success in attaining lucidity.

So I started thinking I was trying too hard and needed to loosen up on the every day thing. I guess I didn't want the lucid attempts to become mere habit--maybe it's more successful when I pay special attention to trying to become lucid? Same with reality checks. I feel like I'm doing them so much that I don't even think consciously about it, so I might do one in a dream but fail to become lucid.
Every time you RC, you have to actually ask yourself if you're dreaming! If you do them without asking if you're dreaming, chances are you won't ask the question when you're dreaming. For example, if you do the nose RC during the day without asking yourself if you're dreaming, you might dream of doing a nose RC. But since you haven't trained yourself to ask if you're dreaming after the RC you won't do that in the dream. You'll probably say "cool, I can breathe even though my nose is pinched shut" but won't draw the conclusion that you're dreaming.

And WBTB usually isn't practiced alone. It's usually put with WILD or MILD. Are you doing those too? Because if you're not, that should help.