Greetings from 2199

Okay, not really. But my screen name and avatar are from a cartoon set during that time period, so at least it's different from the normal "Hey" topic titles, right? ;)

Anyway, dreams have been on my mind a lot for the past few days and I think I'd like to explore them more. I'll be honest, I'm mainly here to learn how to...hmm...what's the word I'm looking for...basically, I want to tell myself what to dream, and then go to sleep and dream it.

The concept of lucidity actually frightens me a bit. I always like the random weird coolness that dreams seem to have, and I think that might be somewhat diluted or possibly eliminated by becoming lucid. From what I've briefly scanned around the forum though, I think that may not be as much of a problem as I thought.

Later on, I'd like to build up to being lucid and give it a try, but at this point, I've just started keeping a dream journal, and I think I need to become much more observant of my current dreams if I ever plan on becoming lucid. At least I've started doing reality checks (the nose one) throughout the day, and that's a start, I guess.

Anyway, really pleased to be here! :)

Hey there Wildstar, :welcome: to Dreamviews!
VILD is a dream incubation technique used for lucidity, but you could modify it to incubate any kind of dream.

Wildstar, I'm glad you decided to join us! :D

You may want to review the Newbie Zone Guide for helpful information about this site: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=36723

You may also want to check out the Tutorials forum which contains information on the various lucid dreaming techniques: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...splay.php?f=25

If you should have any questions, please ask and we'll do our best to get you answers.

welcome to DV. I like that cartoon! Keep you're reality checks daily. And thats the best piece of adivce i can give you.

Hey there, :welcome: to Dreamviews! I u have any questions, feel free to ask. :)

Thanks, guys! :)

Yeah, VILD definitely sounds promising, and not scary at all, unlike WILD. I believe I'll be focusing on the VILD technique both for lucid and non-lucid dreams incubation. While I don't think I'm quite ready to become lucid yet as my dream recall is only about 3-5 on a scale of 10, I might go ahead and start trying to get lucid dreams that way.

Necco - Awesome, I didn't think anyone else on here would remember Star Blazers. I chose my username from that specifically because watching that cartoon is my earliest memory of childhood and would therefore make a great "dreamviews" persona for me as it draws very deeply out of my past. :)

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Originally Posted by Wildstar

Thanks, guys! :)

Yeah, VILD definitely sounds promising, and not scary at all, unlike WILD. I believe I'll be focusing on the VILD technique both for lucid and non-lucid dreams incubation. While I don't think I'm quite ready to become lucid yet as my dream recall is only about 3-5 on a scale of 10, I might go ahead and start trying to get lucid dreams that way.

Necco - Awesome, I didn't think anyone else on here would remember Star Blazers. I chose my username from that specifically because watching that cartoon is my earliest memory of childhood and would therefore make a great "dreamviews" persona for me as it draws very deeply out of my past. :)

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How many dreams do you remember per night?
The main reason for developing recall first is so that you remember your LD. What's the point of having non-memorable ones?
2-3 a night is sufficient.

welcome to the forum! I dont remember starblazers, but my earliest cartoon memory was Voltron!!! Which looks like it is drawn in the same style. so welcome fellow old school animer!

Well, since I started keeping a DJ on Monday morning, it's went like this:

Monday Morning - 2 dreams, pretty good detail on both and can still remember "feelings" I had in both dreams

Tuesday Morning - 2 dreams, only managed one detail from each and can't remember anything else about them

Wednesday Morning - 2 dreams, the first I remember nothing about except the fact that I had a dream, but the second was just as detailed as the two dreams from Monday Morning

Thursday Morning - None

Friday Morning - just 1 dream, but again, very detailed like the two from Monday and the second one from Wednesday

What I tend to do is I go to bed between 12am and 4am, sleep until 8:30am, get up and have breakfast, go back to bed until 10:15am

The days I've had two dreams, I had one during the night, and then one during "nap" time, but the first one on Wednesday faded before I could write it down. :D