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It's a little crude...but being really tired and desperately needing REM sleep can help prolong lucid dreams. It makes you harder to wake up if you do get excited. |
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Thread: how do you prolong a LD?
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11-05-2007 01:22 AM #1Lurker
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how do you prolong a LD?
so last night was the first LD i have ever had. when i became lucid i had remembered to look at the sky because ive heard it was brilliant, and it was. then i tried the spinning technique to disorient myself and end up somewhere else. that worked also. but when i tried it again i ended up waking. i dont know if this was due to excitement or what but it only lasted maybe 30 minutes. is it just practice to prolong these? or is there something else?
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11-05-2007 01:49 AM #2on-and-off LD hobbyist
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No dream goals at the moment...just flying and letting stuff happen is kinda fun, and it's hard to motivate myself to try LDing lately.
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11-05-2007 01:54 AM #356
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You could try rubbing your hands together or touching an object in the dream whenever you start slipping out of it. It's good for stabilizing dreams too.
"It was a dream! Can you control what you dream about, Hermione?" -HP7-9 Tasks-
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11-05-2007 01:56 AM #4Banned
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30 minutes seems like a long LD!! Longest I've had was 5!!
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11-05-2007 02:09 AM #5Member
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Yeah, 30 minutes is actually pretty long... so congratulations!
Other than experimenting with time dilation, I don't think dreams actually last much longer than that.
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11-05-2007 02:57 AM #6* DV Veteran * Achievements:
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Congratulations on your first lucid dream and, as others have said, 30 minutes is a great time span for a lucid dream!
Originally Posted by charliewarner
I recommend getting used to what being lucid FEELS like by grounding yourself in your dreams.
I know when I first become lucid, I have to fight that initial rush of adrenalin. I do this by telling myself to calm down, breathing naturally (or a little slower) and I try to "ground" myself in the dream (i.e., make it as lucid as it can be) instead of immediately racing to do something before I lose lucidity.
One of the tricks I use to "ground" myself is to "touch" things. By touching.. I mean really "feeling" them. Get into how they feel.. are they hot, cold, smooth, rough, etc. (this also increases the vividness of the dream along with helping me remain in it longer).
You may also try to increase your vividness by confidently stating aloud "increase lucidity" or "clarity now".
Just remember that "the deeper the level of lucidity.. the better your lucid experience should be"Last edited by Clairity; 11-05-2007 at 02:59 AM.
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02-15-2008 09:15 PM #7Lurker
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yeah i meant the dream was 30 minutes the ld was like 5, haha
The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because it's only intangibles, ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die.
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