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[XxJOxX]

I could remember all of my dreams from before just now and one stands out in my mind. I remember that i was swimming in my neighbours pool and i couldn't get out so i tried breathing in and i could breathe! HOORAY! Could this be a sign for me??? i just want to know before i go to sleep so i can try to have my first (in a while) lucid.

[Adrenaline Junkie]

Hey Jo, This is a definite sign that things are improving, since this one stands out most to you i think it just shows that you are making improvements in terms of lucid dreaming and you are aware of it. You obviously have lucid dreaming on the brain so that is a good thing and it will take you a long way if you keep it on your mind, some advice though, don't try to force it on yourself, let it come naturally and take things nice and slowly. Though the hype for a lucid dream is building since this advancement you do have to realize that too much excitement can prevent lucid dreams. So just take it easy, maybe try doing some reality checks as they may help you get better at recognising the dream world and proving to yourself that you are actually in the dream state. If you do practice some reality checks, do remember to take them slowly and do them with 100% effort as if you were actually within the dream. I wish you all the luck in the world to achieving a lucid dream! And keep recording your dreams as it will help you get much further, write them down!

[XxJOxX]

thanks for the boost. I needed the encouragement.

[Vex Kitten]

Hello there. Welcome to Dream Views. Another thing that helps a lot when trying to lucid dream, or trying to do anything for that matter, is to stay positive. Try to find ways to see negatives in a positive light. Find that silver lining and stick to it. That being said, perhaps change your sig to something like: LDs: 0 recall: improving I'm going to get better at this...

[XxJOxX]

good idea ill change it right now.

[Adrenaline Junkie]

Vex is completely right, you have to be positive, don't do what i did, i got really annoyed when i hadn't had a lucid dream and i had the whole "i can't do this" attitude. Just take it slowly, step by step and remain as positive as you can, if you don't have a lucid dream, it doesn't matter, think of the good things, at least you remembered some dreams, this shows that your recall is improving. Keep us updated on how things go though!

[NeAvO]

Welcome to the forum! Hrm I dunno if that's a sign to be honest. It's a weird dream event but does it keep on occuring? If it's a repetetive event then it can be classed as a dream sign.

[XxJOxX]

Thanks for all the help you guys ( and girls.) I actually had a dream last night (w00t first "dream" in a while) and someone was chasing and stabbing me with a pen.(not a very good dream but a dream at least)

[XxJOxX]

i changed my sig!

[Adrenaline Junkie]

Great stuff Jo, keep it there! As for your dream above, that sounded pretty scary, if you fancy seeing more about what your dreams might mean, drop me a PM, i'd be happy to have a bash at some interpretations for you. Remember, stay positive and don't hesitate to ask any questions.

[adraw]

i changed my sig! As is now in your signature. You are now in phase of recall development. One thing. Take a look at recall forum http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...splay.php?f=15 It helps you with LD to build a solid foundation. I myself are not in search for lucid dreams. I set them to be a long term goal. I am in search of recall stabilisation right now. Concentrate on recall now, to find beauty on normal dreams, so you wont get dissapointed while not having many lucid dreams. Keep positive attention, feel stable motivated and ask and you will have your lucid dream and you wont even have to think about it too much.

[XxJOxX]

Hey all, I tried the HILD technique last night and it doesn't work for me. So I decided to just think of what I wanted to dream about (my friend can lucid dream at will and he told me how to do it) and I tried keeping my mind conscious while entering the dream at it half worked, I knew that I was dreaming, but just to be sure, I performed a nose RC. HOORRAAYY!!!!! I'm dreaming! (Low level lucidity.) Although I knew I was dreaming, I had absolutely NO CONTROL over what happened, and I soon lost lucidity, only to wake up and find myself in my bed. I know I COULD'VE done a WILD, but I didn't. I forgot. Anyways, I remembered another dream (dream recall improving everyday!) about sonic and yu-gi-oh. (LOL)

[Adrenaline Junkie]

I knew you could do it! Well done, things will usually start off at low level lucidity, but they will continue to improve, as your recall improves your dreams will seem more vivid and realistic. So keep on recording your dreams and wait for your second, i think especially since you were excited for a lucid dream that you lost lucidity and woke. So try when you are next lucid to calm yourself down and just be happy about the situation. Getting excited will pull you right out the dream because it will make you too aware. I think the most important thing to do when you start lucid dreaming is to control and stabilize the lucid mind when in a lucid dream, you have to stablize everything so that you don't lose lucidity. Just take things slowly as always, and well done on the lucid!

[XxJOxX]

I knew you could do it! Well done, things will usually start off at low level lucidity, but they will continue to improve, as your recall improves your dreams will seem more vivid and realistic. So keep on recording your dreams and wait for your second, i think especially since you were excited for a lucid dream that you lost lucidity and woke. So try when you are next lucid to calm yourself down and just be happy about the situation. Getting excited will pull you right out the dream because it will make you too aware. I think the most important thing to do when you start lucid dreaming is to control and stabilize the lucid mind when in a lucid dream, you have to stablize everything so that you don't lose lucidity. Just take things slowly as always, and well done on the lucid! Thanks for the encouragement (as always) and I will try not to get excited tonight. I am going to start a DJ on this website sooner or later...

[Vex Kitten]

Congrats!! Great to see you nabbed a lucid dream already. The dream journal will help and the sooner you start one the better. Doesn't have to be on line it could just be a notebook at home. I have the one at home beside my bed and one here that I update on a semi regular basis. Good luck with more dreams and recall.

[XxJOxX]

Good idea. So, I will keep a journal beside my bed and I will update it everytime I wake up with a date and a dream and once I've done a week of updating, I will post it here.

[Vex Kitten]

Good man. I'll be looking forward to peeping into your dreams once you post them here. Hopefully there will be no more stabbings by pen in the future.

[XxJOxX]

Good man. I'll be looking forward to peeping into your dreams once you post them here. Hopefully there will be no more stabbings by pen in the future. LOL. Hopefully.