Do you think im close?

Do think im close to having a lucid dream? Im getting alot better at dream recall. I can remember one, sometimes two dreams a night and i try to wrie as much of them down as I can. Still though Ive yet to have a LD. What do you think, ive been trying for about a month.

Have you been trying any methods? WILD, WBTB, etc. If not, give them a try. It will come to you, eventually.

the only one i have tried so far is the MILD and the autosuggestion (where you tell yourself your gonna have a LD). Only been trying the MILD for about a week though

When you're dreaming do you realize that you're dreaming. If so trying acting out on it. Either vocally or action wise.

It takes a while for the RC's to become regular and happen in a dream, it took me a few months.

Who knows, these are just my experiences.

Sometimes it takes a while, but stay with it. It's worth it, I promise.

Sorry to say, but dream recall is only the first step in having good lucid dreams.
The next is to increase your awareness in the dream, so you're going to have to experiment with different techniques. Most people go with dreamsigns and reality checks (RCs)

If you train for having dream signs and doing reality checks, you have to do it long enough that it becomes a habit that you do instinctively. Only then will it happen in your dreams.

A big mistake that newbies (to LDing) make is to just 'do RCs when something wierd happens'
That doesn't work!
Why? Because in a dream, flying pink elephants seem completely normal to you.
You need to train yourself to do RCs on more specific dream signs.

Good luck :)

No i never do, thats kinda frustrating when I wake up and realize it was so clear that i was dreaming. But when im actually dreaming i never question the fact that im dreaming.

thanks for the advice, good stuff! :)

I think once you have better recal, and you can experience more vivid dreams, then you can say you are getting closer. One technique which is quite popular is 'wake back to bed' (WBTB) - this involves you waking up for a period of time, then going back to bed to sleep - when I do this I stay awake for just 5-10 minutes and have great success with it. Others stay awake for 30-60 minutes, maybe longer.

Anyhoo, good luck :)

Adam.