Thread: help a newbie

i was wondering what i should do for my first time trying to have a lucid dream

When starting out, it's best to first work on your recall. Start a dream journal where every morning you write down all the dreams you can remember. Recall is essential for some methods of inducing LD's like DEILD or FILD. While working on recall, try a variety of lucid inducing methods. WBTB is my favorite, but experiment to find what's best for you. Check the tutorial archive to find a lot of good info. And read this:

http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=55740

It's full of valuable information about inducing lucid dreams. Other than that, be patient and keep at it. Good luck!

Also reality checks are very important. Basically they involve regularly checking to see if you're dreaming while you're awake until it becomes a habit. Eventually out of habit you will start doing reality checks in dreams as well, causing you to become lucid. I suggest you read this guide, it lists many common reality checks. I especially recommend number eleven from the list of reality checks in that guide, as it's worked very well for me.

Originally Posted by Pastulio_

When starting out, it's best to first work on your recall. Start a dream journal where every morning you write down all the dreams you can remember. Recall is essential for some methods of inducing LD's like DEILD or FILD. While working on recall, try a variety of lucid inducing methods. WBTB is my favorite, but experiment to find what's best for you. Check the tutorial archive to find a lot of good info. And read this:

http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=55740

It's full of valuable information about inducing lucid dreams. Other than that, be patient and keep at it. Good luck!

↑ What he said! ↑

Originally Posted by Serith

Also reality checks are very important. Basically they involve regularly checking to see if you're dreaming while you're awake until it becomes a habit. Eventually out of habit you will start doing reality checks in dreams as well, causing you to become lucid. I suggest you read this guide, it lists many common reality checks. I especially recommend number eleven from the list of reality checks in that guide, as it's worked very well for me.

NOT What he said. If it becomes habit, you won't even notice or will be VERY sceptical when it actually works. Only RC when something weird happens, so it's actually a reality check and not Hourly Nose Pinching Time.

I didn't say it had to be an unconcious habit, you can still pay attention to what you're doing if you do it habitually, as long as you remember to make the thoughts as much a part of the habit as the actions. Plus, not all dreams involve strange things, so just reallity checking out of habit will help you become lucid in the dreams where there are no strange things, or where they aren't obvious enough to notice. Random reality checking has caused me to become lucid enough that I wouldn't discount it.

You do have a good point though, I did forget to mention that it's also important to reality check when you see something strange, as that's also caused me to become lucid lots of times. I just think it's better to have both.

well my first night of trying and im pretty sure i had an lucid dream because i was talking to a person that looked like me and i said check this out i pointed at the ground and a sofa appeared it could have been just a dream but i doubt cause after the couch appeared i woke up

Originally Posted by tibles

well my first night of trying and im pretty sure i had an lucid dream because i was talking to a person that looked like me and i said check this out i pointed at the ground and a sofa appeared it could have been just a dream but i doubt cause after the couch appeared i woke up

Did you KNOW it was a dream, WHILE you were having it?

Originally Posted by Mini Man56

Did you KNOW it was a dream, WHILE you were having it?

i think so

Originally Posted by tibles

i think so

Then it was an LD! n_n
Pretty short one though. ._.