Thread: Help Please

Welcome to Dreamviews! Control is something that's best taken one step at a time. When starting out, try spawning something behind you, or walking through a door telling yourself where it will take you. Once I have done a few simple things already in a dream, I find harder things much easier. When it comes to inducing lucid dreams, my favorite method is just a plain WBTB, but only when I have time to sleep. You might try WILD as well. Experiment and see what works for ya. Good luck!

Pastulio is right. Dream control comes with practice. However, time and practice don't always do it. I know, I've been LDing since I was a kid and it is only recently that I've gotten what I'd call "goddess-like" control. For me the difference was not in more time and patience, but when I read and started using the principles outlined in the thread The Nature of Dream Control by The Cusp. You can link to that thread here. It is long and on-going, but most of what you need to know to really take control in your dreams is in the first few pages.

look, if you are trying tonight it's just important that you have a clear idea of what you are trying. I presume you are using a technique to try to get lucid? Make sure you understand it and give it 100%. If you "kind of" try, then failure will occur. Commit and goodluck

I've been lucid dreaming for almost as long as I can remember;

How I do it is ... "keeping a strong grip on reality"

Basically I used to have a fair amount of nightmares when I was a kid but then i stopped them by myself just by remembering where I was (in bed obviously) ... so I'd find myself falling into a pit and be thinking to myself
"wow this is a fun one" (i can distinctly remember that one)

If you like superheroes and things like that try imagining yourself having some sort of power whenever you remember to (even when awake).

That sounds insane I know; but whenever I'm dreaming I can move stuff with my mind/shoot webs/fly even when its not a full lucid dream because I want to even when I'm awake.

As everyone else said, start slow. Use passive dream control for a while until you have practice keeping yourself in the dream. Controlling the dream too much can cause you to wake up.

I tried to become lucid last night which usually isen't hard for me when it happens on accident. I failed at this ... but had many fragmented, unclear dreams. Also something that has never happened with me before since I am a very deep sleeper ... I awoke after each dream. I then tried to recall pieces of each one and fell back to sleep to try again. Then last night when I climbed into bed I noticed I forgot to set my alarm clock to 9 which is when I wanted to wake up but I was too tired by that time to go set it so I just assumed my stepdad would wake me. Then this morning I awoke a nine exactly .... maybe just a coincedence but I have heard of people who can control thier minds enough to wake up at whatever time they need. Does this mean maybe that I have more control than I think I do?

If you have a regular sleeping pattern or atleast one which is fairly predominant then your body will be used to waking up at the time your alarm goes off, so it might just have been that really.

But who am I to say whether you did or didn't?

Just a possibility.

Originally Posted by Balestar

If you have a regular sleeping pattern or atleast one which is fairly predominant then your body will be used to waking up at the time your alarm goes off, so it might just have been that really.

But who am I to say whether you did or didn't?

Just a possibility.

I would have thought the same thing but the fact is ... i usually sleep at 2 or 3 in the morning and wake at 2 or 3 the next afternoon. Thats why I thought this nine o clock thing was a little unusual.

Could have been any number of things really; It may well have been you wanting to wake up at that time (I know I've done that a few times) but it could also have been general house noise/light coming through a window. I doubt you'll ever know.

Incidentally; Last night I got something about being at a lake and freaking everyone out by deciding to walk on water , then I went below (making myself able to breath for some strange reason, even though I knew i was dreaming)

Last night I had a number of fragmented unclear dreams. I became lucid a few times but immediatly awoke. I tried the spinning but that failed. In one dream I used the nose reality check on a false awakening but became distracted and lost lucidity. I'm hoping that this shows progress even if it is small. Today was my first Dream Journal Entry I am at least happy to say I induced lucidity even for a small amount of time.

Originally Posted by Balestar

Incidentally; Last night I got something about being at a lake and freaking everyone out by deciding to walk on water , then I went below (making myself able to breath for some strange reason, even though I knew i was dreaming)

Strange but cool (lol) ... I hope I can get at least that far soon.

Yeah that was a pretty ok one; only half lucidity though, I knew I was dreaming but I couldn't control the dream, only my own movements.

One of my favourite dreams recently has been the zombie apocalyse at my work, toward the end I got bitten and had to try and bite the remaining humans - like a game! Was quite fun!

Originally Posted by Balestar

Yeah that was a pretty ok one; only half lucidity though, I knew I was dreaming but I couldn't control the dream, only my own movements.

One of my favourite dreams recently has been the zombie apocalyse at my work, toward the end I got bitten and had to try and bite the remaining humans - like a game! Was quite fun!

I always include those into my nightmare catagory ... because IO always have to kill my family in zombie dreams.

It didn't bother me (I havn't had any nightmares since my lucid moment during a nightmare when I was little) because I knew I was dreaming, I literally "played the game" if you get my meaning.

Yes i understand ... I have done that before and yet it doesnt happen everytime. Usually in nightmares if I figure out its a dream I kill myself purposely so I can wake up.

Originally Posted by Shaelyn

if I figure out its a dream I kill myself purposely so I can wake up.

*blink* A bit dramatic I guess But if it gets the job done! To be honest I can't remember having any nightmares ever since I had the awakening during one when I was small.. had a few annoying ones about work.. customers demanding back breaking service etc; but I just tell them to screw off!

Originally Posted by Balestar

*blink* A bit dramatic I guess But if it gets the job done! To be honest I can't remember having any nightmares ever since I had the awakening during one when I was small.. had a few annoying ones about work.. customers demanding back breaking service etc; but I just tell them to screw off!

Yeah, I guess it is a bit dramatic but usually in my dreams I don't have the mind capacity to think of anything else to do. LOL ... Most of my nightmares lately are of my ex boyfriends ... the ones that dumped me. Strange but at the same time it hurts to see the ones I can't have. Thats one of the reasons I looked into Lucid Dreaming I want to stop those awful dreams.

I find that when I'm asleep it isn't exactly my real waking mind at work because you can see completely surreal things and not give a damn so that might expalin why you can't think of a less dramatic exit.

I'm not going to go psycho-analyst on you, you havn't signed up for that but even so I'd say you might want to think why this has been happening recently?


On a side note I spent many nights low flying over cornwall looking for somebody *emo crap removed*.

Oh well ... You are right .

Score! I'm guessing you saw one in passing somewhere in public but now im just pulling stuff out of my ass But anyway try to do something fun tonight; I'm going to try for a concert tonight (Iron Maiden or In Flames definetly) - I never really bothered to try to dream about specific things before but maybe I'll give it a go for once.

Who knows ... I just might try.

Don't try too hard or you'll be disappointed if you fail.

Yes I know... just like last night.

Once again don't worry about it; I very rarely have completely lucid dreams where I can control everything; most of the time I can just control myself.. to be honest if you can even remember any dreams thats a damn good start. I'm going to start thinking up a nice reality check which isn't obstructive in real life (i get enough wierd looks anyway).
If you get an ex-bf thing again just turn around, then look back if they're still there walk past them and dont look back and go into the nearest door you can see.