Thread: First WILD Attempt, Any Tips?

For me it takes about 30-50 minutes. Patience definitely pays off with this technique, though I usually give up if I'm not in the beginning stages of SP by then.

If your waking life is stressful, maybe you should put lucid dreaming on hold for now. You can always come back when you're ready In the meantime I'd suggest working on recall by keeping a dream journal.

Don't worry about it so much. :]

If it is hurting your sleep, and how you feel during the day, I'd focus on trying DILD technique instead. Learning to DILD, I believe, is a more rewarding investment, since its teachings are more permanent (preparing for your first WILD helps you achieve one lucid dream. Preparing for your first DILD means you've laid the foundation for many more).

Any technique takes time. Nothing wrong with failing for the first week or two. Certainly nothing wrong with failing your first attempt! Tweak it little by little (your technique) until you find something comfortable.

Originally Posted by Higurashi

If your waking life is stressful, maybe you should put lucid dreaming on hold for now. You can always come back when you're ready In the meantime I'd suggest working on recall by keeping a dream journal.

It's not really stressful, just annoying. I suffer from depression which has always had a negative impact on my sleep. Last year and the year before it mainly affected me through insomnia and recently just sleeping longer which means sleeping at odd times (how I lost my job). But recently I have taken some very positive steps toward dealing with my depression (PM me if you want to know more) and sleep patterns are next on the agenda. Also I need something new to concentrate on and lucid dreaming has me more enthralled than anything else just now, and may help me get control of my sleeping.

I've been working on my dream recall, except that every time I wake up I forget I have a dream journal and just go through it in my head (already getting much better dream recall although there is a long way to go) and then when I remember to write it down, I've forgotten too much of the dream.

On a side note, sorry that all my posts have been quite long, it must take it out of you guys reading them. I just love talking about myself

Originally Posted by Abra

Don't worry about it so much. :]

If it is hurting your sleep, and how you feel during the day, I'd focus on trying DILD technique instead.

I might switch to that if I continue to have problems with it, I have had two LDs that way by accident before I knew the subject existed. The WILD technique appealed to me more because you have them when you want them.

Originally Posted by Abra

Tweak it little by little (your technique) until you find something comfortable.

Ah Patience, my nemesis.

Thanks for everyone's tips. Not had too much of a chance to implement them as yet because my sleeping is a bit haywire just now. However I did have an unintentional DILD last night which ended straight away but encourages me to keep trying.