How am i doing?

[JamesLD]

alright so a couple months ago i became facinated with lucid dreaming. I have since kept a dream journal and have 4 or more dreams a night, I do so many reality checks during the day that i cant even count. ive had only about 4 lucid dreams since i started. ive attempted wilds but it seems i always fail cause i have to swallow and that interrupts the entire process. I had great success with the mild, i woke up after every dream i had that night and had more than 8 dreams but none of them lucid its been awhile since my last lucid dream and lately it seems impossible for me to have lucid dreams! how do you guys think im doing? is there anything i should start doing? is there anything i could be doing wrong?

[hisnameistyler]

I think your off to a good start! Better than me. Look how long I've been here, and I've only had two lucids....none of which I've had control in. But that's besides the point! If your having upwards of four dreams a night, keeping a DJ and doing a sufficient amount of Reality Checks, it seems like your on a roll! You should be having DILD's quite a bit (or more so than when you weren't doing reality checks). If your reality checks don't seem to work in your dreams, try focusing more when you do them. Instead of just looking at your fingers blankly, actually question if your awake or dreaming. This makes it more likely that you will become Lucid upon reality checking. Also another tip; I'd say don't get yourself frustrated with WILDing. Many veteran LDers cannot WILD, or they have great difficulties with it. It will just discourage you in the long run. Have you tried any other induction techniques that may fit you better? WBTB? FILD? It doesn't sound like your doing anything wrong; it sounds like you just need to keep at it. I think if you keep on this track all summer, your number of LD's will increase in no time.

[JamesLD]

alright! thanks

[deathxel]

just remember. you dont have to swallow.

[davej]

Sounds like you are doing better then me