Thread: Failing to seed dreams

I'm guessing it's because he tries to dream about something, but each time he's unsuccessful, he just expects to be more unsuccessful.

I mean, when he asked you a question, he said it himself that he "doesn't dream about something" he wants to. If he expects to fail, why would he succeed?

Either way, to dream specifically about something, I'd suggest something like MILD. But if you're doing MILD anyway you might as well try to get lucid.

If this person's dreams mirror the real world (that is to say they dream about real world scenarios; everyday life) then their question could already be answered. If this thing he 'wants' isn't already showing up in day to day life in the real world, it's likely that's the reason it doesn't show up in their dreams. They can even end up thinking, "I want this" while they're dreaming, but because they don't expect that thing to materialize out of nowhere, it stays that way, and nothing happens.

In the tutorial section there is a post about how dreams are created, I suggest you point your friend there. Dreams are made up of things from throughout the day that your brain finds important, as well as random filler.