Thread: My first attempt (failure)

I went to bed around 5:30 (am), didn't fall asleep till 6, and then wound up having 4-5 dreams before 6:42 passed. What I believe happened is at the start of every dream I would immediately realize it was a dream and lose lucidity. Since each dream was only a couple seconds long, I didn't see the point in recording them. What worries me is that I read attaining REM early on in sleep is unhealthy and those who do should seek a doctor. However I was really tired (at first), decided I need to clean the place which made me active, causing the 5-6 am-unrest. Is this common? The night earlier was the first time I tried to lucid sleep, recorded the dreams and everything. But last night was terrible, no rest or anything. Should I seek a doctor or is this the common mistakes of a budding learner?
PS: As I improve DR in these early stages, I am supposed to go ahead and try to LD right? Everyone else says they plan on only improving DR for a month or so and then try to LD, but do I really need to wait?

Sorry to ask this because it doesn't answer your question, but what does DR stand for.

Originally Posted by magician

Sorry to ask this because it doesn't answer your question, but what does DR stand for.

Dream recall - Your ability to remember dreams when you wake up.

Don't worry, when you go to bed so late it can trigger REM-sleep right out of the box - that is if you are very tired. With a normal sleep-schedule it probably won't happen.

about getting good dream recall before trying to LD; I think you should just go ahead with everything - some get good recall within the first week (although it of course comes gradually) others take longer. The same goes for the reality checks you would have to do - they usually take some time to sink into your subconsciousnes, so you might as well start doing them. Just go ahead with everything, but keep in mind that it could take a while to get your first Lucid Dream - or you could have one tonight and you may remember it because you wake up immediately after it, being very excited!

Good luck!