Thread: Need help ASAP Please

just know that it's going to take time to start having those awesome lucid dreams... you'll have to do a lot of fine tuning to figure out what works for you. look at it as a life-long pursuit - it's worth the effort in the long run.

Welcome to DV. If you just recently started to practice Lucid Dreaming, you gotta give it some time. It takes time. Sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. It all is different for everyone. Just keep doing RCs constantly throughout the day and you could have your first LD in no time.

Good luck.

ive been trying to do this for about a week and a half now and my confidence is going down....how long did it take you guys to start?

I haven't had my first one yet, I have been trying for nearly a month I think. My confidence is higher than ever. You just have to keep trying.

As far as I know, most people who stop lucid dreaming, lost confidence in them self. So just find ways to keep your confidence up, and stay positive.

my problem right now is that i cant realize that im dreaming when i am

You will one time, it just comes to you.

Originally Posted by PANTHERSFAN17

my problem right now is that i cant realize that im dreaming when i am

That is what the purpose of reality checking is. Do RCs often, you will eventually get them into part of your routine. Then you will do them in your dreams.

Originally Posted by Muggler

That is what the purpose of reality checking is. Do RCs often, you will eventually get them into part of your routine. Then you will do them in your dreams.

That's not really the idea... It is a bit buuuuuuut...
RC's aren't things that you should do so often that you might be lucky to do one in your dream. They are tools for checking if you are in the awake world or dream.

AWARENESS

That's what you need for LD's. I think that awareness coupled with MILD is a very good combination. Awareness is what you need if you want to realize you're in the dream world. RC's are for confirming.

Read Naiya's tutorial

am i supposed to say RT out loud?

It couldn't hurt.

I just had mine (I joined a month ago) but I got excited and woke up Anyway it seems like your new here so Welcome! Remember it does take time.

Originally Posted by PANTHERSFAN17

ive been trying to do this for about a week and a half now and my confidence is going down....how long did it take you guys to start?

7 months for me, so this...

Originally Posted by Muggler

You just have to keep trying.

As far as I know, most people who stop lucid dreaming, lost confidence in them self. So just find ways to keep your confidence up, and stay positive.

...is pretty much what I was going to say. Just keep at it, and even if you don't get results now, there are other things, like awesome non-Lucids and better recall, that you can get out of practicing.

I think I signed up for this website back in.. 2005? I've not been on top of it every day, but I can tell you that even starting out with excellent dream recall, I didn't start LDing for at least a year after I started practicing. Even then, it's only been sparse LDs spaced between bouts of very vivid dreams.

If you want my personal advice, I have found it highly effective to just relax. Don't stress about "Getting an LD tonight!" or "Did I remember my RCs today?" Try to just go about your day as normal, and if you suddenly realize that you want or should have RC'd, go ahead and do one silently. Look at the detail on something nearby, especially if it has words on it. Confirm that they are words, and move on.

I have had most of my Lucid Dreams when I wasn't trying to LD so hard. Instead of focusing on being Lucid, focus on your dreams themselves. When you wake up in the morning, think back and try to retain the last feeling you had from your dream that you remember. Think about all of the events as far back as you can and divide them up in to major segments. (For example: Part of dream that happened at a school, black out, part of dream that happened at a house, black out, part of dream that happened in a car.) Once you can recognize the number of significant dream "segments" that you had during the night, you'll start to be able to retain more details. Go over each segment one at a time, then repeat this process at least twice. The whole method takes about 2-10 minutes, and is no longer than the length of time most people spend trying to summon the mental courage to actually get out of bed! Just keep your eyes closed for it, and let yourself relax. If you do this, your brain is already close to the dream state it just left, so you should be at the optimal state for remembering everything.

When you're focusing just on your dreams and not getting stressed out (which only hinders you) trying to Lucid Dream, you're much more likely to grow in vividness/clarity to the point where 80% of your dreams are potential LDs, because of how lucid you already are. At this point, your mind will cross the barrier when it is ready.

Trust me. After four or five years of this stuff now, I can honestly tell you forcing it will not help! You can definitely support your lucidity through methods and rituals, but your brain has to learn how to do this, not be told.

tl;dr: Don't force your LDs. Don't stress. Focus only on your dreams and enjoy them. They will soon grow in lucidity until you will suddenly find yourself crossing the Lucid barrier without even having to think about it during the day.

You win the thread, sir or madame!

TheEnergyIsAroundUs couldn't be more right! I myself took 10 months to finally have LD (two nights ago, and last night), and I must admit that after having it... the whole stressing and discouragement...etc didn't seem worth it!

Once you've really had a lucid dream, you realize that it isn't so much a monumental achievement and hours of effort, but simply a change in effort that you make slowly, deliberately and with motivation.

Originally Posted by PANTHERSFAN17

Im trying to have DILDs but even though im doing RCs in the day i still have nights go by when i could be having those awesome lucid dreams.

Do you keep dream diaries, that helps to increase lucid dreaming, and also saying before you go to bed you will have an ld helps

okay thanks guys! are there any things that are easily accesable in most homes that help the likleness of lucid dreams?

keep a dream journal

do RC's

Actually question reality when doing the RC's

Get 7-8 hours of sleep a night

TRY

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Here are some tutorials to help


DILD - http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ead.php?t=9423

DEILD - http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ead.php?t=6124

WILD - http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ead.php?t=9806

REALITY CHECKS - http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ead.php?t=4470

DREAM SIGNS - http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=65236

DREAM CONTROL - http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=67107

DREAM CONTENT - http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=66752

PM me if you have any questions that arent answered

Originally Posted by Muggler

I haven't had my first one yet, I have been trying for nearly a month I think. My confidence is higher than ever. You just have to keep trying.

As far as I know, most people who stop lucid dreaming, lost confidence in them self. So just find ways to keep your confidence up, and stay positive.

I have been at it for 4-5 months now. I have only had one.