Originally Posted by
Elem3nt0
There have been times that i have known i was dreaming but for some reason the thought never occured to me to take control, so i cant really say i have had a dream and became lucid, the only times i have had lucid dream is when i wake up 5 hours after going to sleep, stay up for about 10-15 minutes and then proceed back to bed.
There are many ways to know if you are dreaming, although it can be tricky at times because dreams can be so real, that sometimes you just cant tell for sure. Thats where reality checks come in. There are many ways to perform reality checks, me personally i look outside my window when i wake up in my dream bed, granted i have only had 3 LD, but i know for sure that each time i look out that window, something will be out of the ordinary. Like if its winter in real life, yet it looks like summer outside in the dream, dead giveaway.
Probably the most common reality checks are looking at your hands and you most likely will have 6 fingers on one hand or something similar, and the other is to hold your nose and see if you can still breath easy. I will give you a simple routine to start off with and you can tell me how it goes, if you wish.
1.) When you go to bed tonight, set an alarm clock for 5 to 5 and a half hours after you go to bed. Later on when this alarm wakes you up, turn it off, get up but dont turn any lights on, unless it is a dim light. Too much light can make you get too awake.
2.) If you had any dreams while you were sleeping, now is the time to record them, because you never know how much of the dream you will remember when you wake up later in the day, and by doing this, also convices your mind that dreaming is important to you.
3.) After 10-15 minutes go back to sleep, and try to keep your body very still. Do not open your eyes, and do not scratch any itches. The itches are your body's way of seeing if you are still awake. If you scratch this itch your (as i like to call it) SP timer will reset, and you must start over again by being very still. Make actually going to sleep your first priority in your mind, but make sure not to fade into sleep, this part is easier than you think.
4.) Soon after step 3 you should begin to feel the effects of sleep paralysis. This can at first be very abnormal and scary to you, but just remember that this happens to you every night when you are asleep, except you are usually unconscious when this takes effect. The feeling of SP could be different for many people but most commonly it is associated with a seemingly loud noise, similar to when you turn a television on, that white noise. You can hear it at anytime if it completely quiet around you, but when SP comes in, it intensifies greatly. You will also feel very weird, kind of like your free falling and obviously, cannot move. You can break the SP at any time if you try hard enough, but the important thing is to welcome the Sleep Paralysis and use it as your way to get into your dream.
5.) Ok so you got sleep paralysis, not sure what to do? Here is the rewarding part. When you get SP, imagine yourself raising up from your bed and being in a dream. Now really do it. When you make yourself raise up, open your eyes at the same time and voila, you should now be in a dream. The transition from SP to the dream shouldnt take longer than ten seconds or even less.
This is just personally my way to do it, but i think its really simple and you should try it out and see how it works for you. If this doesnt work have a look at some of the other tutorials.
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