Thread: Help?

So I can remember my dreams quite vividly, but they aren't lucid.
But when I'm in the dream, I completely forget to do RC's or even realize that I'm dreaming. But when I wake up I remember the whole thing perfectly and just think to myself, "UGHH What if I had only done an RC, or tried to remember that I need to realize that I'm dreaming."
Of course none of these thoughts enter my brain when I'm in the dream.

So, I guess what I'm asking is, do you guys have any tips to focusing in a dream and trying to actually enter lucidity?

This is perfectly normal. When you sleep, the logic centers in your brain crap out, too. By doing daily RC's and getting into a steady habit, you're basically hoping to kick-start the logic centers a bit, and from that, wake up more of the brain and become fully lucid. Keep practicing, try to RC at least 10 times a day, and DON'T LOSE MOTIVATION!!

Originally Posted by Mario92

This is perfectly normal. When you sleep, the logic centers in your brain crap out, too. By doing daily RC's and getting into a steady habit, you're basically hoping to kick-start the logic centers a bit, and from that, wake up more of the brain and become fully lucid. Keep practicing, try to RC at least 10 times a day, and DON'T LOSE MOTIVATION!!

I do RCs a lot and I have the question in mind and take the meaning to another level...... how long do I have to keep RCing for it to kick in and see some reactionZ?

It usually takes a month or two for most people...you can add a mantra to the mix right before bed to try and hasten the process, too.

Originally Posted by Mario92

It usually takes a month or two for most people...you can add a mantra to the mix right before bed to try and hasten the process, too.

I am slowly dying from excitement... and that's what preventing me from having LD's too.... can I just go to sleep normally? I usually move about and would eventually fall asleep, going to bed and doing a MILD on a WILD mode and staying still always fails.... do I have to keep chanting mantra though?
A recommendation for mantra build? So since I just started yesterday, that means I don't have to try to sleep in class and actually do something productive or go crazy and want to go to sleep even though it's not near 10 or 11 pm yet, and miss out on all my hobbies...... I haven't touched my tablet in a meaningful way today.... since I'm just hyped about this.

The excitement will die down after a bit...this is normal. When falling asleep, you can try to induce sleep paralysis on purpose to get to sleep faster. If you're just going to bed for the first time of the night, you're unlikely to get any dreams, but it can certainly help you to fall asleep. As for mantras, they're more of self-affirmations. It is suggested that you keep doing them even as you fall asleep, but if you can't manage it, don't worry about it. Even the mere act of chanting them through the day can improve your odds of becoming lucid. Don't try too hard, as this can actually hinder your chances of having a lucid dream. Just have patience, and good things WILL come in time.