Thread: Hello i have Questions :)

Hello, i am new to this world of dreams, and i recently started to improve my dream recalling and dream journal, also i have been trying to do the WILD technique for some days, still no success.
But i have some questions:

1- How real does a dream feel? i ask this because, ALL the dreams i have are just like small abstract movies , i mean, i dont feel anything but vision and sometimes my dreams are about A and then suddently it's about B and i find no realism in it :S do i have any Problems or is it normal? and if so, how do i change that?

2- I have a small feeling that i once had a lucid dream, but now recalling the situation i guess it wasnt really a LD, if it was, then i am disappointed :

I was in somekind of village or something i cant remeber very well it was a long time ago. Then a friend (in dream) asked me if i was dreaming, and i said i were, and i started flying like a crazy and went to a big city and start killing every one, At that time i only knew that LD existed, but didnt know anything at all about them, and at that time i thougt i had control over the dream, but , now analysing the situation , i guess it wasnt really lucid, because it didnt feel any real at all, i mean, i couldt use any sense but vision, and i guess the 'control' i tought i had, was indeed very linear, and it wasnt really me controlling.
Was it a lucid dream, or was just a normal dream?

3- And about SP, last night i tried to reach SP, i guess i almost reached that, but i needed to swallow. I could see a face of a monkey and a Gun and some Dots over my eyes, i guess it was awesome, and i guess it was Hipnagogic halucinations, so i was probbably almost there no? my question is, do swallowing saliva difficult the proccess? and another thing, as i read somewhere in this forum, The trick for you not to lose your Awareness during SP is to stay counting numbers in your head... Is it right? any better idea?



Lastly, sorry my bad english , it is not my native language.

Hello!
I'll be happy to answer some questions.

Originally Posted by icept

1- How real does a dream feel? i ask this because, ALL the dreams i have are just like small abstract movies , i mean, i dont feel anything but vision and sometimes my dreams are about A and then suddently it's about B and i find no realism in it :S do i have any Problems or is it normal? and if so, how do i change that?

It varies. Sometimes dreams can be vivid and realistic, other times they won't be. Drinking apple juice apparently helps vividness.

Originally Posted by icept

2- I have a small feeling that i once had a lucid dream, but now recalling the situation i guess it wasnt really a LD, if it was, then i am disappointed :

Lucidity is really just being conscious and aware you are in a dream. If you ever are aware you are in a dream, rub your hands to "stabilize" the dream.
Then you can really get the most out of it.

Originally Posted by icept

Was it a lucid dream, or was just a normal dream?

Again, if you are aware you are asleep, you were lucid. Sometimes some lucid dreams can be weaker than others.

Originally Posted by icept

3- And about SP, last night i tried to reach SP, i guess i almost reached that, but i needed to swallow.

I used to want to lay still and not move, but I never fell asleep doing that. My advice is to just get comfy. If you need to swallow, do it.

Originally Posted by icept

The trick for you not to lose your Awareness during SP is to stay counting numbers in your head... Is it right? any better idea?

I don't know about this, but often I just say to myself "I am lucid" over and over.

i don't think i could order myself / remember to rub my hands during a dream (that dream) :S
I was really hoping that you could feel the Lucid Dream as if it were reality: every single texture on materials, every single little detail , like if you were awake in another dimension, but for what you told me, it varies. does it improve with training and experience?

Originally Posted by icept

i don't think i could order myself / remember to rub my hands during a dream (that dream) :S
I was really hoping that you could feel the Lucid Dream as if it were reality: every single texture on materials, every single little detail , like if you were awake in another dimension, but for what you told me, it varies. does it improve with training and experience?

You can feel objects, sensations, and pain in lucid dreams. You can taste. You can hear. But not all the time, at least not for me.
Remembering to rub your hands should be easy. Remembering things while lucid is key. You need to so you can remember techniques and lucid goals.

cool! i am going to pratice. i guess pratice makes perfection.
Thank you for answering me.
another question: is it possible to WILD at the first time i go to bed? i mean, not having to wake up during night? because my house is small and if i put a alarm everyone wakes up and that's not nice hehe

Originally Posted by icept

cool! i am going to pratice. i guess pratice makes perfection.
Thank you for answering me.
another question: is it possible to WILD at the first time i go to bed? i mean, not having to wake up during night? because my house is small and if i put a alarm everyone wakes up and that's not nice hehe

I believe you have to enter the REM cycle, so you need to sleep for a few hours first before lucidity is possible. Unfortunately, its not possible to just go to bed at night and fall into a lucid dream. That is why you must find a way to wake up midway through the night. Otherwise, you should be using DILD, where you become lucid during an ordinary dream. Personally, I find DILD less vivid and realistic, and often harder to achieve. But DILD is more suitable for beginners because its more convenient and easier to understand.
Apparently the REM cycle last several hours after you wake up, which is why some people WILD in the afternoon.