Thread: Not a dreamer

Yesterday, I was introduced to lucid dreaming. I figured I might as well start, so I did reality checks every once in a while, I asked myself if I was dreaming, but I think I found the main problem.

I'm not a dreamer.

I very very rarely remember my dreams. Last night I remembered one, but for the most part, I don't dream.

...So do I still have the ability to dream lucidly?

P.S. Also, I am very delirious when I wake up from situations. I have no idea what's going on in the world around me until like half a minute have gone by?

Thanks ahead of time.

Sounds like you need help waking up. Try drinking a bunch of water, having to go to the bathroom will kick-start your brain into wake-up mode. Perhaps you'll remember more dreams then. You're not not dreaming, you just can't remember them, everyone dreams several times per night.

What ninja said is true. Everybody dreams every night, usually multiple times. The most I've had was 7. Maybe try using an alarm to help wake you? Put it across the room. The act of standing and turning it off usually wakes me enough to take in the world.

Originally Posted by AngelOfLife

What ninja said is true. Everybody dreams every night, usually multiple times. The most I've had was 7. Maybe try using an alarm to help wake you? Put it across the room. The act of standing and turning it off usually wakes me enough to take in the world.

Thanks for the advice! I couldn't wake up with an alarm clock if you put it next to my ear, though. I DO live with my family, but if I told them I was trying lucid dreaming, they would more than likely kick me out.

Do you have any suggestions on the easiest way to learn to dream lucidly? ex. MILDs? I still live with my family in a very small house, in my teen years. I'm pretty limited...

Also, let me explain my dreams... It almost feels like I can't control myself, like I'm watching my own self. And I always do things I usually wouldn't do (i.e. last night I grabbed the breasts of my aunt, no clue why, though.) And my dreams are usually faint.

If you ask any dreamer which method is the easiest for beginners, a lot of them would say the DILD. The idea to that is to do checks every so often in the real world to make sure that you arent dreaming. You will be more inclined to do these "reality checks" in your dreams, but instead of working, they will fail. And then from there you will know that you are dreaming. You can look into DILDs i the tutorials.

That being said, I am as limited as you are. But I can WILD nevertheless. So you shouldn't give up on it.

As your dream recall gets better, so will your dream clarity. I know this from experience. Back before I wrote in a DJ, I used to have about 1 good dream a month. Now I have a good dream every 3-4 days! Its all in the understanding of dreams.

Originally Posted by AngelOfLife

If you ask any dreamer which method is the easiest for beginners, a lot of them would say the DILD. The idea to that is to do checks every so often in the real world to make sure that you arent dreaming. You will be more inclined to do these "reality checks" in your dreams, but instead of working, they will fail. And then from there you will know that you are dreaming. You can look into DILDs i the tutorials.

That being said, I am as limited as you are. But I can WILD nevertheless. So you shouldn't give up on it.

As your dream recall gets better, so will your dream clarity. I know this from experience. Back before I wrote in a DJ, I used to have about 1 good dream a month. Now I have a good dream every 3-4 days! Its all in the understanding of dreams.

I think I'll try DILDing first... Thanks for the help!

I have a question, though. I was on other boards before being directed to this one, and a lot of people say that they don't even have stories in their dreams, they just decide to do whatever they want... They can alter everything and anything, from how many people there are in the world to the weather. Is this how all LD's work?

That is how LD's are. If you are good enough at LD'ing, you can stay lucid and change the dream however you want. Because you know it's a dream, you can make anything possible. There are a lot of dreamers who can do this every night and do anything at all in their dreams.

DILDing is pretty basic, so you can probably experiment more with other methods as well.

That all sounds great! :3 Obviously, you can see my goals for the dreaming in my signature.
Thanks for all your help!

Hm, when you say "explode house" does that mean throw a grenade in and see what happens, or just pointing at a house and having it a splode?

My Dreamgoals are right down there ^_^ there's one I added this morning about Malfoy chocolate. XD

Originally Posted by AngelOfLife

Hm, when you say "explode house" does that mean throw a grenade in and see what happens, or just pointing at a house and having it a splode?

Wow... I didn't think of that. I was think more of the grenade and using explosives, but that sounds much better.

Thanks for the great suggestion!

Thanks for the great suggestion!

Glad to help! I also notice you have eat fifty pies twice. Is that on purpose?

Originally Posted by AngelOfLife

Glad to help! I also notice you have eat fifty pies twice. Is that on purpose?

Actually, at first, I had a more personal one, but I figured it was too personal. But I'm kind of OCD, so I thought it looked silly just taking one away. So now my goal is eating fifty pies. Twice.

I see you summoned Paul McCartney before? That's really neat, he's my favorite singer. I love The Beatles, I know all of their songs. So what was he like? Did he sing for you?

No That's actually the checkmark for "kiss someone". Last night I kissed my dad. (in a dream of course, and on the cheek)

I am a Beatles fan- no, obsessor, and Paul is my fave. I'd want him to serenade me and a guy with "I wanna hold your hand". ^_^
Then I wanna sing Dig a Pony with him. on a rooftop. with a little help from my friends. XD

Paul's my favorite, too! John is second. Ringo third. I could definitely call myself a obsesser, too

And if you ever get to talk/sing with him, I'd be more than happy to hear about it. I wouldn't mind other IRL info, too I've always wanted to talk to him.

Also, I noticed one of your goals is eating invisible pancakes? Are those pancakes you can't see, but can taste and can feel? Or just imaginary? Because people oftenly mistake the two

Haha, that was the other one I achieved. I was at a dream-resturaunt with Dylan (from my Dylan is Gay? dream) and David (from the David Skipping dream) and we sat down and had breakfast. My pancakes were invisible, but I could taste them! they were yummy! and chocolate chip. :3

So, un-seeable, but tastable and feelable. My friends' breakfasts were Strawberries in a huge bowl of whipped cream and a Huge donut, respectively.

We should continue in PM's though; this has nothing to do with your original post anymore. XD