Hi BobRoss, |
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Hi guys, I've been trying to lucid dream for about 4 and a half months and just wanted to share my experience and ask for guidance. I had 2 lucid dreams which lasted 10 seconds max because I freaked out and this was about 3 months ago and never had one since that I recall atleast. I should also share some of my background since that can be helpful to understand why it is that I have such a hard time. I have depression as well as a mild case of anxiety and also poor memory and dream recall. I've been trying to increase my dream recall by starting a journal and started to recall dreams since for the past 7 years or so I haven't remembered my dreams so this is a positive thing it is gradually getting better in that respect. I tried many techniques from easy to hard such as wild which I practiced after 25min wbtb about 10 times or more aswell as in the afternoon from 1-5 pm. I also tried MILD, dream recall meditation before sleep, binaural beats before sleep and after wbtb, FILD which was supposed to be the easiest and high rate of success but I tried almost everynight and nothing. |
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Hi BobRoss, |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
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In my experience it can be quite difficult to sleep after ingesting B6. Nonetheless, it is just about the best thing for lucidity (and especially for dream recall) for me. I combine it with L-tyrosine. But, in order to actually sleep, I need something to bring that about, and L-Theanine, as mentioned by Nfri, does the trick in my case. |
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Last edited by Voldmer; 04-07-2014 at 09:25 PM.
So ... is this the real universe, or is it just a preliminary study?
FryingMan - I stress too much over this shit and get frustrated because that I waisted another night even though I've been trying soo hard. I get what your saying and I definatly need to have a healthier lifestyle and that it can be more beneficial than lucid aids. The strange thing about Lucid dreaming is that I am so determined to have them that I am willing to change my life around and I am hoping that It would help me get over depression. |
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I too used to stress about "missing another night," and all that ended up accomplishing was weeks of insomnia. I think this is somewhat analogous to getting back to sleep: there's the paradox of intent: right at the moment where you stop "trying to sleep", that's when you fall asleep. It's not a perfect analogy with LDing, you *do* need to "try" to LD, but you can't force yourself to LD, and holding stress about LDing is not the same thing as "trying to LD." By "trying to LD" I mean the obvious things: WBTB, the occasional WILD attempts, setting intention at night, meditation, working seriously on dream recall, dream journaling, spending time on LD forums, reading LD books, reading other people's dream journals, perhaps dream yoga exercises and most importantly, day practice. |
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
Depression does not affect lucid dreaming. Depression does affect ''work'' which must be done in order to have lucid dream. |
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Last edited by Nfri; 04-08-2014 at 10:32 PM.
Thanks alot for your encouraging and helpful posts. This has been my first thread on Dreamviews though I've visited this site ever since I found out about lucid dreaming and most of my understanding came from here. You guys have proven to be a very insightful and caring community. I do have fun with my dreams when I have them since they are good topics for conversations and mine can get very bizarre and hilarious. |
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Last edited by BobRoss; 04-09-2014 at 02:29 AM.
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FryingMan's Unified Theory of Lucid Dreaming: Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall -- Both Day and Night[link]
FryingMan's Dream Recall Tips -- Awesome Links
“No amount of security is worth the suffering of a mediocre life chained to a routine that has killed your dreams.”
"...develop stability in awareness and your dreams will change in extraordinary ways" -- TYoDaS
You should try maybe a DEILD |
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I'm back! Again? Uhhh..
Thanks for the tips guys. I will try to compete once I am able to reach lucidty again and I have also tried to do DEILD many times. I seem to recall the dreams easier once I wake up at around 7 or 8 in the morning then hit snooze in an attempt to DEILD, but lucidty is still the problem for me. |
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I bought 200mg L-theanine today. Tried it during the day and it seemed to work wonders on my anxiety, but the true test will be whether or not it will help with Dream recall and lucidity in dreams. I'll share my results tomorrow morning. |
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Well...Nothing happened, but thats ok. I was talking to a buddy who is a nutritionist and he mentioned ZMA which is a combo of Zinc Magnesium and B6 and couple also include more. He used to take these 3 seperate before to increase sleep quality and noticed that it made his dreams alot more vivid. I might get Zma to try it out and also try taking b6 on its own before bed rather then a wbtb to see if that would make a difference. |
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I tried zma last night and it seemed to keep me up all night though I felt relaxed which was the same effect with b6. Doea anyone know why this could be having this effect on me? most of the people who try this end up having a restful deep sleep a i'm getting the opposite. i'm gonna try again tomorrow but have it imediatly before bed and hopefully fall asleep before it kicks in. |
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