For all those struggling to have a lucid dream...

Hoping tonight I'll sleep better than last night!

Recalled nothing, tonight is unlikely after the stress of the day but we'll see how it goes. :)

I didn't recall anything either but tonight you WILL remember your dreams Wishfulthinker! :)

It's been a couple days since my last, and I've been having them every 2 or 3 days lately, so I'm probably due tonight.

Then I'm afraid that you aren't able to participate for the points because you already seem to be having LD's regularly. But just because you can't win the points doesn't mean you can't take part and have a lucid before the 7 days are up! :)

Remembered 5 dreams, I'm on the right track!! :D:D:D

Dream Journal Entries: http://www.dreamviews.com/f136/djs-w...ml#post1964955

Oh wow everyone's doing a great job! Keep it up guys :3 I love checking on this thread, motivates me as well :rockon:

I actually recalled a pretty vivid dream last night, only one part was fragmented. Jus gotta try a bit harder...

You guys can have at it for the points. I'm one of those people who has them naturally anyway. I just stumbled on this forum looking for information on what I was experiencing. I've been thinking about keeping a journal up to see if that increases the frequency, but what I've found out is that I tend to remember them whether I write them down or not.

Charles D, How often do you have them?

I am a natural dreamer, just not an LDer. I have had 1 dream or more a night forever (every few months I will have a night without dreams, but that feels so weird!). So I went from 1 to 2 dreams a night to 4 to five dreams a night just be DJing! I actually had about 10 vivid dreams last night! I actually got kind of freaked out in one (an old folks home for just amputees was downtown, so not too big of a deal seeing one or two, but everyone you meet makes it eerie). So I think that LDs are the same as dreams. You can forget them. So if you are having one dream a night or two dreams a night and having 1 LD a week, you are probably having more and just forgetting them.

I feel like the fundamentals of LDing or just dreaming are these and you cannot stop them or you will lose some:
sleep close to 8 hours a night or more.
keep a dream journal

Also! Glad to see the competition continuing! I was afraid it was done after 1 :). Good luck to all of you guys. Just by looking at the old threads or threads that have lasted a long time you can see a lot of people with LDs from 5-50 and then they give up and are never heard of again. The beginning is the hard part because you need to understand yourself, it is like finding your true name in "The Eragon Cycle" LDs are very personal sometimes, Sometimes it is not stuff you do that is so personal, but what you feel. Remember that each LD is worth all the EFFORT put into it, even if it is a short one, you are still getting EXPERIENCE. So any short LD should always boost your CONFIDENCE.

Sorry about the all caps, Bold button isn't working. Those three things are from: http://www.dreamviews.com/f49/all-da...gyoshi-113253/

And I totally agree with it. :)

Glad to hear everybody is doing okay, keep it up! :)

BrandonBoss: I anticipated that someone would get it before the end of the week so this is actually the backup plan in action :') I want to motivate lots of people for a while not just one for one night :)

CharlesD Well now you know what it is at least :) I'm intrigued as to what your next step will be in the world of lucid dreaming. Also I do recommend a Dream Journal, very very useful even if you are a natural :P

For as long as I can remember I've always had vivid dreams that I remember well. I can remember some I had years ago. I've also had the occasion where I will know it's a dream, but I didn't know what the name for it was until I came on here earlier this month. It's just always happened, probably a couple times a week but some weeks more often than that. If I'm sick or feverish my thoughts race and my brain goes all incoherent and the dreams are kind of weird and definitely not lucid, but I guess most nights I have vivid memorable dreams with a lucid popping up every few days or so.

I've never really tried to control much in them though, except for occasionally adopting a devil may care attitude and not worrying too much what other people will think, but normally I just continue along the same plot that the dream already following, with a little more clarity and awareness. A good example is the other night. I dreamed I was at a bowling alley. I haven't bowled in years. I threw the first ball and got a strike and for some reason that triggered it and I was aware it was a dream. Instead of going off and flying, I just decided that I was going to roll a perfect game and from then on every ball was a strike and if it wasn't I just looked at the pins that were still standing and they fell over. Part of me would like to start doing a bit more control over things, but most of the time I just don't bother.

Out of curiosity I downloaded a dream journal app for my ipad and started logging things in there, but I'm not sure yet if that's really helped my recall since I've always remembered 4 or 5 dreams a night anyway. Maybe reading back through them will help me to recognize signs and patterns. I'm not really doing much else like reality checks or anything yet, besides popping in here every day and reading things.

@CharlesD
http://www.dreamviews.com/f15/dream-...endium-132328/
Nice recall. :) Here is a good way to get more if you want it. I am going up the list trying to get more and more.

CharlesD Sounds like some cool lucid dreams you've had, I'm jealous :P It should certainly help you recognise any patterns :)

Still not even managed a recall yet but I've just met my deadlines today so maybe less stress will aid my strive for success tonight!

Didn't remember any dreams yesterday :( But today shall be the day I have my first lucid dream!

Good confidence Santoryu! I like it keep it up! Remember to do your technique (whatever technique you are doing :P) with all confidence that you are doing it perfectly and you will have a lucid dream. :D

Both of you try a bit of cheese before bed, then whilst sat in bed recall everything you did during the say and say it out loud, go through your routine. This usually helps to bring recall back :) Good luck with your lucids tonight guys! :D

Thank you! You too! :)

Couldn't sleep last night, no dreams recalled. :I I need to stop that.

Have you guys tried to drink water before bed and then everytime, when it wakes you up for restroom?

It will do 2 things:

1. It will quite likely wake you up right after your REM and your dream ends. At this time you still remember your dream. Write down at least a few keywords.

We usually don't remember dreams, unless we wake up from them (alarm, other noise), or up to 5 min after the dream is over. It's likely, that at least one dream is over when your REM ends. Everybody already wakes up right after REM is over, we just don't remember it. Mostly we just turn to the other side and sleep some more. But with urge to use the restroom, you will wake up after REM is over.

2. It will give you WBTB and that will highten your chance for a DILD. On your way to restroom, put the lights on and do a few easy math problems in your head. This will wake up your logic center and you will be more aware, which will aid yu in becoming lucid.

Good luck and happy dreams :alien:

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If you wake up having to urinate, it's even easier to get a lucid by using the uncomfortable feeling of a full bladder as a WILD anchor. Unfortunately, this isn't a technique I would recommend because it involves ignoring a full bladder which isn't always a good idea.

Gab, I wake up about 4 or 5 times a night. I used to do the water thing, but now I have learned how to wake up after REM or at whatever time I want to. :)

I think that this is a great technique and would recommend it to anyone that doesn't have problems wetting the bed. :)

Bit of recall last night, gradually improving but not feeling too great tonight so sleep may be difficult to come by and/or medicine clouded but I'll give it a shot.