2. WBTB attempt

[FlyingDutchman]

I went to bed ad 10.30 pm and set my alarm to 03.00 am. So I woke up. I grabbed my dream journal, and wrote whatever I remember from my dream. It wasn't interesting or weird. I was just waiting my girlfriend (not a DC in real life) at the entrance of my school. And then the alarm rang. Then i constantly said to myself "I will do a reality check" and "I will lucid dream" in my own language. And did reality checks ALL the time. I woke up at 03.00 am and went to bed again at 03.15. All i did is drinking some water, reading-writing my DJ saying mantras doing reality checks. For 15 minutes. So i slept again. When I woke up, i could recall my dreams but not vividly. like %50. I wrote down to my DJ. In my dreamS (yes, i had multiple) i was at school or at home and NOTHING weird happened. It was all normal. And i had 2 FA which was weird. I was in the dream suddenly i woke up in my bed. Find my girlfriend near me staring at me. I was going to kiss her on the cheek, but then suddenly woke up again in my bed. This one wasnt real too but i cant recall what happened in that one. Then I REALLY woke up in real life. They said "Your first WBTB will most likely fail" so i didnt mind first one. And now, the second has failed too. So im kinda concerned. Is lucid dreaming a skill, and i don't have it? I hope not...

[Zephyrus]

some people take two years to get it correct, others get it on first try. Yes everyone has that skill, but not everyone could be bothered to follow it up. if it was 2 months with no success i would start getting worried

[Raspberry]

My WBTBs almost always work, but not all of the time. And I assure you, everyone can lucid dream if they work at it So all you need to do is keep practicing, soon you'll know what to do and you'll just need to keep tweaking things until you know they're perfect. This is how I WBTB, as I said, it almost always works for me. I done one last night so I'll just tell you what I done: I woke up after about 5 hours of sleep. (Remember that when you set your alarm, add an extra half an hour onto the time to allow you to get to sleep). I didn't actually write down any notes from my previous dream because I need to get back into dream journalling, but I recommend that you do. If you need the toilet, go AFTER you've written your dream down because moving around makes you forget your dreams for some reason. I done a few reality checks. I waited about two minutes and done some more, asking myself whether I'm dreaming and looking around for anything out of the ordinary. I done some maths in my head (e.g. 72+72. It doesn't have to be complicated) so that my brain becomes active (or more active than it already is). If you like sudoku I've heard that's good. Then I lay down (I hadn't actually gotten out of bed, or switch any lights on etc) in a comfortable sleeping position and repeated in my head "I will lucid dream". I really focused on the words and then I imagined myself becoming lucid in a dream. Then after about a minute of this, I stop, and allow myself to drift asleep Pretty much I got a lucid dream in 5 minutes. It was vivid too. Experiment with different times to find the right one for you. I don't like staying up long, so I get up after 5hours (so I can fall asleep quickly) and only stay up for about 5 minutes. Change these times around. I remember when I first started trying WBTBs I got up after 6 hours and stayed up for 15 minutes, but it didn't work well because I couldn't get to sleep. So keep it up, add some maths questions to make your brain more alert. Maybe you could try a WILD every so often too Oh and by the way; stress kills lucid dreams. So if you don't get one in a while, don't worry about it. If you start to stress about them, take a break - maybe a week off or something. I done that and got like 5 lucids in two days! Dunno what happened there but it was awesome. Good luck

[FlyingDutchman]

Thank you raspberry, your post cheered me up gonna try this night again but this time i'll solve some math problems.

[Raspberry]

No problem. And because y'know, we all love math! (haha... no, not really... meh... -_-)

[FlyingDutchman]

Hehe I dont like maths either, but i got a Sudoku game in my cell phone and i like it! I'm feeling lucky