Thread: I just have to share, I'm finally getting somewhere!

I have had some issues with being lucid since I realized that I was a lucid dreamer. My dream recall has been little to none, but I don't usually have issues with this, but I have just had issues ever since I found and joined this forum. I think I just put much too much focus on LD's and messed it all up. I also started putting to much focus and energy into having an LD and then controlling it. I almost always know I'm dreaming, but only just learned that I can have control.

So, the moment I realized I was dreaming, I would try to take control and lose it or wake myself up with the effort. The first one I started to have a couple of weeks ago was a WILD, I was sort of floating and then I heard rap music and was moving in upon a dance scene...and I thought to myself, "I don't even like rap music, why am I going here?", and that was it...I was awake. And that was the only one I had until the last couple of nights.

I just stopped trying, and the dreams came back. I usually can't yell in my dreams, I don't know why (it's definately a dream sign) but I can't yell. And the other night in a dream, I told myself...there's no reason that I can't yell right now...and I yelled! I didn't try for any other type of control...just the yelling, but I did it! I know it sounds stupid...but I yelled!!! I have always been frustrated by not being able to yell in a dream.

I've also tried to focus more on relaxing than actually WILDing (which usually wakes me up since I realize that I'm in bed...not going where ever it is I am)...and I've noticed the vibrations...but for some reason, I can only do this going into an afternoon nap. I think I'm too tired when I go to bed at night to stay up long enough to feel the vibrations. But that's been nice too, just to pay attention to things...but not try to force them. I also can't quite get to the LD state this way...I'm to aware and can't really get out of my head. I have to actually let my mind go to sleep and sort of meld into a dream. I'll work on this later, when I have more control.

I guess that's my new approach...don't approach it, lol! Just let it flow and deal with it one dream at a time...

Thanks for letting me share

Congratulations, it's a great feeling making progress with lucid dreaming and control in them. Yelling is just one step of many, so don't lose your motivation.

WILD is something that most everyone has to fine tune and it almost always takes a while to get the hang of. But it's definitely worth it once you figure out what works for you. I've been LDing for six years and just in the last year have I actually successfully gotten lucid through WILDing (There's maybe once or twice before that, but those were lucky). Naps really can be the key to WILDs for some people, so if that's working stick with it!

Anyway, glad to see the success! Congrats again

Originally Posted by Interested1

I guess that's my new approach...don't approach it, lol! Just let it flow and deal with it one dream at a time...

Thanks for letting me share

Interested1, that's a very important lesson that you learned. Sometimes when you don't chase a bird.. it will come and land in your hand.

Oh, and congratulations on finding your dream voice (yell).

Well, I wish I would have figured that out much sooner! Thanks you guys

I am still so excited over something so little...but it feels huge!! Next...I'll try running. I also have issues running in dreams. Yelling and running, how strange...

Trust me, it's the things you think of as little that you find out are huge. Like you I have had serious problems with dream recall, but just a few nights ago I remembered two dreams. It may not seem that big to some people, but for me it's actually quite the inspirational step. I wish you good luck and continued Lucidity

I hear ya! Last night in one of my dreams, I was running everywhere...and that's a first for me as well. I think it's huge to realize that we have control over how we do things in our dreams. I also managed to remember 4 dreams last night...I'm feeling very encouraged! Best wishes to your continued success!

Thats great, as someone once said, "A journy of a thousand miles begins with a single step." Keep trying and you'll be an expert someday. My dreams are always high clarity, and most of them are pretty cool, but I can only remember bits and peices. Now I average at least one dream a night as opposed to one dream a week. Now If I could just get Lucid again. Good luck.