how long did it take for you to get your first LD?

**Denny22** · 02-09-2009 05:01 PM

It took around just over a month. It was very short but worth it and pretty encouraging.

**Mertruve** · 02-09-2009 06:54 PM

Seven hours. It took me three months to get my second LD though.

**Higurashi** · 02-09-2009 10:01 PM

The first time I visited this site, I got so excited about the idea of lucid dreaming that I couldn't stop thinking about it and had a lucid dream that very night.

**Niddiboy** · 02-09-2009 10:13 PM

1 month after joining DV. i had had 2 pervious lucid dreams before

**flipsid3** · 02-12-2009 07:33 PM

i have been a part of DV for about a year now and no solid LD : ((
for the past 3 or so months i have not been fully into it and have just been on a sort of break if you will i am still recording my dreams and doing random RC's but its all kinda half assed. i was getting frustrated and am going to start getting back into it...wish me luck : )

**Amethyst Star** · 02-12-2009 07:56 PM

Three weeks of effort after finding DV produced my first, very short LD. I had one about a week later and then my third about two weeks after that (I think).

I haven't put in a whole lot of effort, so it's been some time since I've had an LD. I keep hoping and in the meantime I'm enjoying the dreams I have and recall

READ: Don't let yourself get stressed out if you don't see results right away. Some people have their first LD that same night, and some years later. If you become worried or stressed, you won't sleep as well and personally I find that my dreams are just weird and/or all over the place if I'm upset. My advice is just to relax, keep at it, and enjoy the ride. Note your improvements, no matter how small (increased recall, remembering to do more reality checks, some control over non-LDs, noticing something is out of place while dreaming, etc.). Look forward to that first/next lucid dream and it will happen.

**deXtrous** · 03-03-2009 05:54 AM

Resurrecting this thread a bit... It took me 9 days to count for my first DEILD to happen, which was last night

So much fun I have 4 DEILD's in one night ;D

**Ozzi99** · 03-03-2009 06:12 AM

About a month, but now i havent had one in like 2 months....

**Nick89** · 03-03-2009 06:15 AM

I got interested in lucid dreams about 2 years ago. I think it was about a year and a half ago when I started my dream journal. At some point I was able to recall 3, 4 dreams each night, still I did'nt have any LD. Then in the summer of the previous year, I gave up, due to problems with sleeping. A had twice very short lucid dream, or to give it a more proper name, lucid moments (I realised I was dreaming and almost immediately woke up).
Now I'm starting once again, today is the 4th day of keeping my new dream journal. Actually I'm only interested in MILD and DILD method, my dream recall is not good enough yet, I suppose, to even bother trying regular reality checks. So, you see, it may take a long time. I think you're way too impatient, yo're into lucid dreaming only for a month. Not a long time, really. Just be sure yo'll eventually have a lucid dream, and you'll have it sooner or later, simply be patient.

**Odd_Nonposter** · 03-03-2009 10:57 PM

I had my first disappointingly short LD three months after joining DV. I suffer from really bad recall. I'll be lucky if I can remember three dreams in one week, then my journal entries are so illegible it's difficult to transfer them online.

In fact, my first lucid is right here: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=74091

If you're really having trouble with it, a few simple substances really helped me. Ginkgo, B6, green tea extract, and probably melatonin can all be found at your local Wal-Mart or some other store nearby.

**faceonmars** · 03-03-2009 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by Stardrowned

i'll have been practicing for 1 month tomorrow and still no lucidity. i'm still working on my recall. i remember 1-2 dreams every other night or every 3rd night. it's frustrating, but i'm persistent.

It took me about a week to have a deliberate LD years ago. I was using a hypnosis tape that had two people (a man and a woman) one doing hypnotic suggestions and one doing mental imagery. I wish I could find that tape or CD again. Anyway, I had my first MILD experience. It was truely life affirming. Good luck to you and you WILL get there.

**Jhony** · 03-03-2009 11:33 PM

I just joined a few months ago.

No LD's yet. I know it's coming though.

**KingOfTwilight** · 03-04-2009 02:26 AM

Have yet to get it.

Been trying since about a month before I joined.

**BigFan** · 03-05-2009 01:06 AM

Originally Posted by Odd_Nonposter

I had my first disappointingly short LD three months after joining DV. I suffer from really bad recall. I'll be lucky if I can remember three dreams in one week, then my journal entries are so illegible it's difficult to transfer them online.

In fact, my first lucid is right here: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=74091

If you're really having trouble with it, a few simple substances really helped me. Ginkgo, B6, green tea extract, and probably melatonin can all be found at your local Wal-Mart or some other store nearby.

I don't like the idea of using any sort of medicine to try and help me achieve lucidity. I only started working towards getting an LD less than a week ago and after two days of intense practice followed by four relaxing ones, I had a short LD day before yesterday

**Geeome** · 03-05-2009 01:07 AM

3.5 months. I win, hands-down! xD

I had a bit of a "haitus" In there for a while. In reality, if I had been going since August hardcore, I might have more than 3 racked up.

**CloudStrife1992** · 03-05-2009 01:16 AM

It took me 2-3 weeks from when I first looked into Lucid Dreaming, but I already had very good dream recall, so I didn't have to work much on that.

**Ishi** · 03-05-2009 01:17 AM

I could literally never remember my dreams and the day I started researching I remembered my dream and the day after too and on the third night I had a few seconds of vague lucidity. But I had had random lucid dreams before that

**Xaxiz** · 03-05-2009 07:03 AM

It took me about 2 weeks, though i was pretty obsessive over it, every chance i was near a computer i was researching it in one way or another.

Took a while to get a 2nd though, maybe a month after that?

**DreamVortex** · 03-06-2009 10:45 PM

3 months and i got Lucid by eating chocolate....alot of.....chocolate...

**Billy_McBong** · 03-07-2009 03:09 AM

Probably a month or so after starting a DJ and trying to become lucid. That was almost a year ago and I have had about one LD a month since then.

I still haven't been able to become lucid without waking up almost immediately after. How long did it take everyone before they had a LD that lasted more than 30 seconds?

**pheenix345** · 03-07-2009 06:52 AM

took me one day to accomplish this
Yes!
ha i wish
really took me about 1-2 months
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**AngelZlayer** · 03-07-2009 02:42 PM

I haven't had a LD yet, but I've only been trying for a week so far. I tried WBTB + WILD once, but now I'm trying with WBTB + MILD (hoping to get a DILD someday).

What technique(s) did you guys use? How often did you try? I'm trying every night/morning.

**rahim9876** · 03-08-2009 06:45 AM

i had mine on the same day i found out about LD. the only reason why is because i was so determined to have them. this is my first week and i've already had 2.
u will have it in time dont worry about it. just try different techniques and find out which one works the best for you and go for it