Thread: Problems geting SP... Seems almost like I black out?

Cool I'll definitely have to look that up!

Also what are some ways of helping yourself remember your in a dream?

Do you mean when you're already in a dream or when your WILDing?

Well every time I dream I seem to forget I'm in a dream no matter what I try before it. So maybe I'm trying the wrong things is what I'm thinking. So what would you do to remind yourself that your in a dream?

Oh I see. What I do is I anchor my self in the dream. There is a tutorial about that in the Wiki. I also try and do an RC every 5 minutes or so. I remember to do this because I tell myself " I'll do an RC in 5 minutes."
This usually works for me but sometimes it fails. I too also lose lucidy after I gain it. ;(

KK I'll look that stuff up! Its so annoying you go to sleep thinking, hey this will work this time. Then you wake up and realize it didn't work xD

I really should practice regular RC's...... but I never stick with it >_<

Yeah it is annoying after a while.

I do RC's every so often but not as much as I should.

I don't do them at all, so I guess I really should start xD

I just do them every 5-9 hours or so.

What exactly do you do in them? I've always found that to be slightly confusing. Look at a clock or something?

Well, I pinch my nose and close my mouth and try to breath in. If I can then Im obviously dreaming. You could also look at a clock and read the time. Then look at it again and see the time. If the time changes drastically then your dreaming. There is a tutorial that describes in detail everything about RCs in the Wiki section.

Thats cool. I'm a bit worried though that if I find out I'm dreaming within a dream that I would get over excited or something and wake up.

It was weird for me the first few times but after awhile I learned how to remain calm.

Well I look forward to eventually learning to do the same thing!

Yeah, it really is a thrilling experience.

Hmnn I wounder, do dreams seem to last longer then?

Yeah, I do believe that when you are lucid the dream seems to last longer. Think about this, when you wake up do you feel like you slept a lifetime? Some people when they're lucid they live a whole life in one dream.

Nice, once again, more motivation to get this working! XD

Yep, motivation is the key to success!

Yep, were as frustration is not xD Although, for me it seems like frustration is the precursor to success.

As always tonight I'll try again, and let you know how it goes

I looked up his technique, but once again they talk about SP >________>

Oh well. Also what do they mean when they say your hearing shifts? As in hearing thoughts? For instance, playing a song in your head and suddenly it sounds real, like your actually hearing it through your ears?

Yeah. Its kind of like listening to the radio when there is no radio.

So then thats a sign that your close to the right track? Or does that mean your like 90% through it? Or I mean... If that's happening just were are you on the time line from awake, to SP or WILD ?

Lol stupid me and my requirement for every little detail xD

Its actually a little hard to say. It usually comes during the end though. You could also use the noise to introduce you to a dream which is a nice trick.

Well then maybe I got close to the end and never realized it!!

That sounds like a nice idea too! Hey if I don't completely fall asleep on my first attempt tonight I will definitely play around with different things like sound, and visions and such. Who knows, maybe I'll even get it to work! As I said, details will be posted in the morning as to how it went.