Thread: Having Trouble Lucid Dreaming: Need Some Help

PROBLEM:

So for about a year now I have been trying to lucid dream with nary a success. Some help would be appreciated about what I'm doing wrong and such.

WHAT I DO:

I have tried two different ways for the most part. The first is called sleep breathing I believe. I lie flat on my back and attempt to imitate how I would breathe when I sleep (long-deep breaths). After about 20 minutes or so I feel very intense vibrations the feel like they shake my whole body. After this however, nothing else really seems to happen.

The other way I try is the stop drop and roll method where you put your arms above your head, put them down and roll over (with time in between the actions of course). After 5-10 (and it doesn't always work) I feel very uncomfortable to where it is almost painful. I have always stopped there and it has only happened twice or so. Was I close? And what about the whole sleep breathing thing? Do you think if I combined the two methods I would have better luck?

Any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong and could do to become lucid are much appreciated.

Also I have tried wake back to bed but this tends to result in me remembering the dream when I wake up rather than being able to control it when I'm in it.