Coming back from a huge break.

**skullgunner1** · 05-08-2013 12:20 AM

Hello! I tried to Lucid Dream around 8-9 months ago, for about 2 months before giving up. I lost willpower. But I've come back, more determined. I really want to WILD and nothing else, and I know people say: "Oh, beginners always try to WILD and fail!" but I am very willing to try, as this is the one I can see myself most aware in. I've never wanted something more in life than to Lucid Dream, it's caught my attention big time. My question is how to start out WILDing with the most effective ways positive? I want to be Lucid badly. (I've had 2-3 lucids on my life, but they were very foggy, so I think WILD is the best way to be aware, because you enter your dream consciously.) I was thinking about setting my alarm 5 hours after I go to bed and start trial and error, what do you think?

**JoannaB** · 05-08-2013 12:51 AM

I think awareness tends to be low in early lucid dreams no matter whether they are DILD or WILD. Your huge break is not as huge as my huge break: I came back to LD hobby after about 20years.

Anyway welcome back. My suggestions would be making sure to keep dream journal and aim for greater detail level, and give ADA a try - it's hard to do, but I think it has the potential to really help with the foginess factor. Also how many hours of sleep are you getting per night? I find my dreams tend to be foggier when I don't get enough sleep, and also if I drink too much caffeine and have too much stress. Plus dream vividness seems to go in cycles: sometimes it's worse and sometimes it's better. I can relate to trying WILD, I have been trying it too, with a one time only success thus far. I think the waking up after 5 hours may work, also if during the weekend you can have a daytime nap, that can work for a WILD. Good luck to both of us!

**skullgunner1** · 05-08-2013 01:00 AM

At least always 8 hours of sleep do I get.

**Sensei** · 05-08-2013 01:33 AM

Originally Posted by skullgunner1

At least always 8 hours of sleep do I get.

OK Yoda.

I would recommend checking out these guides for WILD:
WILD
http://www.dreamviews.com/wake-initi...ild-guide.html
Why You Fail at WILDs - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Some people are better at WILD than DILD, I wouldnt cross it out till you have tried both though.

good luck.

**Scionox** · 05-08-2013 10:05 AM

For WILD you just need to fall asleep while being aware, there's nice indepth tutorial here: WILD

Difference in awareness between DILDs and WILDs varies from person to person, so it's worth to try both, personally they are about the same awareness-wise for me but i seem to have better waking life recall in WILD. Also don't listen to everyone who says WILD is harder, every technique is only as hard as you make it to be, be confident and think positive, plus when you try WILD there's a good chance that you will get some DILDs along the way as well.

Also if you can find time for naps and can fall asleep during them, use them, naps are golden time for lucid dreaming.

**cmind** · 05-08-2013 04:25 PM

WILD is the easier technique by far. Stay away from DILD like the plague and you'll do fine.

**Zoth** · 05-08-2013 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by cmind

Stay away from DILD like the plague and you'll do fine.

Non sense. Going for WILD over DILD or vice-versa is like using only one leg to move, you'll run way faster if you use both limbs.

**Sensei** · 05-08-2013 05:05 PM

I have put as much effort into WILD and DILD. Had about 30 WILDs (if you count DEILD) and 122 DILD. Had I tried one without the other I would have had less of each since my techniques come from both. Numbers wise DILD seems to yield more fruit for more people.

**cmind** · 05-08-2013 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by BrandonBoss

I have put as much effort into WILD and DILD. Had about 30 WILDs (if you count DEILD) and 122 DILD. Had I tried one without the other I would have had less of each since my techniques come from both. Numbers wise DILD seems to yield more fruit for more people.

But that's only because most people don't even know what a lucid dream is. They think any particularly memorable or vivid dream is "lucid". So of course DILD will seem better.