Thread: DEILD problem

Originally Posted by JenJ

Hi
I am trying to lucid dream using the DEILD technique.

I wake up from after my dream and i don't move or open my eyes. But the problem is i just fall asleep again 10 seconds later.
I have read other tutorials on this technique but no one mentions about this problem that can happen.

How do i keep my mind awake? I tried focusing on breathing and have tried focusing on my last dream that i had, but nothing seems to work i just fall asleep.

Are there any tricks to keeping mind awake that i don't know about?
Maybe this technique isn't for me, not sure.

It's just that alot of people say this is so easy and never mention about how hard it is to actually stay awake.

Thanks

I've never DEILD'd before but if I'm not mistaken, I think you can imagine yourself back in the scene and that should work provided you want to go back to sleep BTW, I would move this thread to a more appropriate place(this section is for WILD) because you would get a better answer

The issue with DEILD (and WILD for that matter) is to have a balanced alertness. Enough to trick your body into sleep and mind into REM, while sneakingly staying conscious behind the scenes so to speak.

I have DEILDed three times. Every time it happened in a matter of seconds. I was laying still, and a second later I felt vibrations and then a dream scene formed rather quickly, though I was too excited to jump into the dream. You should be relaxed and just wait for the dream to stabilize properly before you enter. It's like watching TV and then finally decide to enter the TV (very true analogy).

I think it's really important that your room is pitch black so that you do not get any external at all stimuli. This will make it a lot easier in my experience.

Good luck!