Beginner Questions Welcome!
I wanted to open up a topic for all of you frustrated beginners out there. Many people have the same problems and questions, but they are spread over many topics so you people that have the same questions may not be able to find the answers that are already there. This topic is to help any and all beginners; I will answer all questions as best as I can, so without further a due, shoot!
Thanks for this! I have been trying to lucid dream for about 5 weeks now and still can't seem to get it. It is very frustrating. I have kept a dream journal and recorded many about 12 dreams so far and I do reality checks daily. I try to do the MILD technique when I wake about in the night, but it doesn't seem to be working either. Can you give me some tips for the MILD technique? I don't fully understand it yet.
Thanks!
You've only have had 12 dream recalls? I've been trying for about 3 and half weeks, I usually recall 1-5 dreams each night so about 60+ dreams. I believe I need to work on my reality checks, I just forget to do them. I haven't tried any other techniques. Which lucid dream techniques should I try?
Chackøwsky wrote: Thanks for this! I have been trying to lucid dream for about 5 weeks now and still can't seem to get it. It is very frustrating. I have kept a dream journal and recorded many about 12 dreams so far and I do reality checks daily. I try to do the MILD technique when I wake about in the night, but it doesn't seem to be working either. Can you give me some tips for the MILD technique? I don't fully understand it yet.
Thanks!
The MILD technique is all about visualization and affirmation. When you go to bed, dreaming should be the last thing you think about before you fall asleep. First off, before you even start the technique, you need to relax yourself completely. I have learned a good technique for this. Start at your feet and work your way up your body through each muscle group. Flex each muscle group, notice what the tension feels like each time, and then release the tension; always telling yourself that the release is greater than the tension preceding it. Once you have completely relaxed, you can do one of two thing; or both if you want to. The one i've found that works better for me is the visualization. Remember the dream you had last night. Now play back through the dream in your head, only this time, visualize yourself realizing its a dream and becoming lucid. After that continue with the dream as you would if you were actually lucid. This is a great way to implant the idea of becoming lucid in your subconscious. The other is just the self affirmations; repeating "I am dreaming" "This is a dream" "I will have a lucid dream" etc... until you fall asleep. Do this every night and I would bet you will experience a lucid dream within a week or so.
Doublea wrote: You've only have had 12 dream recalls? I've been trying for about 3 and half weeks, I usually recall 1-5 dreams each night so about 60+ dreams. I believe I need to work on my reality checks, I just forget to do them. I haven't tried any other techniques. Which lucid dream techniques should I try?
Well it sounds like you are already in a good position. Since you have so many dreams and (I'm assuming here) your dreams are vivid, it shouldn't take you too long to experience your first LD. So first off, for the reality checks, a good way to remind yourself to do reality checks is write LD on your hand or wrist with something that wont easily rub off. Then every time you see it during the your waking life, do a reality check. Eventually you want to get to the point where you just randomly think to yourself that you need to do a reality check. I myself actually got a tattoo on my left wrist that says "Is This A Dream" :P As for what techniques you should use, most beginners start with the MILD technique. I would also say you can combine the MILD with the WBTB for even better odds. But you just have to experiment and see what suits you best. Oh, and about the reality checks, don't just ask yourself if your dreaming, nonchalantly look around and say no. Actually examine your surroundings, analyze how everything looks, smells, sounds, feels. And really ponder if you are actually dreaming or not. You haven't experienced it yet, but when you get into your first LD, you will be utterly shocked at how real everything is! I know I was! :)
Thanks! Just wondering, can you (or somebody) explain those two techniques?
At first I'm 13 years old. I've found that lucid dreaming is very interesting. I only like WILD method for LD. But I have some problems. At first, I don't like waking up at 5 am because my alarm clock sounds a lot and sometimes it wakes my parents or sometimes I don't remember I have to wake up at this time to induce an LD and I sleep normally. It's also scary for me having a WILD at 5 am because of the sleep paralysis, so I normally try WILDs while taking a nap. My dad also finds this very interesting and he sometimes sleep in my room so I don't freak out. Ok, normally when I try WILD I watch the LD subliminal video (http://www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.com/videos/lucid-dreaming-subliminal-video.html) , then I go to my bedroom, turn on my ipod to listen to binaural beats for LDs and try to relax. The neariest experience I had to LD (I think so) is that after seeing those figures (hypnagogic) I started to see flashes, but as I was taking a nap and binaural beats stopped, I stopped focusing because of the noise that my brother was making and I "woke up". Was Iclose to LD? The last thing is that I also try WILD at 10pm. Could that work?
PD: Sorry for my English, and I tried to explain as far as I could
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thanks for this thread! Here's a question I wrote in my introduction thread a bit further down the page --
I've seen some mention on these boards of a "plan of action" as a way of confirming lucidity and maintaining it... i.e. if you're doing something you thought of while awake, you're definitely lucid, and as long as you're doing that thing you'll probably stay lucid. Right? How do you decide on an appropriate plan of action? And-- what do you do if you discover you can't enact it in your dream? I mean, I can do a lot more in my lucid dreams than I can when I'm awake, but I do feel my ideas of "reality" resisting my attempts to change things. For example, I can fly in my dreams, but in one of these lucid dreams, I tried to fly with my boyfriend on my back and was reduced to taking big hops instead because he was so heavy. Any advice on getting over these sorts of realism humps?
Doublea, look on the world-of-lucid-dreaming website, they have detailed instructions on every lucid dreaming technique.
Nico, honestly if you aren't an experienced LDer, the WILD technique is not really the way to go. It is the most advanced form of LD induction. You can continue to try if you want but it will be very hard to induce a WILD for your first LD because you have never experienced it before. My advice would be to start out with the MILD technique and once you get pretty proficient in that, then move on to the WILD
staciafuchsia wrote: thanks for this thread! Here's a question I wrote in my introduction thread a bit further down the page --
I've seen some mention on these boards of a "plan of action" as a way of confirming lucidity and maintaining it... i.e. if you're doing something you thought of while awake, you're definitely lucid, and as long as you're doing that thing you'll probably stay lucid. Right? How do you decide on an appropriate plan of action? And-- what do you do if you discover you can't enact it in your dream? I mean, I can do a lot more in my lucid dreams than I can when I'm awake, but I do feel my ideas of "reality" resisting my attempts to change things. For example, I can fly in my dreams, but in one of these lucid dreams, I tried to fly with my boyfriend on my back and was reduced to taking big hops instead because he was so heavy. Any advice on getting over these sorts of realism humps?
The whole "plan of action" thing is something that is used to just make the idea of lucid dreaming more of a concrete subject in your subconscious. It doesn't really matter what the plan of action is, just as long as you have one. As your the battle with your mind while you are experiencing lucid dreaming, this is a common problem people face (including me). The best thing I can tell you is it will come with time. Your conscious mind already has a preset idea of how things should be. It knows you can't fly in real life, so when you try to fly in a dream, it is going to get confused and try to keep you grounded because that is what it knows. Really, the only way to combat this depends on you. Just keep reminding yourself that this is YOUR dream inside of YOUR mind. You just have to really believe you can fly. Don't get discouraged after the first couple times. The more you practice, the better not only your flying will get, but your dream control also. So practice, practice, practice!!!
Thanks for the MILD info! I just have one more question, awhile ago, I experienced a dream that might of actually been a Lucid Dream. I am not exactly sure if it was though. I was in this machinery place, and there were these pods with people in them. I don't exactly remember who they were. I kept walking around the pods until I walked into this throne room. There was a man and a women who looked like two characters in the books I write. They actually tell me I am dreaming. I was feeling really shocked and happy. I ran back to the pods and tried to open them. I realize that one of the people in the pods was my girlfriend. I slowly realize that she is dying, I try to break it open but it wouldn't budge. Then I woke up. Right now this "dream" feels really fuzzy and cloudy. I am beginning to wonder if I even really dreamt it because it feels so fake now. Do you know if this was an actual dream or just my mind day dreaming?
hey imma 14 years old girl.
is it ok for a 14 yo girl to lucid dream? and i wanna try lucid dream,but im scared i'll see some scary stuffs like demons or ghosts or something.
and im scared if i already get into my lucid dream,i'll be like the one in the movie 'insidious',i cant go back to my own physical body and the devil will take my body instead :/ lol is it a different thing? and if i already get into my lucid dream,how to get out? thanks!
Chackøwsky wrote: Thanks for the MILD info! I just have one more question, awhile ago, I experienced a dream that might of actually been a Lucid Dream. I am not exactly sure if it was though. I was in this machinery place, and there were these pods with people in them. I don't exactly remember who they were. I kept walking around the pods until I walked into this throne room. There was a man and a women who looked like two characters in the books I write. They actually tell me I am dreaming. I was feeling really shocked and happy. I ran back to the pods and tried to open them. I realize that one of the people in the pods was my girlfriend. I slowly realize that she is dying, I try to break it open but it wouldn't budge. Then I woke up. Right now this "dream" feels really fuzzy and cloudy. I am beginning to wonder if I even really dreamt it because it feels so fake now. Do you know if this was an actual dream or just my mind day dreaming?
Well I can't really distinguish if it was an actual dream or just a day dream, that's for you to decide. But as far as a lucid dream goes, it sounds like you were on the verge of a lucid dream. If its that fuzzy and cloudy that means it probably wasn't a LD, but you were definitely close! Keep on keeping on! :)
Immabanana, let me start off by saying you have nothing to worry about. A lucid dream is a dream that YOU control, nothing else. If you are afraid that you will get stuck in the dream, don't be. Most of the time your first lucid dreams only last a few seconds or so anyways. Secondly, if you do get into a lucid dream and the monster you speak of start appearing, you have the power to overcome them. You even have the power to go face to face with the monsters and ask them why they are there and what they are representing in your mind. That is one of the many beauties of lucid dreaming, you can use it to overcome your fears! And also, it doesn't matter what age or gender you are, anybody can lucid dream!
Hi, Im kinda new with the Lucid Dreaming, i hadn't had my first lucid yet, but Im doing the incubation, meditation and else. I only have one question, I constantly remember pretty easily my dreams ( aproximately 5+ per night), but a little while after I started making my journal I began to remember less my dream, arriving to the pont where I can remember only half o a dream or no dreams at all. Is it that Im trying to hard or that Im doing something wrong? :S
Hi :) I am 14 years old and new to the forum... I have had 4 lucid dreams so far... My first two were quite blurry and didnt last very long but my third one was really amazing but only lasted for a short amount of timed as I slipped back into a normal dream state. Last night mine lasted about 20 seconds. I knew I was dreaming so I rubbed my hands together, said 10+10 is 20 and demanded clarity but whenever I tried to do these I felt myself nearly waking up! And the dream still seemed a bit fuzzy then I asked my dream to show me something amazing and I felt myself bEing lifted up and the sky erupting in fireworks.....and then I woke up! :( any ideas for why the reality checks and techniques for increasing lucidity nearly woke me up? Is it just because I was only very lightly asleep? :)
In my dreams sometimes, I can step up into the air. I run up the air and across the sky, above the treetops. I can also sometimes determine whether I need to do this or not, but the option of this strange sort of flying is not always within my choices. Is this lucid dreaming, why can't I open up this option when it's not there, and why can't I really fly like I want to?
Idreamofflying, this is definitely not a lucid dream. A lucid dream is any dream in which you know that you are absolutely dreaming. Lucid dreams may not even involve dream control, but that can be induced with experience. Ive had a lucid dream where I had no control over anything. I could even get myself to go to a specific place. But it was still lucidity. I hope this answers your question
LucidKey13 wrote: Hi :) I am 14 years old and new to the forum... I have had 4 lucid dreams so far... My first two were quite blurry and didnt last very long but my third one was really amazing but only lasted for a short amount of timed as I slipped back into a normal dream state. Last night mine lasted about 20 seconds. I knew I was dreaming so I rubbed my hands together, said 10+10 is 20 and demanded clarity but whenever I tried to do these I felt myself nearly waking up! And the dream still seemed a bit fuzzy then I asked my dream to show me something amazing and I felt myself bEing lifted up and the sky erupting in fireworks.....and then I woke up! :( any ideas for why the reality checks and techniques for increasing lucidity nearly woke me up? Is it just because I was only very lightly asleep? :)
Rebecca suggested that you dont try anything way too fancy in your first few lucid dreams. Keep in mind that your conscious is unconscious and your subconscious is conscious. Your brain may be confused or even overwhelmed with the new state so try doing simple actions like guiding yourself around with dialouge or touching and sensing objects. Observe the scene.
Ikamon357 wrote: Rebecca suggested that you dont try anything way too fancy in your first few lucid dreams. Keep in mind that your conscious is unconscious and your subconscious is conscious. Your brain may be confused or even overwhelmed with the new state so try doing simple actions like guiding yourself around with dialouge or touching and sensing objects. Observe the scene.
Ok, will do! Thank you. : )
Chely-Sparkle wrote: Hi, Im kinda new with the Lucid Dreaming, i hadn't had my first lucid yet, but Im doing the incubation, meditation and else. I only have one question, I constantly remember pretty easily my dreams ( aproximately 5+ per night), but a little while after I started making my journal I began to remember less my dream, arriving to the pont where I can remember only half o a dream or no dreams at all. Is it that Im trying to hard or that Im doing something wrong? :S
It could be the problem. Try not keeping the dream journal and see if your dream recall gets any better.
LucidKey13 wrote: Hi :) I am 14 years old and new to the forum... I have had 4 lucid dreams so far... My first two were quite blurry and didnt last very long but my third one was really amazing but only lasted for a short amount of timed as I slipped back into a normal dream state. Last night mine lasted about 20 seconds. I knew I was dreaming so I rubbed my hands together, said 10+10 is 20 and demanded clarity but whenever I tried to do these I felt myself nearly waking up! And the dream still seemed a bit fuzzy then I asked my dream to show me something amazing and I felt myself bEing lifted up and the sky erupting in fireworks.....and then I woke up! :( any ideas for why the reality checks and techniques for increasing lucidity nearly woke me up? Is it just because I was only very lightly asleep? :)
My advice is try relaxing yourself in the dream. You are waking up because you are getting to excited. Next time you become lucid, stand there and take some breaths and pay attention to your heart rate. Once you learn to not get overly excited in the dreams, the reality checks should start to work and your clarity will increase ten fold.
Bleekman117 wrote: My advice is try relaxing yourself in the dream. You are waking up because you are getting to excited. Next time you become lucid, stand there and take some breaths and pay attention to your heart rate. Once you learn to not get overly excited in the dreams, the reality checks should start to work and your clarity will increase ten fold.
Thanks for the advice! Last night I became lucid again and I tries to just explore everything and change the colour of objects, which worked well so I will definitely try deep breaths next time!
Thanks for the advice for the MILD. I just had my first Lucid Dream just yesterday! It was one of the greatest things I have ever experienced. It also surprised me that I had a lot of control of it on my first try. When I woke up, I felt so excited and happy. It was like nothing could go wrong. This feeling lasted for about an hour. Is there any reason why this feeling happened? Does it occur every time you wake up from a Lucid Dream?
Becoming lucid is always associated with a state of euphoria. Many people report feeling happy or uplifted after a lucid dream. This may persist, it may not. Just depends on you.
Hi i am relly new here like just signed up 3mins ago (good times) this looks cool but i need help.
Hi everyone. I have been practising lucid dreaming since a month or so. I have become lucid 4 times but whenever i realize that i am dreaming my head spins and i wake up. This happens every time i become lucid.I am in a habit of doing reality checks very frequently but i never do reality checks in dreams. I have never become lucid by doing a reality check. I wonder how much time this habit will take to become a habit in a dream. I am not giving up. I cant die as a happy man until unless i learn lucid dreaming. I want some tips and i need answer to my questions. I will appreciate everyone's help.
Hi! I'm new to lucid dreaming and have been trying for more than a week. as I began my training I have noticed significant improvements. My dream recall's increased and at times I find my dreams answering questions i ask during the day. Even though it's only been close to 2 weeks I haven't achieved lucidity. I record every dream and i 've had many recordings so far. But I'm having trouble focusing on reality checks and meditation, and have yet to breach lucidity. What's your suggestions? Thanx! :D :D
dare Once you have ur first lucid dream reality checks will be less frustrating. You will be able to to reality checks sponatneously, all u have to do is to relate ur dream environment and the real one. Ask yourself that how can I say that it is not a dream?am i able to realize i am dreaming everytime?Then how can i say that it is a dream? maybe if i do a reality check i will become lucid. This helps me and i hope this helps you too :P
I need help wilding because i have no clue how to do anything as soon as i get into hypnojojia or whatever. Please help :D
Have you had a lucid dream yet?
No i havent
The WILD technique is for more experienced lucid dreamers, it's highly unlikely that you will have your first lucid dream by this technique. I suggest using the MILD technique, I had my first lucid dream this way.
So i suppose just use dild or whatever were i sleep six hours and then be active an hour then do mild
If you really want to, I've just used the mild technique with reality checks and I just had another lucid dream last night : D we probably can get some other opinions too
LieutenantParth wrote: Hi everyone. I have been practising lucid dreaming since a month or so. I have become lucid 4 times but whenever i realize that i am dreaming my head spins and i wake up. This happens every time i become lucid.I am in a habit of doing reality checks very frequently but i never do reality checks in dreams. I have never become lucid by doing a reality check. I wonder how much time this habit will take to become a habit in a dream. I am not giving up. I cant die as a happy man until unless i learn lucid dreaming. I want some tips and i need answer to my questions. I will appreciate everyone's help.
You are most likely waking up because you are getting too excited in the dream. Don't get discouraged as this is an extremely common beginner problem. My advice is as soon as you become lucid, look at the ground and start rubbing your hands together. Once you have the dream stabilized a bit, command clarity. Speak directly to your dream and say, "Clarity now!" or something along those lines. Keep repeating until your dream is as clear as you want it to be. As for the reality checks, just keep at it, the reality checks aren't entirely just so you can start doing them spontaneously in a dream, but they are also meant to raise your awareness in your waking life so that that awareness will transfer into your dreams.
Thanks for ur help. One more problem has arised my friends. I did a reality check in dream but it did not work. My default reality check is to push my hand through wall. It didnt work. need help!
This is a problem that I too have experienced. You always have to keep in mind that if you have to question if you are in a dream, 99% of the time, you are. When I came along this problem, my solution was simple. Do more reality checks. If one doesn't work, try another. If your hand wont go through the wall, try closing your mouth and plugging your nose and see if you can still breath, or try and remember how you got to where you are. If you do two or three, one of them is going to work. Just be persistent; sticking to your guns is one of the hardest parts about beginning lucid dreaming.
Yeah, i will surely do this. Thanks for ur help. I wan to stay in touch with u all lucid dreamers. Give me ur facebook id. I will need ur help in future
My name is Nick Lauciello
Nick sir. I DID IT! I had my lucid dream this night. I did a reality check which u advised. It was reliable and i became lucid. The dream was collasping so I rubbed my hands together and shouted clarity now!. This also helped. I tried to fly but could not go beyond 5 meters. Really intresting. I LOVED THIS EXPERIENCE! thanks a lot!! THANKS WORLD OF LUCID DREAMING FOR THE TECHNIQUES!
Well I am glad to hear it! Congrats on your first lucid dream! Keep up the practice and it will start to get easier and easier. My flying experience is roughly the same as yours. When you get into a LD and you can't fly, you just need to remind yourself that this is YOUR dream, and therefor you can do whatever you want. That should help; plus you really need to believe that you can fly. I know it may seem intimidating but try jumping off of a sky scraper and flying, I've heard from other people, that can really hep too.
By the way, whats your name so I know who you are if you add me on facebook.
Hello, I have been answered few questions before, and it was pretty useful, and now I have some more of them. If you wonder if I succeeded to lucid dream, the answer is no, but the reason is because I'm sooo lazy and I don't try these things every day. Anyways, discovering this dreamy state is really weird, lots of weird stuff happen. Like you explained to me about that buzzing sound I hear, you were right, the second time I stayed calm but it wasn't nearly as loud as the first time, and the third time I wasn't sure if I've even heard it :lol: . So, I'm wondering why I hear those sounds before the stage I am supposed to hear them at? Also, I saw in the description that it comes during the OBE technique, even though I didn't even try that technique, but rather wait to try the visualization technique after the hypnagogia... Another thing is, something like OBE happened to me, while I was half conscious I saw the doors of my room and the posters on them, then it took me seconds to realize that I didn't even open my eyes, and knew I didn't because the doors missed one detail on them. Days after that the same thing, I saw my mobile phone and I was doing something with it, and realized I again didn't even open my eyes, and that my phone was actually charging and away from my reach. All these stuff are very confusing, I'll try to explore them more often...
The most important thing is, while I had been trying WILD more rapidly, it seemed to me that my dreams were more vivid than usual, does that have any connection with me trying those techniques?
Thanks again!
I have some more, I couldn't remember all the questions at the time...
What is it that I feel when I have eyes closed, it feels like my head only is moving left and right all the time pretty quick, and sometimes I feel I can control it, stop it or start it...
Most important, I mostly fail at having a lucid dream or normal dream when trying WILD, but does lying in my bed for hour (and a half) count as sleeping, like if I need to get some sleep for tomorrow, is trying WILD a waste of time?
You seem to have a lot of questions involving the WILD technique when you tell me that you have never actually had a lucid dream. The advice I would give you right now is to not even worry about trying to have a WILD. WILDing is considered one of the most advanced LDing techniques and can prove to be very hard for even experienced LDers. Since you have never had a LD before, it will be even harder for you because you have never experienced a lucid dream before. Look into the MILD method. That is where most beginners need to start. Learn to have lucid dreams quite frequently before attempting to WILD. Sorry, these aren't the answers you were looking for, but I think you will be able to answer those questions on your own once you begin to lucid dream. Also, if you want to ever lucid dream, you must stay consistent and practice daily! If you are only going to try every once in a while, you might as well not even try because it won't make much of a difference.
Hi ,,, I want to start having Lucid Dreams like shown in movie___ 'Inception',, can anybody tell me how to do that...
Miss Rebecca,,, Can you tell me how to start having Lucid Dreams
Go on the website. It will tell you everything you want to know.
I been wondering if the subconscious mind knows something that i dont??like telling me something in my dreams or teaching me new stuffs??.... :?: :?: :?: