Hi!
I have been into lucid dreaming for about 3 days or so.
I have had no success so far 
What I want to know is: have anyone here been trying to LD for quite a long time with no success whatsoever?
I somehow doubt that anyone can LD.
thanks.
It took me about a month. Some people pick it up quickly, for others it takes time; but everyone can do it. You just need patience and dedication. 
Yeah well, I hope you’re right.
Still, I wonder how many of the members of this board give up on LDing or just can’t make it no matter how hard they try…
Don’t give up. It took me 3 months to even have my first LD. You must beleive that you can LD for it to ever happen. You also must remember your dreams. Be patient. Like learning to play a new sport takes more than 3 days. Some people can learn a new sport in 3 days though, they are the lucky people. The outcome of LD is well worth all the effort! 
Technodreamer 
It takes quite a wall to be able to start LDing… Its taken me a long time, first dream recall gets a bit better, then you become more aware of your dreams, etc… Its a long process, you must be patient…
and working on it is important, start a dream diary, write down your dreams whenever you have them, this is probably one of the most helpful things…
I gave up on it for a while since i lost my patience, and I started having loads of other trouble which took my time then… but i suggest you keep at it, because once you have that awakening that ‘hey, Im dreaming’ its awesome.
I believe.
I am going thru same thing, i can rarely remember dreams, and if i remember a dream it is often just a second or so of my dream. consciousdreaming.com/lucid- … -dream.htm u migth find this usefull. I know when i can start remembering my dreams i will get lucid, cause my dreams has never ever made any sence to me at all, they are usually just wierd and can rarely meke them out. The only dreams i remember any good are the really vivid ones. Last dream i can remember really good was 3-4 months ago, everything was so clear just like real life, the day after i could remember all sorts of details.When i think about it must have been a rather bizarre dream after all lol. I must have been watching porn before i went to bed, because in the dream i was visiting a girl in my class like for no reason, and wheni went inside her house, she and a other girl came out of the shower, and they were like about to go outside wearing only towels. damn i wish i could be lucid at that point moan. Well well
lol…
odd2k, have you tried the wake back to bed method? that seems to be the most successful method for most people, beginners too.
So far I have tried MILD and WILD.
(WILDing scares the bejeesus out of me though)
I have no trouble recalling dreams. My average is about 4 dreams a night, not very vivid though…
Although this morning I couldn’t remember a single one.
My dreams make perfect sense to me. I just started at a different school, and all my dreams are about schools.
So far I have recorded 8 dreams, seven of them were at a school…
Oh, now that I think about it, I have a really great dreamsign! I guess LDing won’t be so hard after all…
And no, I haven’t had time for WTBTing yet. I did take a nap this afternoon, can’t remember a thing though…
realising a recurring dreamsign is good.
last time i got lucid was when I was falling and I thought about how much its going to hurt me to hit the ground… usually if i am falling in a dream im really scared of the impact…
so then i thought i want to wake up, probably because thats what i did when i was a small and had a nightmare… then i realised, no I can get lucid.
Yes, getting an LD (purposefully, anyways) can take a long time. I’ve been working on it for a few weeks so far. I also am working on dream recall though, and I’m happy with any progress I make 
I’ve been trying MILD and WBTB mostly, and although I haven’t achieved an LD from these yet, I have been getting some vivid dreams Keep working on it!!
Been goin for it for two to three weeks now… no success but it’s excusable in such a short time. 
My recall has improved though and that in itself is pleasing… but I WILL go all the way! I know I can! (And you should take that nature too )
I’ve been trying to have a lucid dream for 14 months now and haven’t been successful yet 
. I think I remember someone else saying they had been trying for two years and hadn’t had one, so I haven’t broken that record yet. Anyway, I don’t mean to discourage you. Just don’t give up.
How hard have you been trying. I mean trying really hard. I am doing wbtb and mild every nigth now. I remember more of my dreams and the somehow seem moe vivid, totaly clear, the only thing i need now is llucidity. Last nigth i was accually saying to myself damn, when am i going to have a LD cause i just “woke up”. Really creepy how real it was. I eaven watched TV for 5 seconds to see what the time was. I realized how i can can LD or a way. When you write down your dreams and find a pattern of your dreams. So if you usually dream about opening doors, you should ask yourself if “this is a dream” in real life, then you will do so in a dream bacause that is what you usually do in real life.
Tips:
- Eat vitamin B 6 and 12 before going to bed
- Try asking yourself as oftent as you can in the day if you are dreaming.
- Be posetive, if you think you cant get lucid you wont get lucid, bacause then you are not motivated when you are “uncountius”.
Theese tips is to be found anywhere, but good advice cant be repeted too oftent.
Yeah everybody can do it with some practice. Just don’t give up, keep trying.
In response to Delusional’s post…
I also use MILD and occasionally WBTB, and though I still haven’t achieved lucidity, it helps my dream recall a lot. Every time I use MILD I have at least one incredibly vivid dream that I remember 
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I would say if you can remember one vivid dream per nigth you are on good way to get lucid, now you just need training to see whats real and whats dream.If you got a digital watch on your arm (i dont, i should) you should look at it oftent, so oftent you make it a habit, and ask yourself is thes dream, oh and allways look two times, then in your undecoutions, whenever you dream to take a peek at your clock two times, to see the second time your clock only showing you rubbish. I have not testet it, but it should be bulletproof (hehe). I have started experiment (desided at school). Everytime you see billboards or anything with text, look twise. Exploit all the easyest way to bust your mind in dreaming and take controll of the situation.
I have been putting a lot of effort towards it. I’ve tried most of the techniques; I think the only thing I haven’t tried are the vitamins or any of those lucid inducing goggles. I don’t think I’ve been trying too hard either, I take it easy sometimes.
Right now I usually remember one dream on a typical night and nights I put a lot of effort in I usually remember about 2 or 3. Thanks for the tips, I’ll keep trying. I recently noticed that I’m really starting to notice inconsistencies in my dreams so I guess it’s only a matter of realizing it’s a dream now.
Hey folks,
It does seem to be very different for everyone… I have been working on LD’ing somewhat for a few years, but most seriously since last January. I’ve only had 2 LD’s this year.
I’m not so sure that trying “hard” is a good strategy in general. I went on a total fanatic obsession with it a couple of months ago, working hard on MILD, RC’s, Dream journaling, WBTB, …all the biggies. After a couple of weeks with no success, I got sooooooo frustrated and threw up my hands and stopped thinking about/working on it. Just a couple of nights ago, I had my first LD in several months… so I’m starting to think that the psyche might resist being “forced” to LD. I think the techniques are good and helpful, but I think that a relatively laid back attitude of letting it happen might work for some.
The other thing I think about sometimes is that I think that even if I never LD, the exercises and knowledge about the subject still enhance my life and awareness. One of those enjoying the journey things…
Peace,
Sruthan
I think the conclusion here should be that everyone can LD, some just need to put much more effort into it due to, amongst other things, mental blocks and such