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I have gotten many lucid dreams and i think i can get some at will. But i have never been able to ask anything. I tried saying for example “That door will fall down” but it never happens. Do affirmations work in dreams? If they do, what am i doing wrong?
Moved from Quest for Lucidity since it’s about doing something while already in a LD 
yes they do work but not always 
its usually just how much we believe its going to work etc. and also the realism of the situation can help too. For example if youre just standing there and saying “that door will fall down” well its kind of indirect you could try something more like " when i clap my hands together the door WILL fall down" then you need to completely believe it will happen and use ALOT of enthusiasm. Something else that might help is if you expect there to be a magic wand in your pocket and then you take it out and cast a spell on the door to make it fall over get creative! hahah
Yes in all of my lucid dreams --im not sure if youve heard of this technique but its to make a person appear you make a ddoor appear behind you then open it believing whoever you are thinking of will be there— ive done it several timems and brought many of my friends into dreams but ive never been able to bring in this one person. Never , i have tried like 5 times to get this one person but then either no one will be there or someone else comes out… instead of using the door ive hoped of becoming lucid in school so therefor everyone is there but then one time i did become lucid in school and i started looking for this perosn but apparently school hadnt started yet and they werent there yet… just my luck huh? hahaha
I did actually. The door thing was just an example. I was inside the house and i said "i have invited (friend’s name) so he will come by now. And people did come, 5 people in total, all are my friends, but the one friend i wanted never showed up. Guess i have your problem.
This isn’t the only time i have tried affirmations, i have done them in countless LDs. When i first started to LD i stopped giving out commands after like 2 or 3 tries because everyone said you shouldn’t exert excessive control. But nowadays i just keep on giving affirmations hoping it will happen but something weird always happens.
A good example is the LD i had like 2 weeks ago. I wanted to see if i can eat something i hadn’t yet tried and then try it in real life to see if it tasted the same. I had never eaten one of those edible flowers so i started to summoned that plant ( i didn’t know the plant, i just pictured in and said that plant) . Most of my MILDS start as a false awakening so i kept saying “my mother just planted that plant, there will be flowers growing in it” i went outside and i saw a giant bean stalk like in the story jack and the giant bean stalk. Totally random. I was like “whats my brain thinking?”
However the things i summon and get do have a similarity. For example when i ask for someone i get don’t get that same person but i get someone else. When i ask for a type of food i get a different type of food. I ask for a flower i get another plant.
Maybe i don’t have enough practice?
yeah probobaly more practice would help. Or what might also help is just find a DC where-ever and ask for him to help you. Very possible he will give you step by step instructions of how to use commands properly etc.
I had tried to command the sun to rise, but failed. But I decided once that I was the boss because I’m the dreamer and used a more authoritative tone. Then it worked. I suppose there is more to it than simply saying the words hoping it will work. We often talk about expectations here, and the effects of doubt on our results. Perhaps we should also take will into account. Perhaps if the will is greater than the doubt, you will have success. At any rate, since you are the monarch of your dreamworld, you get to have some expectations of your dreams.