Thanks for your help
I have been trying MILD after three months of unsuccessful attempts at WILD. So when i try to tell myself to have an LD I end up counting my breaths. So can anyone give me help because I end up not meaning what I am imagining
im afraid it is going to take me until im like 30 till i get one i used to do it all the time when i was little but now im mature and im afraid it will be hard to do im kinda slow when it comes to getting things and horrible when it comes to mastering it do u think it will be really hard for me
I donāt think that itāll be hard for you. This technique is quite simple and easy actually. You just have to be tired for this one.
I think MILD works for me in the long run, but doesnāt necessarily work if I try it that night. I sort of know that I should become lucid when I go to sleep now even if I donāt actually repeats a mnemonic thing in my head. When I actually do repeat it in my head I often find my thoughts have wandered and Iām not doing it any more, I guess thatās just normal falling asleep though.
Iāll have to try mild, it sounds interesting ^^ 
I dont really think in words, and it feels strange when I amke my slef do so for such a wierd amount of time. I ahve very little experience with this, but I had a dild or whatever the other day, and I tried doing it artificially, by saying the words, but I dont think its really necessary. though I could be wrong.
Well, as for saying the words in your mind, it helps you to remember it in the dream. Your subconcious might pick it up at somewhere. (I think) For myself it helps a lot. But I think motivation and āknowing it will happenā are the key aspects of DILD.
I started a couple of weeks ago and since then Iāve only had success about 4 times. I remember my dreams most of the time now. Better than I did before. I do RCās during the day. I repeat sentences over in my head at night before I go to sleep. I say them with meaning too. But Iāve never become lucid in my last REM cycle. I was wondering if anyone just had any ideas.
Does anyone know if itās possible to get SP using MILD, how common it is, and how bad it is? Since wanting to try Lucid Dreaming, I have been too scared to try it because of SP. MILD seems the safest method for avoiding SP but I just wanted to make sure. Also, does anyone know if using an alarm to wake up would instantly stop or prevent SP?
Thanks
SP is a natural phenomenon that happens every night when you sleep. Its what stops your body from moving when you dream. There is nothing to fear.
Techniques like WILD where you try to stay awake during the transition may give you more opportunity to consciously experience SP.
MILD has no relationship to SP.
Can you do MILD at regular bedtime or do you have to wake up in the middle of the night and then do it?
You donāt have to, but it helps greatly, but you can use a previous dream which you recall well.
You are supposed to wake up from a dream, and then use that dream to kind of get in to it again, but if you have another dream which you can recall well (What it felt like being in that dream, the tastes, the sounds and the smells), then you can use that too.
Iām going to concentrate on MILD in April. Iāll report back every now and then if I get successful or not.
Exactly. A successful MILD would have you asleep and in ādreamstateā before you realise you are; and then the goal is exactly that: to realise you are. If you experience SP while trying MILD, then your MILD attempt has simply evolved into a possible WILD; and if so, keep at it, once youāve reached SP, lucid dreaming is merely a stepping stone away.
I think MILD is definitely the technique for me. Iāve figured out that remembering the intention to do an RC is what gets me lucid, so I use the mantra: āIn my dreams, I will do a reality check.ā One night about a week ago, I used that mantra before going to sleep. My thoughts didnāt wander at all. Then I did a WBTB about 5 hours after I fell asleep. Again I said my mantra without thinking about anything else and Iām sure I fell asleep saying it. That caused me to have a LD 
But my thoughts seem to wonder a lot nowā¦ Does anyone have any tips for keeping your mind clear? 
Itās quite normal and it happens to everybody in such circumstances. When you notice your thoughts wandering, just donāt worry and go back to your practice.
MILD is pretty much the way to go for me. When I set my intention before going to bed, I used to tell myself āI will remember to realize Iām dreaming.ā But, that hasnāt been working lately. From now on, the mantra is āI will remember to question everything around me.ā Thatās been my mistake in my dreams lately so theyāve just been normal even though dreamsigns have been everywhere. If I had questioned them, I would have reached lucidity.
My question is, when setting your intention, whatās the best time to do it? Just before bed or some other time? Iāve been just setting my intention sporadically all day and thatās been getting me normal dreams for the most part. But, by changing my intention, I might get what I need.
The best time to set your intention is just before falling asleep, it must be your last thought before dozing off.
I know itās hard to get it but you must focus your mind on this thought and this thought alone.
If you find it hard to focus on this thought, then try another day when youāre more motivated or try during a WBTB.
hey ther everybody!
at the moment im trying a lot of different techniques, i restartetd my LD attempts some weeks agoā¦ now i am ill and have to prepare for my exams, but nevertheless im trying as hard as possible to proceed
over the past few days i tried MILD and did some RCs during the day but it never really worked out for me. last night i had a really weird dream with a lot of old friends of mine in it(which seems to be a dreamsign) and at some point i was talking to my best friend, whom i have once told about LDing. back then he had made fun of me because he thought RCs would be silly and in this dream (he was drunk btw) he asked me if i had already checked my hand today to see if its a dream. i laughed (i was drunk too^^)and said :āyeah man, i guess i could do thatā but i just looked at my hand for a moment, being already sure that this meeting was taking place in reality. 
this was effing close! 