need some major help...

Quest for Lucidity
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Hey everyone wats up?

I have been trying to lucid dream now for about 3 months…

I have tried every technique and just seems like nothing works i wanted to know if anyone else has had a problem with getting started?

If so, wat did u do to get past this point of having no ld?
wat can i do to start becomming lucid…

Any help is appreciated, thank you…

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Some people just take longer to LD than others. They’ll come to you in the end.

Let see now…

  • Make sure each tech you try you keep at for at least two weeks before giving up on it.
  • Take RC’s (pick your three favourite) throughout the day.
  • Take RC’s everytime you wake up.
  • Use WBTB with your chosen tech.
  • Keep a DJ.
  • When you take your RC’s, honestly ask yourself if you really are dreaming. Expect them to tell you that you’re dreaming.
  • Never be sure you’re awake.
  • Don’t try to hard to LD. That’ll keep you awake.
  • Have you improved your dream recall? If not, you should do that first.

Altogther, that should get you LD’ing :wink:.

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Are you just doing the techniques? Lucid dreaming also comes from doing reality checks throughout your day, psychologically telling yourself (i.e “I will lucid dream tonight”), keeping a dream journal etc.

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I would say, the most important is :

  • motivation
  • dream recall (and the best to do it is keeping a dream diary)
  • making RC’s, asking yourself if you are dreaming.
    In your DD, look if there are no clues that you were very close to lucidity. Try to motivate yourself to become lucid when you faces these situations in another dream.
    Good luck !
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It took me many-a-month before I had a lucid dream, and many more before I had some good strong awesome lucid dreams. Be patient. It’s worth it!!

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If you feel you’re overdoing your practice, then it won’t work at all. In that case, quite your exercises for two weeks or more. Don’t think about dreams, don’t write them down, don’t remember them, perhaps don’t visit this forum during that period of time :smile: Sometimes this break relaxes the sub-c again, so you have a fresh start afterwards. And sometimes people get many LDs after the break, with no apparent reason. As long as you let your sub-c refresh itself.

Good luck! :smile:

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Okay wait, what? How is that a good thing to do? Could you explain why that’s a good thing?

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Same problem here dude
Havent got an LD so far…

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In addition to what everyone else above said about: improving dream recall, doing RT, keep a DJ etc all of which I agree with. I do have one concern though. You say you have only been practicing for only 3 months but you have tried “every technique”. I think you might be going through the techniques too quickly. I suggest that you exercise more patients. Pick a technique and stick with it for a while before deciding that it does not work.

happy dreaming :smile:

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Because RT’s are all about doubting if you are awake or asleep. Never be sure of it, so you will wonder if you really are awake or not. And then you might do the same thing in your dream…And voilá, you become Lucid.

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Yes, I can imagine… But that point makes myself get very confused… I tried last noght for the first time to have a LD, just to see if it will work. But while I was saying to myself that i was dreaming, that i was in a dream and that i aware of it I found out that that was something I thought was quite strange to say… I think you first need to know that those two ‘worlds’ are not so far apart as people think… Right?
Well, thanks anyway… Have a nice night!
Ellen

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Almost there.

You see, RC’s don’t always work. Sometimes, they nearly always don’t work.
So, if you a RC fails, you should never take that at face value. Always keep in mind that it could still be a dream, no matter how realistic it may seem to you.

When I was new at LD’ing, I made the mistake of being sure I wasn’t dreaming - when I actually was.

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In away yes. That is why we all say the first step is to work on dream recall and record your dreams in a dream journal. Also, you do Reality Testing during the day. You ask yourself “Am I dreaming”? Honestly consider the possibility that you are in fact dreaming then, prove you are not.