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Hello, everybody!
I’m a long time student of lucid dreaming but i just recently became a successful practitioner last night, and I’m going to ride this wave as far as i can. I started out over a decade ago with Stephan LaBerge’s work and drifted into other resources as best that i could, but I never had any success, except for two short lived lucid episodes over the course of a couple years. I abandoned it mostly and tried some methods with no success over the years.

Early this year I came across The Phase by Michael Roduga by way of his seminars on youtube and I had a single succuss but could never get myself into the method properly, and I put it on the backburner again. I’ve been an on again off again pot head most of my aidult life which impedes things. Im no longer a pot head, i quit video games a little while ago, and I just recently gave up a youtube habit akin to a bad facebook or tiktok habit, so my focus has been changing for the better.

I often wake up 5-6 hours into sleep and can be awake for up to 2 hours when i haven’t worked that day and always thought that i should take advantage of this time to do indirect methods. So, last night i woke up, and after i tossed and turned for a bit, it occurred to me that I should read the indirect technique instructions in The Phase and had the feeling that I was going to succeed this time.

I did…3 times! They were all short lived as I kept losing my grip on the dream, but I didnt let that bother me or let joy from the success bother me. I just went through the motions again and when it didn’t work I just resolved myself to go back to sleep so that I could wake up and try again. I lathered, rinsed, and repeated and did it three times altogether. My fourth dream of the night, though, was not lucid and involved toy lightsabers; which was still fun.

I forgot to, or couldnt, follow through on my follow-up tasks like i was supposed to, but this is a great success nonetheless. Honestly, I think leaving my youtube and screen time habits all behind me was the best change for me. I’m looking to take this habit to it’s limits and look inward to do some me-work, honestly, on top of going with the tide.

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Welcome! It’s great to be able to find and discover new fantasy worlds. Lucid dreaming is so pleasurable for me too, it’s hard to put into words.

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Sounds like a great success for you. How long were each of those lucid dreams? Did I understood you correctly that you woke up during each of your lucid dreams during your morning spree? Did it feel natural or rather because of excitement, something like that?

Getting rid of a nasty habit is always a reason to celebrate. It’s really hard to make such improvements in your life but I’m sure it’ll be worth it!

Welcome to LD4all and good luck with your further endeavors :wave:

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Each dream only lasted a minute or two, tops. i remember trying to deepen the experience and hold onto it, but i couldn’t. im supposed to go to a mirror, deepen, and then go to the kitchen to eat or drink something, but i couldn’t follow through. the first two dreams were in my bathroom. on my third dream i found myself in the dark in the dining room of my childhood home, so i ran to the lamp in the living room and tried to turn it on but couldn’t. i remember saying “oh yeah, i can’t change lights.” lol. So i ran to the kitchen to drink something, but i noticed two cats playing in an open cabinet under the sink, so i grabbed one wondering if they were mine, but it bit me and ran off, and then i woke up.

I woke up and stayed on mission. i knew i could get right back into it, or just come around again the next time i woke up. i figured whenever i felt compelled to turn in bed, i must be waking up from.a dreamless sleep, so i went through the motions and sure enough i went back into the phase.