the BIG "Hi, I'm new here!" topic part 53

Heya there tamsin :wink:
You’re eager , thats good , it helps keep your motivation up :smile:
I hope your wish will be fulfilled here .

Heullo Tamsin!
Check out the techniques that you’re interested and stick with them and you should be having one soon enough! :happy:

Thanks Sakoda and kTFox for the welcome! :wink:

:wave: hello dhoward281 and Tamsin
good luck to you both in your lcuid quests :thumbs:
I hope you both enjoy being part of the LD4all community :grouphug:

:welcome: hello Lavalis

your english is good :content:
It would be great if you thought about posting some in our DJ forum. You could link to large images (by using a free hosting site like imageshack or photobucket).
I think you may like the general lucidness forum in which there are topics just discussing LDs in general and the nature of LDs etc.

:eek: the longer the better :happy: I found it really interesting :content:

:welcome: hello Holly M

that is very common and is called a myclonic jerk :content: … when I have it I feel like I lost my footing and I’m starting to fall :tongue:
it may only be a problem if you intend using the WILD method

/me wishes Lavalis and Holly good luck too :grin:

Hi everyone. Just wanted to introduce myself. After trying unsuccessfully for years to LD, I gave up for a long time, but am now going to give it another go. Hoping the collective profound wisdom of the LD veterans here can help me along some. :razz: Nice to meet you all! -Clint

hey number1strat, pleased to meet another guitar player :wink: hope you enjoy your stay at ld4all. I know me and everyone else here will give all the help we can. good luck

Thanks, I appreciate it. :grin:

Hello , good you found us numer1strat
Hey to all others i didn’t welcome :wave:

I’d just like to say hi 'cuz I’m new here.

So far I’ve only had one LD that I remembered properly but I didn’t even know what they were then. I’m pretty sure it was a WILD now judging by the way I got it but I didn’t notice any SP. I still remember it really well and it lasted for at least 30 minutes. I had a lot of control over what happened in the dream, like I could decide what would be behind a door then open it.

That happened when I was 12 but I’m 15 now. It was a great experience and I really want to have more but it’s not too easy for me, I’ve got a lot of stress in my waking life and I don’t get anywhere near enough sleep (avg. 2-4 hrs on weekdays). I don’t know if lack of sleep affects my chances of getting an LD but it doesn’t seem to be helping and I don’t think the stress is doing me any good either.

Oh, and while I’m here I’d like to ask if anyone knows if “white noise” (like the sound of a fan) affects the chance of getting a WILD.

Well, I’m off to bed now (It’s 2.30), I’m too tired to try for a WILD tonight.

If anyone has any advice for me I’d really appreciate the help! :happy:

Hi DJsnypa welcome aboard!!! have fun and stay Lucid

Hi! I have been reading ld4all for about 2 months, and now im tired of just looking for single posts giving answers. Time for some posting :woo:

I´m from Finland, and im a 14yo boy. I´ve tried to LD for about 4 months and i´ve had LDs about every night for the past 2 months. What triggered me to join was that I had a sleep paralysis this morning, and I decided to join… Well, ill do some posting soon about it. I hope i can help others as others may help me :wink:

hi Ghost nice user name. welcome to the Forum, this is a great place to get help on Sleep Paralysis :happy:

:welcome: to the forums number1strat, DJsnypa, & ghost

:wave: hello number1strat, I’m sorry you didn’t have much luck in your earlier attempts. :sad:
As long as your general recall is good, I would suggest reading “How to Choose Your Technique” - By Treader and Links and short descriptions to all new and known techniques
They will help you decide which technique will probably work best for you :content:
I really recommend WBTB with whatever method you decide to use. Since it really increases the chance of having a LD :smile:

:wave: hello DJsnypa

:grin: I think it helps if you have had a LD before hearing about them because then you know you can become lucid and you don’t have that little bit of doubt in your mind.

ouch! :sad: … stress can kill dream recall and 2-4 hours isn’t a lot of sleep :sad:
Can you catch up at the week-end? or increase the hours of sleep on week-days?
Most dreamers report that LDs are more common near the end of the night when REM periods are longer.

I would think it would have a positive affect if anything, since you could concentrate on the sound while WILDing. (But that is just a personal opinion).

:wave: hello ghost

wow, congratulations you appear to have a natural talent for LDing :boogie:

I hope you all enjoy your time spent here and make some great friends and enjoy some awesome LDs :grin:

I’ve been browsing here for a few days, I only just recently got interested in lucid dreaming. I must admit that I’m not a very spiritual or “new-age” person, but the idea of “living” in a dream world for any moment of time and having even the slightest level of control over it is too appealing to pass by. I haven’t had any LDs since joining, but I can vaguely remember one or two from my past. I’ve been having horrible recall abilities lately, so I’m also hoping that visiting this forum will help improve that area as well.

Cool.

:welcome: hello Gaius, welcome to the LD4all community :grouphug:
The good thing about having had a few LDs in the past is you know you can become lucid :smile: so you don’t have that tiny doubt in your mind if it takes a while to start having LDs :dream:
We have a big remembering dreams topic in the stuff dreams are made of forum [LINK], I’m sure you will get a few tips to improve your recall from that thread. :happy: Keeping a DJ and laying still for 5 minutes or so when you first wake (to allow yourself to recapture those dream memories before they vanish) make a big difference. :content:

I hope you enjoy your time on the forum.

Welcome Newbies :wink: :wave:

Thanks moogle. I’ve been trying to work on WBTB and WILD, and I feel I’m doing pretty good so far. No LD’s yet, but I feel I’m getting pretty close. Thanks for the advice! :grin:

hey