Hi all. I’m Jim Duffy, and I’ve been a lucid dreamer for about 20 years now. One LD issue I continue to have is the ability to stay sleeping once a dream becomes lucid. For some reason, once I reach lucidity it only lasts a few seconds to a couple of minutes, and then I wake up. I’d love to learn from all of you how to stop that from happening. Needless to say, it’s more than frustrating!
I’m an author and TV producer, and I’ve tapped into my LD experiences quite a bit for my third novel called “eDream.” (If you check my post in the Garden of Creation section of this forum, you’ll see more about the book and how you can get it for free from Amazon.) I felt there just were not enough novels that focused on lucid dreaming, so I took a break from my historical novels and wrote one.
I will watch your progress, don’t forget to post in our first LD topic in the dream journl forum when you experience your first.
Hello Venture JD
It’s great to see the subject of lucid dreaming being featured in fiction. Unfortunately your garden topic went against forum guidelines (no posts requesting votes) so it was removed. Nevertheless, I wish you luck with Amazon…
I’m just a 17 year old wannabe lucid dreamer who hasn’t had much luck yet which is why I joined this site to pick up some info and hopefully make some new friends!
Smell ya later!
Hey guys and girls, i’m brand new to this site, i used to experiment with lucid dreaming about a year or so ago but only achieved one, had to stop since i didn’t have the time for it anymore but i’ve decided to give it all another go!
Made myself a new DJ and started recording stuff 2 days ago, sweet to meet yous all
Hi im connor. Im 13 yo and have never had a ld. Thats why I would really appreciate tips and guides from you more experienced lds (lucid dreamers). THANKS.
The FAQs and tutorials are here if you haven’t found them already. If you have a specific question that isn’t answered in any of them (or elsewhere on the site), you can post it here.
During busy periods, you don’t need to fully stop, Just set the intention to lucid dream and think about it whenever you naturally wake in the night.
You have already had one LD AdamTheTiki, so it can only get better. since you KNOW it is possible and that you have done it.
Just so you know-> I got into lucid dreaming around a month ago. I had a few “kind of?” successes but nothing official. I’ve been doing a lot of research though and thought joining a forum on LDing might help me out and be fun.
If anyone wants to give a newbie some pointers, pm me! I’m really willing to learn and would appreciate it. Or just post a hi on here. That’d be cool, too.
I am a very kind LD master, but you don’t need to ask members directly when it’s about LDing, we prefer to share the knowledge.
If you have any questions about how to get LDs, do not be afraid to post on Quest for Lucidity.
However, it is also recommended to try searching the forums before planning to ask something very simple.
Yeah, that makes sense. I wasn’t planning on asking people direct questions though (I’m aware of the search bar and other parts of the site). Mainly I just wanted to explain that I’m new and, like, not very good at LDing XD
But thank you.
I’m 21 and I’ve been fascinated to lucid dreams ever since I heard about them in high school (accidentally overhearing a classmate talking about his experiences). I was 17 at the time. I learned the basics quickly: I had no problems with becoming lucid, but have never made a huge progress in changing the environment and interacting with elements of my dreams. Looking back, I made a bad beginner’s mistake - I learned how to become lucid, but not how to vividly remember my dreams, which made the whole adventure pretty weird and blurry.
I dropped my “LD training” due to lack of time and (more importantly) because of frequent sleep paralysis. I hated it, was deadly afraid of it and completely stopped working on my dream awareness.
And now, a few years later, here I am, wanting to start once again and to have it done right. Although, I’m afraid it may take much more time, seeing how I don’t have time to sleep properly which caused my dream recall to get even worse.
But hey, most importantly, I want to meet some people sharing my interests
I also want to warn and apologize that English is not my primary language and I can be not so great in it, but I am doing my best
Hi kitdow everyone can improve their lding frequency. I’m not a natural and had only had 3 lds before joining the forum. We have a first LD topic in the dream journal forum and also a 'your most interesting ld topic. Both can be very inspiring.
Thank you, it’s nice to hear, even if, you know, if we actually spoke with each other, you wouldn’t have any doubts (this russian-ish, slavic accent of mine) : D
And thank you for the links, it will make everything much easier I’ve always blamed the blurry dreams on the fact that I don’t have the best visual imagination. I mostly imagine things with words, as sort of a tale told by a narrator, but imagining a detailed look of a place or a person is complicated to me. When I am in a dream, even when it’s a lucid one and if I was able to remember it, I often feel like in an empty space, with my mind trying to fill the blanks, but without much success.
So… if it is possible to train and fix, I would be damn happy
Once again, hello everyone
Hi everyone, my name is Alex Goyette and have recently started practicing my DR and working on entries into my DJ. No LD’s as of yet but I am confident and hopeful that with time and effort I can dream like some of the amazing people i’ve read about on these forums. Any advice would be more than welcome. I am currently working on enhancing my awareness in my WL as to be more aware of the “strangeness” of my dreams while I am inside them and spontaneously become lucid. I’m not %100 sure if I am posting this correctly so feel free to let me know if I have done something wrong.
I’m Atmic and I discovered lucid dreaming as a child, or more accurately, lucid discovered me. That was 15 years ago and I’ve gone from being utterly terrified by the experience to understanding and controlling it. I regularly experience spontaneous lucid dreams and also self induce astral projections at least once a week. I believe this is something anyone can do, given time and practice.
I’m a firm believer that dreams, lucid dreams and astral projection are all the same thing, with the only difference between the experiences being the dreamer/projectors level of consciousness at the time. I’m also a believer in the union of science and spirituality and believe that one day they will also be one in the same.
Despite my experience, I’m far from arrogant and definitely not all knowing. I decided to join this community to add to my knowledge and to share with others what I’ve discovered so far.
I’m hopeful that you guys will help me find my place
My name’s Phil. I started keeping a DJ 3 days ago, and so far I’ve got 3 dreams and a couple of disconnected images in 3 nights, so that’s exciting. This isn’t the first time I’ve started a DJ, but it is the first time I’ve put any effort or forethought into it. Also working on RC, which is not as exciting, but which I’m finding not particularly cumbersome either. In some ways, it’s good to be checking in occasionally with how I am perceiving life around me.
I’m not worried about becoming lucid as quickly as possible. Honestly, my non-lucid dreams are pretty awesome, so I’d be psyched if I could just remember them more often and more vividly.
I don’t know if I’m looking to find deeper meanings or anything like that, but I am hoping to find great stories in myself, experience some things that are impossible, more productively use a third of my life, and maybe learn how to make the rest of my life better. Cheers.
Solid plan. Visualize becoming lucid every now and then. Add oddness to the visualization so your mind tags it important and you recall it better. For example: “I’m in school. The teacher has a tail and is disarming a nuclear bomb. I can hear a siren outside. I wonder if this is a dream and look at my hands. Fingers are joined together and sway in the air. I realize I’m dreaming and I feel really happy. Then I… insert your desired goal here” Your SC might catch it and dreaming about it can help you a lot even if doesn’t make you lucid. Welcome to ld4all!
Congrats on your lucid dreaming! I haven’t read that much about astral projecting, but I hope to learn a lot from your posts. Welcome to the forum!
Hi Phil! I started out with the same mindset. I dreamed about planet-sized monsters, foreign planets + game and movie inspired stuff. Just writing them down kept me motivated, but the first good lucid dream was the thing that pushed me to these forums. Your attitude is good. You don’t stress about becoming lucid. That helps, because some of us create mental blocks when we try too much. Good luck on your lucid dreaming journey and welcome to the forum!
hello lostchild, welcome to LD4all.
Hello Venture JD
which is why I joined this site to pick up some info 
and hopefully make some new friends!
since you KNOW it is possible and that you have done it.
hello kitdow and awery 
everyone can improve their lding frequency. I’m not a natural and had only had 3 lds before joining the forum. We have a first LD topic in the dream journal forum and also a 'your most interesting ld topic. Both can be very inspiring. 