Was I on the verge?

Quest for Lucidity
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I have a feeling that I was close to getting my first LD since childhood last night. Here is the excerpt from my dream journal:

Attempting WILD last night, I experienced SP and some pretty vivid HI. At one point this imagery was a large illuminated face of a man, framing just the large eyes and furrowed bushy brow. This filled my entire mind’s eye, and appeared in an instant, accompanied by an imagined “thud” sound. I had a sensation a few times that I was very close to crossing into the dreamstate. My foot, then later hand twitched without my consciously moving them. After a long while, I got over-tired and went to sleep normally. I got up after about 7 hours of sleep and since I had the day off, did WBTB an hour later.

My dream started with a false awakening. I was at my girl’s apartment, excited because I had dreamt about lucid dreaming. I got up and started to tell her about it. I couldn’t see her, but heard her voice. In the dream, this is because she was in the kitchen, cleaning. In reality, where I was standing I would have seen her. I explained how I must be close to a LD, because when it’s your dream’s subject, your mind must be preparing. She said, “Oh yeah, that’s cool.” Wanting to convince her, I said “90% of people that dream about LD will soon have one. Evidence shows this!” She laughed out to me, “Come on… 90%?” I reconsidered. “Okay, maybe not 90%, but 80%… most people!” Satisfied, she asked if I could tidy up her bathroom. A RC when I entered would have helped, because it wasn’t her bathroom. I saw that the toilet was spilling water on the floor, but had a sense it was clean and working fine. Confused by that idea, I asked “What’s going on with your toilet?” After a pause, my gf called out “Leave it, it’s fine. It’s just overflowing.” I took a plunger in hand and decided to fix it anyway, smiling as I plunged away because I was excited about being close to having a LD.

This is when I really woke up. I suppose more journaling and reality checks practiced during the day will help this along. Are there any other ideas or suggestions? Thank you and I apologize for the lengthy post.

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Yeah, I think you were pretty close!
Just keep doing what you’re doing and you’ll have one soon enough.
:wizard:

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I had a dream about LDs about two or three weeks before I started having them. I think it’s a very positive signal that LDs are on every part of your mind. I think you’ll have them very soon.

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I think you were quite close, especially with the WILD attempt. It’s just that you decided to stay awake rather than really going into the dream… :wink: It happens. :neutral:

Oh, and the “malfunctioning toilet” DS seems familiar to me. :colgate: I just never get lucid from it. :roll:

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I think that it is really great that WILD has brought you so far in lucid dreaming. I myself cannot WILD very well but if it works for you then you should be proud since you got so far with a very advanced technique! Keep practicing and maybe try a couple other techniques and you will have more lucid dreams in no time!
The Luciddator

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Sounds like you were pretty close to having a LD. Must have been frustrating when you woke up I guess.

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I know also how it feels being on the verge of an LD and then just waking up. It pisses me of like crazy!
The Luciddator