What Am I Doing Wrong?

4therace · September 3, 2012, 3:37pm

I can’t seem to lucid dream, I usually remember 1-2 dreams a night.
Here’s what I’ve tried:
-Binural Beats (can’t fall asleep)
-WBTB
-WILD (But I can’t fall asleep that way)
-Taking small amounts of b12 (250 mcg once every week - I wake up with a light stomach ache)
-Telling myself that I’ll lucid dream and imagining the place before sleeping with all senses

I’ve been practing lucid dreaming for almost 1 month now. I write my dreams in my Dream Journal.
I don’t know if this matters, but I fall asleep on my side
Please help, I’m putting so much work into it, but no lucid dreams
Thanks.

skullgunner1 · September 3, 2012, 4:28pm

I think you should practice a more powerful method. Try doing WILD a bit more often, practice makes perfect, right?

4therace · September 3, 2012, 4:41pm

Alright, I’ll work on that. Any other suggestions? It’s just that lucid dreaming seems so amazing, and I’m impatient.
I really wanna try the dreamclock method once I’m somewhat good at lucid dreaming, that would be awesome. To actually live in a dream, like go on vacation, but then when I come back, it’s still the same day! That’s my number one goal. I really wanna go to hogwarts too xD

skullgunner1 · September 3, 2012, 4:50pm

Sorry, not much more advice, I am pretty new to Lucid Dreaming and WILD is just not working for me, but I practice every other hour, and again, practice makes perfect!

4therace · September 3, 2012, 4:54pm

By the way, what’s your biggest “dream” for LD?
Sorry, not much more advice, I am pretty new to Lucid Dreaming and WILD is just not working for me, but I practice every other hour, and again, practice makes perfect!

skullgunner1 · September 3, 2012, 4:56pm

My biggest dream is to nail the WILD technique, to do it on a basis. That would be a giant step.

_Laurelindo · September 3, 2012, 4:56pm

I see two problems with your attitude to Lucid Dreaming - your impatience and your heavy dependancy on techniques.
When you practice Lucid Dreaming you cannot be impatient, it just won’t work if you don’t have any patience.
It’s extremely important that you allow it to take the time it takes, and learn to appreciate the journey towards Lucid Dreaming.
One very good and interesting way to practice which I always recommend is to pretend that real life is a lucid dream, and really live yourself into that imagination, of course without actually acting out any wild fantasies just yet; this will naturally make you more curious and interested in reality, because you already get a foretaste of what a vivid lucid dream would be like, and the point in this kind of practice is to increase your awareness of your surroundings, so it will eventually carry over to your dreams so you are more aware there - makes sense, right?
Anyway, now imagine the fact that you can act out your wildest fantasies in a dream with that vividness and realism - isn’t that thrill worth a couple weeks or months of practice?

Also, techniques only have their best effect if you already have confidence in yourself.
Do you truly believe in your abilities to learn Lucid Dreaming?
Or do you rely entirely on techniques to help you out?
How willing are you to put down some serious effort into this?
Will you stick to it until you succeed, or will you give up after a few days?
Because Lucid Dreaming can be achieved simply by expecting them to happen and by preparing your plans, and you won’t need techniques for that.
They are supposed to be an extra aid when you already feel confident and positive, so don’t become too dependant on them.

4therace · September 3, 2012, 6:22pm

*Laurelindo*:

4therace:

skullgunner1:

I think you should practice a more powerful method. Try doing WILD a bit more often, practice makes perfect, right?

Alright, I’ll work on that. Any other suggestions? It’s just that lucid dreaming seems so amazing, and I’m impatient.
I really wanna try the dreamclock method once I’m somewhat good at lucid dreaming, that would be awesome. To actually live in a dream, like go on vacation, but then when I come back, it’s still the same day! That’s my number one goal. I really wanna go to hogwarts too xD

I see two problems with your attitude to Lucid Dreaming - your impatience and your heavy dependancy on techniques.
When you practice Lucid Dreaming you cannot be impatient, it just won’t work if you don’t have any patience.
It’s extremely important that you allow it to take the time it takes, and learn to appreciate the journey towards Lucid Dreaming.
One very good and interesting way to practice which I always recommend is to pretend that real life is a lucid dream, and really live yourself into that imagination, of course without actually acting out any wild fantasies just yet; this will naturally make you more curious and interested in reality, because you already get a foretaste of what a vivid lucid dream would be like, and the point in this kind of practice is to increase your awareness of your surroundings, so it will eventually carry over to your dreams so you are more aware there - makes sense, right?
Anyway, now imagine the fact that you can act out your wildest fantasies in a dream with that vividness and realism - isn’t that thrill worth a couple weeks or months of practice?

Also, techniques only have their best effect if you already have confidence in yourself.
Do you truly believe in your abilities to learn Lucid Dreaming?
Or do you rely entirely on techniques to help you out?
How willing are you to put down some serious effort into this?
Will you stick to it until you succeed, or will you give up after a few days?
Because Lucid Dreaming can be achieved simply by expecting them to happen and by preparing your plans, and you won’t need techniques for that.
They are supposed to be an extra aid when you already feel confident and positive, so don’t become too dependant on them.

Thank you, this helped. I will follow your instructions. I will become a lucid dreamer.