Uhhh… do you need help or are you just telling a story? Oh well, I’ll assume you do. You should keep a dream journal if you want to remember your dreams well (keep the little details too if you want, they will help out)
And the LD part… if you really want an entire dream dedicated to LD you’ve gotta do WILD because any other technique will have you realizing you are dreaming in the middle of it.
How accurate should your dream journal be? do you need to record all the details or just the general Idea?
Sorry, forgot to ask this in my last post meant to put it there but forgot, so here’s the question…
What is a good way for a beginner to increase lucidity? I have heard of several methods to try but I’m not sure what would be the best one to start out with.
Uh I use the rubbing hands method because it involves the least risk. You have to experiment to find the best for you, but you should try rubbing your hands and calming yourself down first.
Rowan - the important thing is that you remember as much details as you can. If writing them down helps you, do it, but you can try to remember everything and do only a short note in your DD, so you won’t forget the dream.
Rowan
I try to write down as much detail as I can. For long complicated dreams I even give them a title. I also will write down any dream fragments I may remember.
Sometimes when I wake in the middle of the night I will just write a sentence or 2 about the dream to jar my memory in the morning. Over a short time I did not even have to do that and was able to recall an average of 2-3 dreams per night. Don’t worry if your dream recall is not good now it will improve in time.
As mentioned above, rubbing your hands is a good way to increase lucidity. Some other ideas:
Another important thing to keep in mind is that you should have a plan for your lucid dream in advance. So before you go to sleep plan what you want to do if you become lucid. The reason for this is that the best way to maintain the dream state is to stay engaged with it. If you have to much down time where you are trying to figure out what you want to do you may wake up or the dream may loose its realness. If that happens use any of the techniques above to stabilize and intensify the dream.
I hope this was helpful.
Those techniques aren’t meant to increase lucidity.
Lucidity is how much you aware that you are in a dream.
Those techniques (except number 3) are meant to increase the vividness of the dream and make it last longer.
Wahey, my first post back!
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I have found that those techniques work well for booth situations. I am of course speaking from my own experience and since these things worked very well for me under booth situations I thought I would share them.
You know, it’s funny, I’ve always been pretty good at Dream Recall. Lucidity is harder, though. Considerably.
Don’t worry it will get easier in time. Try not to think of lucidity as something that is hard to do. This is important because, I believe that thinking it is hard makes it hard. Believe it or not, lucidity is not as hard as you think.
Happy dreaming
I just recently got a large and annoying blister on my hand. Does that help in RC’s?
Is it possible to fall out of practice? Because I remember back in mid '03 I had dream memorizing skills (like, one a week on average), but then I stopped. I JUST got back into trying for lucid dreaming (because I’ve been told it’s a good bridge between Astral Projection), and not only is it nearly impossible to go lucid, but I can’t remember my dreams either.
Also, I find that the method where you wake up, then go back to sleep (forgot the acronym) doesn’t work if your 2 year-old nephew is up and about screaming right around when you get up; hard to get back to sleep. Ugh.
Get ear plugs !!! they are a big help.
Also you do not have to use the WBTB method. When I use WBTB I do not stay up very long. Just a few minutes at most.
It sounds like you should work on your dream recall first. To where you can remember at least one dream per night. Also, I suggest you start doing regular reality checks in your waking life and of corse keep a dream journal. Practice some sort of progressive relaxation technique at bed time.
Once you can remember roughly one dream per night:
place yourself in a state of relaxation then use MILD, WILD or what ever technique you prefer.
Happy dreaming
Lionheart, unfortunately everybody can fall out of practice, and some quicker than others.
I’ve had a lot of trouble with fake lucid dreams. This might sound like a stupid question, but in general, how do you tell if you are having a real lucid dream or a fake one? I know the definitions and understand them, but consciously, it’s difficult to tell. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Speaking from my own experience. I would say that if you have a lucid dream there will be little doubt in your mind about it. So, in short, if you have to ask, “was this a lucid dream”? The answer is most likely, “no”.
If you know you are dreaming and understand what that means (you can control it) then I would say you are lucid.
That’s what’s strange! In my most recent “lucid dream,” for example, I flew around and felt elated. I remember asking myself if I was dreaming, but I don’t remember verifying it.
I still don’t know if I dreamt that I controlled the dream, or if I did control it.
At any rate, if the dream WAS falsely lucid, at least I know I’m close…
Well I can not say for sure but, that would appear to be a ND. The good news is that you are getting close. You are starting to question your dreams but, you are just not answering your self. Just before going to sleep firmly tell yourself that the next time you ask yourself “is this a dream” you will realize you are dreaming. Then let go of the thought and follow your regular routine.
The reason I think it is a normal dream is that you did not fully understand “why” you could do things like fly. I have many normal dreams where I have amazing dream powers but don’t understand why.
Keep practicing because you are getting very close !!!
Just remember the next time you ask your self, “am I dreaming”? Answer the question. 
Good luck and happy dreaming 
That was a really good and helpful response! Thank you so much! 
Hey im new here and at lucid dreaming i just tryed it a couple days ago and i have aq couple ?s i wanted to ask. 1st should i record dreams that are not lucid or just the ones that are PLEASE explain. 2nd I have a clock a constant running fan and my dream journal and pen in my room can all of those be dream signs. and 3rd off can u people give me any tips to help me lucid dream. Thanx Much[/b]