SP with a creepy puppet… what I’m most scared of is that rotten (literally) little girl from The Ring to crawl out of my computer monitor and get my desk all wet! Maybe you can try some hypnosis to get your LDs to last longer.
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never saw Ring, do not plan on. ^.^
In my quest for lds, I’m limited to only my natural abilities and what I can read on the internet. No hypnosis, no audio tapes or dream devices, so I can’t really do that unfortunately. I didn’t post more earlier because I’m sick and wanted to sleep. But unfortunately, I didn’t. -.- ugh
oh yes, and charlotte dreamer? I don’t seem to know a good stabilization technique. I usually don’t have time to stabalize because I am thrown from the dream to quickly. And when I do, spinning works best, but sometimes I wake up from spinning. -.-
Just be happy you get to say “Hah! I’m dreaming!” Some of us arent as lucky 
Another nite another chance to LD. This nites the nite I can feel it. . . . Good luck stabilizing your dreams BTW.
Quote—>oh yes, and charlotte dreamer? I don’t seem to know a good stabilization technique. I usually don’t have time to stabalize because I am thrown from the dream to quickly. And when I do, spinning works best, but sometimes I wake up from spinning. -.-
Well, I usually use looking at my hands and counting my fingers. You will find that if you picture yourself doing stabilising techniques you will be able to do them before your dream fades. Another way is to scream ‘this is a dream! I am lucid!’ although I would make sure that you do a few RCs before doing this as it would be really embarising if it wasn’t a dream 
other than that theres spinning (I don’t find this one works for me, but if it works for you KEEP USING IT!) Remember, If you’re using the visualisation thing, keep it to one stabilising technique, don’t switch ever night you visualise it, and it will be easier and more effective.
Good luck Trung!
A pupet?! Next time a problem occurs tell it to show itself, beat it up and it won’t come back, problem solved.
HaHa, this really made me laugh. Last night, I was watching tv with my roomate, and I looked at the clock, and thought it said 10:17 (it’s digital on my vcr, very small, I was 15 feet awat from it, and I’m half blind!) then 3 minutes later my roomate said “OMG look at the time, it’s 10:30 already” I looked over at him and smiled and said “I’m dreaming aren’t I?” He looked back at me, and said “no silly, you’re not”
lol, it was really 10:27, I just couldn’t see it!
umm… maybe you had to be there, it was very funny at the time! 
Was the puppet Chucky? 
If you beat the puppet you might have lots more next time - dream avenger puppets… much worse.
Better to change it into something innocuous.
I don’t understand why you can’t try some of the ‘shortcut’ methods like tapes, CD’s etc… I use for example a cd player (which plays mp3’s) with earphones. It’s great to sleep with…
It seems to me, that perhaps you might need to practice relaxing yourself a bit more… Take it easy. Don’t be so displeased when you don’t get an LD or when it’s horribly short. Don’t feel anxiety because it’s worse.
Just read a lot about LD’s, think about them, perform RC’s a lot… chances are you will have one and more…
I have been told I’m very paranoid. I can’t listen to tapes and such because My parents don’t want me to choke on the head phone wires or to waste electricity. As for the puppet, was not chucky. But it move sooo creepy I wanted to scream and cry. I couldn’t beat it up because there was SP(which btw I cannot enter Lds from)
and also, to the stabilization techniques, when I rub my hands together, I find that everything starts going dark and I have to rub so fast and nearly feel like I die of exhaustion. -.-
^.^ thanks all
a thought just sparked in my head. Coud my troubles be caused by a neurological disease? I have MS. Could the actual disease or the treatment have anything to do with my LDing?
I don’t think it could affect your dreaming. I happen to know my very dear friends with MS… or was it MD? I can’t remember, but they were very sweet and positive. I find that amazing in them. The treatments weren’t enough for them though. 
They died… but they did leave a great memory with me. They changed my life. 
I just had to comment about that.
And yes, I understand how you feel when your subconscious seem to be running against you. What I’ve learned is that in a long run, it is actually helping you. Just be very patient okay? 
Good luck!
I’m so sorry DM7. And it is MS.
You could try wireless headphones, then…
wireless headphones? I’ve never hear of such a thing. Although it does make much sense for such a thing to be made. I don’t know.
You could draw a picture of the nightmare and then stare at it until it means nothing. Like repeating a word over and over again until it looses all meaning.
Or you could draw it and then cross it out as if it can’t do a thing to you.
Why is hypnosis out of the question? I taught myself self-hypnosis when I was around 8, from reading the H volume of this 1950’s encyclopedia that my parents bought at a lawn sale and were going to make into a book safe thing (like in the Matrix). 
It’s really natural, not hard at all. There are some good websites that will teach you. bcx.net/hypnosis/ is a good one.
thank you ^.^, I think I’ll try to use the subliminals again. Does anyone know a better one than handyhub.smokepit.cjb.net/lucid_ … cidsub.htm
?
Hey Trung, that link dont work?
Hmm, might wanna see if you have A small anxiety dis-order. I have something similar where every time I do RC in RL.I have a feeling of doubt come over me despite the fact I’ve had 5 LDs and know all about LDs. I found out I have OCD(obcessive compulsive disorder) which means I’ll frequently have doubts for no reason at all.
In one LD, soon as I became Lucid, A DC in the form of my teacher and a bunch of cops surrounded me and literally forced me back into the story of the dream and made me take my finals again!
I also have a idea, why not turn your fear into a way to get lucid.
I have became lucid 2 times when I was afraid and tried to escape from the current situation by thinking " it’s gotta be a dream! This can’t be real!"