The best way to build up motivation is probably just to read about lucid dreaming and visit forums like this one.
Also, I am not a regular around here so if anybody wants to address me in particular your best bet is to send a private message. I check my email daily and these forums semi-monthly, you see.
That CAT method they mention looks interesting, but a regular sleep schedule is impossible for me. I prefer WBTB+MILD/WILD/both.
I’ve had so much on my mind this semester that dreams, let alone lucid dreaming, can’t even be found at the bottom of my priority list. Even sleep is way down there. Maybe during the holiday break I’ll have a couple. Maybe I will even try for one tonight.
After 5 years of LD practice I must say I sweep between very low and very high motivation, and it can take a long time to build up the motivation. I’m building up again now. I don’t fall asleep fast but WBTB is still my favourite method - it requires me to go to bed early though, and that’s where motivation comes in. But it’s so effective for me I don’t really care if I need 30 minutes or even an hour falling asleep after WBTB.
Anyway, this is a great tutorial - it cannot take account for all the individual variations - no tutorial will do that - but at least it gives suggestions for people who have low motivation or slowly fall asleep.
nice. thanks, i just started with LD and i needed this. first i gotta work up the dream recall.
one question: how fast would you say is fast was when falling asleep…i need like 15-25 minutes i think. is that fast or slow?
For me it can take anywhere from 5 minutes to 1.5 hours to fall asleep. But usually about 30 minutes or so. And I know that if I fall asleep within 5 minutes then I need to sleep more because then I haven’t been getting enough sleep the past few nights. And if it takes more than 1 hour I know I’ve been sleeping too much
thanks for your reply JaRoD, but what i wanted to know is who whould u call a fast-sleeper.
is like 25minutes fast?
that’s for the “Fall asleep fast. Highly motivated” text, would i fit in it?
Still here, I’m just not much of a chatter. It might take a me a few weeks… a month… to respond to a post. I’m a little better when it comes to checking my email, though.
I even can be reached by AIM/ Yahoo Instant messanger (I use trillian), but I never seem to remember to turn it on when I access the Internet.
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I’ve been trying to LD for the past couple of nights, but it’s really hard…
I am quite motivated when I’m awake, and I always write in my DJ quite gladly, but when I’m about to sleep it’s SO hard to focus on any of the techniques… I just drift off to sleep without even realising!
Two nights are a little bit short to expect results ! When you’re well awake and motivated, choose the technique that you’ll practise the following nights. Before you go to bed, motivate yourself to practise this technique. If you’re falling asleep very quickly, choose a simple technique, like auto-suggestion (for instance, repeating yourself mentally “This night, I’ll realize I’m dreaming”, until you fall asleep).
Good luck in your LD quest !