Hey folks,
I’ve been reading stuff on this site (and forum) for a while now, but haven’t really felt the need to post so far. Well, until now, that is
I’ve been trying to achieve a LD for a few weeks now (I’ve tried it before years ago, but never succeeded so gave up). I’ve mainly been trying WILD in the evening. Someone on the forums here called it C-WILD (you count to 100, get up, do a RC and should be dreaming, if not -> repeat), and I’ve been achieving some results, but haven’t managed an LD yet. I’ve gotten myself to feel absolutely numb, and I’ve been hearing random noises during those attempts (even though my room is generally completely silent), but I have not yet achieved an LD using this way. But it’s a matter of practice, I suppose.
The other thing I’ve been doing is making sure I do RC’s regularly. I mainly tried looking at my hand, counting fingers, trying to push my thumb through my other hand, and I’m using the breathing with nose pinched RC. All of them when I perform them awake are well checked (I think ), as in I really make sure I do have 5 fingers and I really make sure that I can’t breathe and I do realize (using logic) that this means I can’t be dreaming. But last night something different happened.
It seemed day, of course, I was in school and we were getting marks back, and I got two really horrible marks in subjects I generally score A or B. After some thinking I thought “this can’t really be the case right? Maybe I’m dreaming…”
So I decided (in front of the akward faces of my classmates ) to perform an RC. I tried counting my fingers and then I tried breathing, but they either seemed normal enough to fool me or they weren’t working. Either way, I convinced myself that I was not dreaming and I had indeed screwed up chemistry.
So, what went wrong here? When I woke up it was crystal clear I had indeed dreamt it, but the RC’s failed to prove it. Is there any way I can improve my RC’s to make them work during dreams (and to actually convince me I’m dreaming)?
Kind regards,
Reliku