Thread: My LDs come in bursts

This happens to me a lot too... I will sometimes have 2 or 3 lucid dreams in a row, or in one week and then nothing which can vary from a week to 4 weeks. Has anyone found any sort of correlation between what is going on when you get the lucid dreams and the difference (If any) when you don't? Its very frustrating isnt it!

Many things that come from me often eject in spurts... I mean bursts.

Unfunny joke is unfunny.

Maybe replying to this thread knocked something loose cuz last night I had a lucid dream...lol It wasnt a very long one but I did fly more in this one than any other so it was very fun! Plus, I was somewhere in the Caribbean and it was beautiful

Originally Posted by jeffreydc

Maybe replying to this thread knocked something loose cuz last night I had a lucid dream...lol It wasnt a very long one but I did fly more in this one than any other so it was very fun! Plus, I was somewhere in the Caribbean and it was beautiful

Nice! Life would be more fun if dreams started in the Caribbean as lucid dreams and go to where the dreamer's heart desires from there on like the TV show.."Fantasy Island".....

IMJ

i found a way that for me seemed to fix my problem if anyone is interested. it was the night after xmas day and i have been on a vacation that has definitely been the best vacation ive had. I was having a practice conversation with santa clause in my head(i like having practice conversations with random people for some reason) and i said "i had such a great xmas and i am so thankful. but wouldnt it be great if to finish it off i could find my dream guide?"

That night, although i didnt find my dream guide (but a different sginificant DC) i did have id say 3 or 4 lucid dreams, and really good dream recall, and have had the same each night since.

whatever i did seemed to trigger lucid dreams quite naturally and consistently for me. I didnt even have to do any RCs or anything fancy, i just am excited about the dreams to come before going to sleep and many end up being conscious ones.

i think it has to do with the easy and positive attitude i had after such a good day, that now that attitude is just staying with me every time i go to bed.

hopefully this will work for others as well

I usually have an LD or so every night, with the occasional skip. However, they're usually pretty dark (brightness wise) and low-energy.

I tend to get sucessful WILDs or DEILDs in bursts, usually once a month with two or three that night. I want to step this number up more.

well as you can see, this is more common then you might think at first. the thing about being spotty with your ld's is that most people dont follow the same routine all the time.. if you were to follow the same routine day after day your chance of lucid dreaming would increase 10 fold. its all about a routine ive found. if i go to sleep at the same time, stop eating at the same time.. etc etc i find i have more lucid dreams consistently. the problem is when i dont have school i tend to stay up until 4 in the morning... which kind of messes up my biological clock and kills my lucid dreaming. so its all up to routine in my humble opinion...

Originally Posted by zazazayou

i found a way that for me seemed to fix my problem if anyone is interested. it was the night after xmas day and i have been on a vacation that has definitely been the best vacation ive had. I was having a practice conversation with santa clause in my head(i like having practice conversations with random people for some reason) and i said "i had such a great xmas and i am so thankful. but wouldnt it be great if to finish it off i could find my dream guide?"

That night, although i didnt find my dream guide (but a different sginificant DC) i did have id say 3 or 4 lucid dreams, and really good dream recall, and have had the same each night since.

whatever i did seemed to trigger lucid dreams quite naturally and consistently for me. I didnt even have to do any RCs or anything fancy, i just am excited about the dreams to come before going to sleep and many end up being conscious ones.

i think it has to do with the easy and positive attitude i had after such a good day, that now that attitude is just staying with me every time i go to bed.

hopefully this will work for others as well

You just further confirmed my observations about dream formation. You control your thoughts before the dream and you control the dream because the dream will be about the thoughts. But...this technique requires quite a substantial amount of mental discipline to keep a focal point of streaming thougths within the parameters of lucid dreaming or theme to dream about. I purposely kept my thoughts about the theme I want and got it in the dream but was mentally exhausting so I let it go and had another dream with the same theme inside because I was thinking of using a different way to LD right before the dream.

IMJ

I think everybody here can say that once you stop thinking about LD's, that's usually when you have one. I believe we try too hard to have them and once we take a break then they do seem to come naturally. I also believe that there is some kind of balance to having them, over doing it and trying too hard is obvious not going to have a great effect. But taking your time and letting them come more natural will.

-Chase