Of the dozen lucid dreams I've had naturally over the past few months, I've found myself unable to use the powers I once had. No teleportation, no flying, no spellcasting, nothing. I can't even break open locks if a door is shut.

The only thing I can really do now is change the dream location by opening a door or other pathway like it that is already present in the world.

There are two reasons that may explain the problem:
  • I haven't been trying to induce lucidity. I've been keeping a dream journal and sometimes repeat a mantra, but that's about it. Stephen LaBerge's book is currently next on my reading list - I'll get to it eventually.
  • I've been struggling with my mental health lately. Not going into details, but it's made it hard to function in everyday life especially with feelings of control and I haven't gone outside much or talked to anyone in the past couple years. COVID is not helping the situation at all. (Luckily it's getting better, but this purgatory state has been really messing with me!)


I would like to hear feedback from people who have experienced this before. This is pretty scary - lucid dreaming used to be incredibly fun, and still is, but it's just not the same when I'm identical to myself in reality.