Brand New and I Need Your Help!

**RiRi** · 01-09-2013 02:18 PM

Brand new to Lucid Dreaming- I need some advice.
Hi everyone! I've been reading up on LDs and am really excited to possibility of having some of my own

I work mornings during the week, and use an alarm to wake up. Any advice for getting out of the habit of waking up in a panic about whether I'm late or not? Anybody else had to overcome that feeling every morning?

Thanks!
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**JasKrab** · 01-09-2013 02:24 PM

I would recommend taking a nap since this would give me a lot of vivid dreams without disrupting my night.
next to that i would say to follow some tutorials on this site and see what would suit you the best.

**Sensei** · 01-09-2013 02:28 PM

I would recommend waking up without an alarm.

**PlanesWalker** · 01-09-2013 04:23 PM

I would recommend not worrying about your job so much. There are others. That's how I got around it. Never saw the point to worrying myself about work while I'm at home. Kinda defeats the purpose of having personal time. I havent been late for work either. Worrying yourself leads to things like stress, weight gain, depression. No job is worth your health. Oh and don't stop using an alarm, that may actually make things worse.

**Sensei** · 01-09-2013 04:49 PM

I just wake up before the alarm.

I still have it set. I agree With the not worrying thing though. It doesn't help anything.

**RiRi** · 01-09-2013 05:07 PM

I'm not really worried, and I always have plenty of time, but when my alarm goes off its my first thought.

Do I just set my intent to wake up on time? Haha

Originally Posted by JasKrab

I would recommend taking a nap since this would give me a lot of vivid dreams without disrupting my night.
next to that i would say to follow some tutorials on this site and see what would suit you the best.

I like this napping idea.

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**The Sandman** · 01-09-2013 05:26 PM

I would recommend downloading the Easy MP3 alarm, then make some custom alarms of different lengths. I like to record myself talking...and making suggestions that I am asleep and to fly. You can set this alarm several times so that you have multiple chances to have the alarm influence your dreams.

Beyond this, it can act as an alarm to wake you up. This is important to your concern for always being nervous that you are late for work. Make it a real alarm sound, and have it sound before your normal alarm. If you wake up to your Easy MP3 alarm, you know you are not late because it will be set before your regular alarm...in theory.

Good luck.

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**Sensei** · 01-09-2013 05:41 PM

Yeah, just use the time you want as a mantra. Like two minutes before you wake up. Like 7:42 over and over. It might take a few weeks, but after you get good at it, you just think that before you go to bed and go about your business of LDing mantras. Right now I wake up like 5 times at night to increase LD awareness, and if I sleep around 8 hours I will stay up for like 15-20 minutes and DJ it.