Taking a break from lucid dreaming

[AndresLD]

Ok so, I have't had a LD in 2 weeks now, and I think I've been trying too hard. So I think I will just take a one week long break from LDing, I hope after the break I can put it all together again, and start lucid dreaming

[sora12]

Good luck. Maybe it is for the best if you just take a break and just relax your brain.

[Xedan]

Well, while I'm not totally saying it's a bad idea (it could work for you), recall is the fish of the dream world. Leave it alone for a couple days and it totally dies off.

[Serenity]

Well, while I'm not totally saying it's a bad idea (it could work for you), recall is the fish of the dream world. Leave it alone for a couple days and it totally dies off. This. Keep up your journalling, but just don't try to force a lucid dream I always fail when I try to force them, it messes up my normal dreaming and recall something fierce. Just tell yourself, you WILL have a LD again soon. Someday soon. And if it isn't tonight, then you'll be okay with that I always tell myself this.

[AndresLD]

Alright, I'll keep my journal up, after all I don't want to stop recalling 2 to 4 dreams per night, cause even when they're not lucid, I looooooooveeee my dreams . I will report back when I decide it's time to start trying again, might give WILD a shot in 1 week, and start setting my alarms for WBTB in 1 or 2 weeks.

[Reverie Phantom]

In my opinion you can never try TOO hard with lucid dreaming. Practice makes perfect... you may have just hit a small dry spell, or you're still having lucids, you're just not remembering them. If anything taking a break would be worse for lucid dreaming than trying too hard. But give it a go if you want lol. Who knows, maybe it could help. Cheers.

[innerspacecadet]

Taking a break sometimes helps with my dry spells. But I find that it's the renewal of motivation to lucid dream that's the most decisive factor in breaking dry spells. To have motivation, I need to have some lucid dreaming agenda (task) that's (a) interesting to me and (b) something I have confidence I can do. Dry spells tend to occur when one or the other of those conditions is not met by a potential lucid dream agenda. Like, if I fail after many attempts at a specific lucid task, or just can't think of something to do that captures my imagination, I tend to go into a dry spell. I have long periods of just not being into lucid dreaming 'cause there's no agenda that captures my imagination, and during that time I have few, and brief, lucid dreams (because "doing something" in a lucid dream is the best way I know how to prolong it.)

[acidlife]

When i first started out with lucid dreaming, my lucid dream were pretty long, I still think my first decent lucid dream is probably the longest one i ever had. It's also 1 of the 2 only lucid dreams from wich i intentionaly woke myself up. When i started focusing more on lucid dreaming i started having trouble staying in the dreamworld... Also, when i tried to hard, i found that my lucid dreams were boring and 'empty'. I found it better for me to be less aware, then my lucid dreams are much more adventurous and exciting... Ofcourse i do get carried away in situations sometimes, not completely realising it's a dream... And even losing lucidity again...

[AndresLD]

When i first started out with lucid dreaming, my lucid dream were pretty long, I still think my first decent lucid dream is probably the longest one i ever had. It's also 1 of the 2 only lucid dreams from wich i intentionaly woke myself up. When i started focusing more on lucid dreaming i started having trouble staying in the dreamworld... Also, when i tried to hard, i found that my lucid dreams were boring and 'empty'. I found it better for me to be less aware, then my lucid dreams are much more adventurous and exciting... Ofcourse i do get carried away in situations sometimes, not completely realising it's a dream... And even losing lucidity again... That's EXACTLY my case, My first lucid dream has, BY FAR been the best lucid dream I've ever had, I figured out I could use a week for "resting" because I think I've been pushing too hard to get one. 3 more days and I'll be doing WBTB's and giving shots at WILD

[AndresLD]

Started trying again on Friday (4 days ago) and I had a Lucid Dream last night I think taking a break does help when you are in a dry spell

[Xedan]

I may actually need to take a break. I've been trying really hard since starting ETWOLD and I've been having no lucids and only having recall later in the day when something triggers the memory.

[AndresLD]

I may actually need to take a break. I've been trying really hard since starting ETWOLD and I've been having no lucids and only having recall later in the day when something triggers the memory. According to your signature you've had 15 lucids? Thats weird, the dry spell hit me when I had 15 lucid dreams too! Maybe you could take a break, I rested for 1 week and it seems to have worked

[Xedan]

Yeah, I'll just give it a rest. I get barely any sleep when I try too hard, let alone dreams.