Thread: First LD (DILD)

Congratulations, sounds like you're really making progress - better than I am. The pinch test isn't really recommended as you probably know.

The part where you were at the lake telling others that you'd had a lucid dream when you were no longer lucid is just like one of the anecdotes in Stephen LeBerge's book.

My dad always tells me to eat cheese and pickled onions before bed to instigate dreams.

Originally Posted by Revery

The pinch test isn't really recommended as you probably know.

I suppose I was somewhat lucky this time, since even after the pinch test, I knew I was dreaming. It was like I immediately recognized the feeling of dreaming, and there was no need for a reality check.

Originally Posted by Revery

My dad always tells me to eat cheese and pickled onions before bed to instigate dreams.

Yeah, I had been looking at what foods helped for lucid dreaming, and basically any actual fruit drink can help, bananas for B6, Cheese was tryptophan, along with turkey. I haven't heard pickled onions mentioned before though (until now that is :p)

I have only been trying to LD for a month and 2 days, so I'm hoping to make more progress shortly.

The pickled onions just seem to work for him - but it's probably just an old wives tale.
I had cheese, biscuits, chutney and apple juice before bed the other night and had lots of dreams.

I'd been trying to LD for about the same amount of time but have just been losing sleep over it lately - waking to an alarm at 4 or 5am then trying to concentrate on dreaming but I just end up staying awake for the rest of the morning.

The only LD I've ever had was about 15 or so years ago when I just spontaneously had an unbelievably real but short dream. I think I'm trying too hard at the moment.

I'm half way through the book 'Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming' which has lots of useful advice I'm trying to put into practice.