Even just the basics of lucid-dreaming techniques are well worth picking up

[brin_bellway]

Me: *looks at watch*

Me: 5:14, okay, what should my plans be next-- wait, shit, I was supposed to be at work for 5.

Me: ...I have never in real life had the problem of losing track of time and forgetting to go to work, but I *do* have recurring nightmares about it. I *could* play it safe and act like it's real just in case, but it sure would be convenient if it weren't real. Hmm...right, okay, so what you do here is...

Me: *closes eyes, jumps*

Midair body: *settles gently back to the floor at an acceleration much less than 1 G*

Me: :D

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If that's what you call the basics :D

[(Anonymous)]

The basics for lucid dreaming I tried to pick up is that I don't even remember my dreams most of the time. Lucid dreaming enthusiasts recommended to work on that first, and the recommendation was to

1) keep a dream diary right next to bed

2) deliberately wake up in the middle of your dreams by setting yourself an alarm at unreasonable times, like 3am or so.

I tried it, and it worked well – I remembered 2 out of 3 dreams. Until after 3 nights I was really, really fed up with the whole ordeal…

– Huluk