My Lucid Dreaming Journey Day 38 - Dream Recall Got Worse...
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I don't know why is this happening, but seems like I got worse at dream recall. I have no dreams at all every other day, and that's the reason I don't post on some days.
I just can't remember anything when I wake up! Even when I do remember, it's not very vivid and there's not a lot of details that I can recall.
What's the reason for this? I really have no idea. Feels like I'm doing everything correctly, but my subconscious mind is just denying the access...
I always think about lucid dreaming, I even started watching so many videos about lucid dreaming, I read about it and I'm doing so many reality checks.
I just can't understand what's wrong...
I didn't consume any alcohol for quite some time now, I even quit smoking weed (I didn't do it often, but still). I'm trying to eat healthy food every day and I exercise regularly.
What could be wrong?
Well, I think this will pass, because I'm definitely doing everything right, unless I missed out on something important.
There's one thing I fail at though.... When I wake up after 4 hours of sleep every night, I just fall asleep without performing any techniques.
I used to have great success with the FILD technique at the beginning. Later, it never worked. Now.... I don't even do it!
I just fall asleep. I always wait till I get a bit more tired, because it won't work anyway. But, each time I fail to maintain my awareness, which leads to falling asleep.
I gotta put more effort in this specific area for sure. Still, my dream recall should be extremely good by now, but it's not.
Weird Waves
There's not much I can remember about my dreams today, but here's at least a few details that I DO remember.
I think I was at my house, I don't remember why this happened, but my parents told me that we're moving to another country.
I'm not sure if I was happy or not. I think I didn't really want this to happen, but there was nothing I could do. We were preparing to leave.
Then, I remember we were going to a tower. It was huge!
We got up there and we watched the scenery around us. There was a sea in front of us! But... The waves weren't natural at all. Those waves were moving to all directions. Back, left, right, front...
This is where I should've realized that I'm dreaming, but since my vividness was already extremely low, it means I wasn't aware at all.
Anyway, I wanted to leave, because apparently we were there for 20 minutes already. My parents didn't want to leave and they said we're going to stay here for 30 more minutes.
I was like, "What? NO WAY!". I refused to stay, because I was bored, so I kept telling them we should leave.
Then we got into a fight, but it was a really weird feeling. I mean it wasn't like a usual fight... The emotion was really negative and I didn't feel safe.
That's when I woke up.
Today I'm taking Dream Leaf since it's Monday, so hopefully I'll have some nice results tomorrow and possibly some lucid dreams again!
Some Dream Interpretations
I never normally did this before I started this journey, but I think it's going to be fun to check out what my dreams mean, since I'm getting more involved with them.
I don't necessarily believe the interpretations, but it's a great way to get even more immersed into the dream world.
So, in my dream I was preparing to move into another country. What could that possibly mean? Here's what I've found:
Preparing to go abroad indicates that a pleasant time will be experienced. I like to put this as a “love bomb blast” is going to occur in your life. Sorry if you don’t understand this. (Source)
A "love bomb blast"? What the fuck is that suppose to mean, LOL... Will somebody blast me away with their love? Well, I guess it's a positive thing to dream about moving to another country.
A pleasant time will be experienced, huh? How many times have I heard that already?
Next, I saw an ocean in my dream. What could that possibly mean? Here's what I've found:
To see an ocean in your dream represents the state of your emotions and feelings. It is indicative of spiritual refreshment, tranquility and renewal. Alternatively, the dream means that you are feeling empowered and unhindered. You have a positive outlook in life and are not limited by anything. (Source)
Empowered and unhindered! Spiritual refreshment, tranquility and renewal! Gosh so much meaning from one detail...
That's enough interpretations for today, I'm ending this post here. At the end of each post I'll include my first post (down below) about this journey as it explains why and how I'm doing this! (Full Post Here)
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I Will Be Doing This Every Day!
The main reason I want to start lucid dreaming, is for self improvement. I've been reading a lot about it and studies have shown that you can actually improve certain abilities by doing it in your dreams. For example, if you wan't to learn a foreign language, you can practice it in your dreams. Since you're working with your subconscious mind while you're sleeping, you might find out that you know words that you were never aware of while conscious. It's really all up to your creativity to what you wanna learn and improve upon in your dreams. Is it basketball that you want to become better at? You can do that! Do you want to become a better fucker? Nobody is holding you back! Just make a nasty slut appear in front of you and do whatever you want with her! Apparently while sleeping, the neural pathways engaged in the activity are strengthened, and not only imagined or visualized. To achieve lucid dreaming, a lot of action has to be taken. Well... Some find it really easy to lucid dream, but most have to achieve it the hard way. It's really important to think about lucid dreaming throughout the day. This way you're telling your subconscious mind that this is what you're focusing on and what you want, thus it gives you the access to control the dream world. There are quite a few things I will be doing in order to achieve this goal! So, first of all, I will be posting my whole lucid dreaming journey here on Steemit every day. I will be writing down all of my dreams on a journal. A dream journal is basically essential if you want to achieve lucid dreaming. I will do at least 30-50 reality checks every day. Have a sleeping rhythm. That means I will be going to sleep at the same time every night. I'll also wake up at the same time every morning as well. I will also experiment with some techniques to induce lucid dreams. I won't look at any screens (computer, TV or even phone) 30-60 minutes before bed, because I've read that this helps a lot. For those 30-60 minutes I will be meditating. Talk, read and think about lucid dreaming constantly. Occasionally I will listen to lucid dreaming binaural beats and hypnosis. I will use an app called Awoken. This app is designed to help you achieve lucid dreaming. It reminds you to do reality checks throughout the day and it has a dream journal, which is where I will be writing down all my dreams when I wake up. I will experiment with the supplement called Dream Leaf, I already ordered it and I will use it when it arrives. I will take it only once or at most twice every week to see if it changes anything about my dreams and the ability to become lucid.
Tracking All My Progress!
So, like I've mentioned before, I will be tracking all my progress and I'll be posting about it every day here on Steemit. Also, after I achieve lucid dreaming, I won't stop posting about my experiences for some time still. When I achieve my goal, I will be writing down a lot of experiences that I have inside the dream world, and I'll experiment if it's actually possible to improve real life skills while sleeping. I set a personal goal to achieve lucid dreaming within 30 days starting today. I'm really excited and hopefully I'll be able to do that even faster than 30 days! This is not the first time I try to achieve lucid dreaming, but I never took it seriously and I was too inconsistent, so I never even came close to becoming lucid. But this time I'm gonna SMASH it and record the whole journey on this blockchain!
UPDATE: I achieved lucid dreaming for the first time on day 12
I'm going to lucid dream tonight!
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