Kraoms Workbook

My, streak has ended! Well sort of I guess. I did my normal routine woke up naturally like 4:42 AM SSILD go back to sleep, but then I woke up again and this time it was hard for me to fall back asleep. So eventually I did end up falling asleep again. But now like every ten minutes I would wake up. So I kept waking up and going back to sleep. I was still having dreams in these short periods and realized I was dreaming twice but it was too short and I just woke up every time.

Alright, so this morning when I normally have my lucid dreams I woke up and messed up my SSILD I fell back asleep because I was worrying to much about trying to stay tired. So as a result no lucids today . Dream recall was meh bits and pieces of a few dreams and one really really long dream.

So, this morning I had another one of those morning where I kept waking up again very frequently. It's beneficial for recall and realizing I'm dreaming but I can't really have an actually lucid because the dream ends essentially right after I realize I'm dreaming. Also I messed up my SSILD again I keep falling asleep when I wake up, I guess I have to wake myself up just a little bit more before doing it.

Not much to say about this morning, I woke up around 4:52 feeling rather awake so I did my SSILD and then went back to sleep. And I did have another waking up a lot fit this morning but not every five minutes maybe about everyone twenty. Yep, after that all I know is that Hulk Hogan thinks I'm a bitch for not eating special K cereal, yea met him in soak city in a dream..

Originally Posted by Caenis: I'm glad you were sleeping a little more easily last night. Did you become lucid again in any of your dreams? Hulk Hogan scolded you for not eating Special K? Good god. Have we arrived at the age where businesses insert commercials/product placement in dreams? :O -------- Yea in the time where I was waking up a lot I realized I was dreaming but you know I just woke up.. Also, yes they've infiltrated my dreams, better get some special K..

Alright, SO had a lucid this morning.. yay, been a few days since my last one. So, this morning I actually was sleeping well, finally, and I woke up around my usual waking up time like 4:00 AM did my SSILD, without falling asleep this time, and then go back to sleep and lucid. I thought about trying a DEILD when I naturally woke up because I woke from a dream, kinda a nightmare of sorts, and still had my eyes closed hadn't moved, but seeing as I've never tried I thought I'd just do SSILD. And I'm glad I did. Oh, also I need to stop being lazy and write more in my dream journal.

Well, this morning I woke up in a dream. And once in the dream I became lucid. Alright so now I did RCs even though I never ever do them. And they just proved to me why I don't do them. Two Rcs failed. So then I was like uhh okay maybe this isn't a dream, because I did wake up in a classroom maybe I was sleeping in class. So then I lost my lucidity because I now had convinced myself that it was real. So yea won't be using those RCs anymore.. >:C

Aw darn, that's a pain. One of the other students (I think it was Xanous?) stopped using RCs because he had the same trouble. If you become lucid and are aware enough to not need to RC, then yeah, don't bother. Perhaps just move on to stabilization. I've not had a RC fail me, but I use the nose plug. I usually RC twice, because it's difficult to tell what the result of the test was the first time. But I usually either RC out of habit, or out of suspicion. It's uncommon for me to know that I'm definitely dreaming. Just do what works for you, kraom!

Alright so this morning no lucid but I didn't do any SSILD so maybe that's why. I was going to attempt a DEILD but when I awoke at my normal natural wake up time I kind of jolted awake. And I was tired so I just went back to sleep. Also I was at my dad's house and I seem to LD more frequently at my mom's.

Alright so I had a lucid this morning. Woke up around 4:43 AM checked my phones time and then did SSILD went back to sleep and had a lucid dream.And I finally full on flew this morning woo. Also, my stabilization is pretty good now I don't have to use any techniques like spinning or looking at my hands anymore as long as I'm focusing in the dream it's stable. Although this morning was weird because I had three FAs.. And some dreams within dreams. It was a little hectic. Anyways I'm going to get to posting in my dream journal.

That's great Kraom, good job! How long did your flying lucid last? It's a shame you didn't get to talk to that DC, I guess your dream wanted you to do something action-packed. I'm impressed that SSILD is working so well for you. You've had a ton of LDs in such a short time! What do you think you'll do in your next LD? Talk to a DC without it disappearing?

I just read your DJ, it sounded great. My first (only so far) flying experience I didn't feel much physically. It was a bit frustrating, so I think it's really cool that you felt the wind while flying. Time dilation, or making your LDs last longer? Either way, exciting! Best of luck to you man, I hope you succeed. Tell us all about it if you do! I'll want to learn your methods.

Hi Kraom, Just stumbled upon your DJ and I'm impressed. You apparently did the SSILD technique very effectively! One thing I'd like to comment on is those instances where you had difficulty falling back to sleep and then afterward repeatedly woke up -- this is a sign of false awakenings induced by SSILD. SSILD is very good at creating these ultra realistic FAs which make you try to fall asleep while you are already sleeping! Therefore, you will want to pay attention to this kind of situations, and once you learn to identify these FAs your chance to succeed will increase a lot! Have fun!

Originally Posted by CosmicIron: Hi Kraom, Just stumbled upon your DJ and I'm impressed. You apparently did the SSILD technique very effectively! One thing I'd like to comment on is those instances where you had difficulty falling back to sleep and then afterward repeatedly woke up -- this is a sign of false awakenings induced by SSILD. SSILD is very good at creating these ultra realistic FAs which make you try to fall asleep while you are already sleeping! Therefore, you will want to pay attention to this kind of situations, and once you learn to identify these FAs your chance to succeed will increase a lot! Have fun! -------- Thanks for the info, I have noticed that I've had an increased amount of FAs all of them seeming really realistic. I've started trying to identify my FAs now and I can recognize some now.

Well last night I did not sleep well at all, I can't recall any dreams I had. I'm pretty sure that I was awake or in a half-awake state of delirium more than I actually slept, which is probably why I can't recall any dreams. All I remember is a recurring theme of thinking something about crystals and knights and kingdoms but instead of dreams I just had grayish visions accompany them that were cloudy at best.

Alright well I slept a lot better last night and I did end up becoming lucid, but I don't really count it because although I did realize I was dreaming I made a critical mistake, I thought about my waking body that was sleeping.. So immediately the dream started fading out and next thing I know I was back awake. I remember another instance of being lucid this morning as well except this one I'm not sure how it started and I only remember bits of it. I remember driving a car and being lucid and my younger brother was in the seat next to me and he was asking me something like aren't we dreaming and I told him not to think about it. Anyways I don't count any of this it's more like partial lucids for me.

That's interesting. I've had a few dreams where I thought about my sleeping body, but my dream didn't become unstable. I'll admit that I got confused as to whether I was moving my dream body or my real body, but that was more because I wasn't completely rational in my dreams. But as always, different results for different people. Good job kraom, so many semi-lucids! Okay, I think I've decided on your title now. Dave's first part of his title related to his dreaming experiences, so yours has to also. You'll be the Semi-Lucid Matchmaker. Or the semi-lucid jack of all trades. Do either of those sound acceptable to you, dapper Mr. Kraom?

Originally Posted by Caenis: That's interesting. I've had a few dreams where I thought about my sleeping body, but my dream didn't become unstable. I'll admit that I got confused as to whether I was moving my dream body or my real body, but that was more because I wasn't completely rational in my dreams. But as always, different results for different people. Good job kraom, so many semi-lucids! Okay, I think I've decided on your title now. Dave's first part of his title related to his dreaming experiences, so yours has to also. You'll be the Semi-Lucid Matchmaker. Or the semi-lucid jack of all trades. Do either of those sound acceptable to you, dapper Mr. Kraom? -------- Yea, I think that I didn't actually wake up but I went into a false awakening, I was moving my dream body and then the next thing I knew I was moving my real body although I'm fairly certain it was still a dream body. Anyways, hopefully I don't ruin my future full-lucids instead of having semi-lucids. Oh and just to clarify, I meant that I consider last night partial lucids. By "any of this" I was only referring to last night/this morning. And I think I'd prefer my title to be The Semi-lucid Renaissance Man. (jack of all trades is too many words for my liking haha)

Originally Posted by Kraom: Yea, I think that I didn't actually wake up but I went into a false awakening, I was moving my dream body and then the next thing I knew I was moving my real body although I'm fairly certain it was still a dream body. Anyways, hopefully I don't ruin my future full-lucids instead of having semi-lucids. Oh and just to clarify, I meant that I consider last night partial lucids. By "any of this" I was only referring to last night/this morning. -------- Weren't you having semi-lucids earlier too? I remember you mentioning them, or maybe you just woke up really quickly and that's why you didn't count them. I DID have a LD where I woke up moving my real body. So it's possible you did wake up. I guess I concentrated too hard on becoming focused and aware in the dream, and woke myself up in the process. I was hoping it was a FA, but alas, I RC'd and concluded I was awake. But most of the times where I was confused about moving my dream vs. real body, I was definitely asleep and not at risk of moving. Originally Posted by kraom: And I think I'd prefer my title to be The Semi-lucid Renaissance Man. (jack of all trades is too many words for my liking haha) -------- That does sound much better! I knew there was another term I liked from when we were chatting, but I couldn't remember what it was. That was it, Renaissance Man. I also considered FA/SSILD being part of your title, but I couldn't think of any creative way to incorporate those. ...Not that semi-lucid is any better, but oh well. I never claimed to be a creative person.