I Cannot Imagine...

[Eilonnwy]

"The Snooze Button Method" Set your alarm for a time before you would normally wake up and then continually hit the snooze button until you have to get out of bed. This is probably the most common technique, and the odds are that you have already had some experience with this one unless your alarm does not have a snooze button. By hitting the snooze button you are constantly coming in and out of dreams so you dramatically increase your recall, and it is very helpful for inducing lucid dreams as well, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

Ha, I already do that because I suck at waking up so I snooze for like an hour before I do. It's funny because sometimes it does make me more aware of my dreams, and sometimes the alarm clock becomes a part of the dream. On rare occasions I've turned it off and then been late to work. XD

Another interesting thing is when you're aware you are dreaming your natural reaction is to either wakeup or dream you wake up and then continue dreaming. I've done both, it's freaky.

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The "training" consisted of reading a bunch of crap on the internet and sifting out the nuggets of practical knowledge. I don't go to sleep thinking, "I will lucid dream tonight" and then it happens; when things get dodgy in a dream I can take control and change the dream or at least abort it. The trick is to be able to discern reality from dreaming and then simply take control. IOW you're doing it right!

Rhizo

Hah, yeah the whole stuff about belief is crap. But yeah, I've taken control of dreams and turned them the way I want. It's fun. It's especially useful if I'm having a nightmare.