Hi Robert!
First, thank you so much for taking the time to answer questions, I truly appreciate your time!
I want to say that I am an avid lucid dreamer but I go through dry spells, it seems. My dream recall diminishes and I can’t seem to lucid dream anymore. This happens even though I keep a dream journal, do reality checks etc. My aim was to learn how to lucid dream every night but my question is, is this possible for someone who is not a natural lucid dreamer? And is it even feasible? I know technically we’re all naturals but I had to teach myself how to do it again recently and I was able to lucid dream almost the entire month of November. Now in January I’ve only had one lucid dream. Also, do you remember your dreams every night? I’m guessing that my daily waking life might sometimes get in the way of my dream life BUT I make sure I meditate every night before sleep to clear my mind and make way for dreams. It feels like my lucid dream skill slips away if I even miss a couple days of practice. I don’t want to stop lucid dreaming again (I don’t think I’ll ever give up again) but it’s a little depressing to go to bed and wake up dreamless or with fragments, or to practice the WBTB method with no results. I primarily use MILD with WBTB with great success. Thanks again Mr. Waggoner
Hi,
Thanks for sharing a bit about your lucid dream experience!
If you look at some similar questions on this site, you will see that many people have the same experience. They do well at lucid dreaming, but then have droughts — and do not have a lucid dream for a month or more.
While this seems distressing, I feel it normally reflects one of these issues:
a) Your life has become busier or more stressful, and your ‘focus’ shifts to daily concerns so much that dream recall and lucid dreaming suffer,
b) A person may do something new (like begin taking medications for a condition, start drinking/smoking, etc.) which has a negative effect
c) A person may have success with a technique, but as the ‘technique’ becomes routine and mundane, it fails to engage the person in a way that leads to lucid dreams (so they need something more ‘engaging’ or an approach that seems ‘engaging’),
d) And Sometimes — if a person looks back and reads the last lucid dream or two, they will see some element of ‘fear’ or some element of refusing to grow/change (either literally or symbolically in the lucid dream). In this case, the person may subconsciously refuse to recall dreams or refuse to lucid dream, until they ‘resolve’ the fear or concern.
e) Miscellaneous (you watched a movie/show or read an article that scared you about the subconscious, etc. and since then, your recall has been affected — or you have No Goals to achieve in lucid dreaming, and therefore you have no direction ).
To your other question about having a lucid dreaming routinely, I mention that I achieved this at one time (having 30 lucid dreams a month) by “Developing a Lucid Mindset”. I assume if you google my name and those words, then the approach will show up. It is a very simple technique but requires consistent mindfulness each day.
Finally, I encourage those who read my books to see lucid dreaming as a Journey, a long path. It takes time, it takes inner growth, it takes removing limiting beliefs, it takes mindful engagement and playful work.
Lucid wishes!