u/Remarkable_Dress_553

I have been attempting to lucid dream for about a month now. I have had a couple of experiences that tell me that I’m on the right path and getting closer but there’s always something that stops me from actually lucid dreaming. This is a long read ⚠️

Some of my experiences include ‼️: -feeling a rocking sensation while drifting into sleep -seeing colors/outlines/dream scenes forming in my eyelids -hearing creepy noises while drifting into sleep -feeling my body get heavier into the mattress -remembering my dreams way better

There was one night that I actually became lucid for about 4 seconds before my brain bumped me into the next dream scene and I was back to being an observer. When I dream, I always dream in 3rd person. It’s like I’m watching myself through a movie screen and I’m doing whatever in my dream world. I am always an observer. The night that I became lucid, I dreamed that I was at my grandmas house and me n my sister were sitting on the stairs talking. I remember thinking while in my dream, “this is weird that we’re talking so casually🤔” bc in real life, me n my sister don’t get along. As soon as I had questioned my dream, I jumped from 3rd person view into 1st person view and my dream had became way brighter and clearer. While lucid, I had also noticed that there was carpet on the stairs even thought we had replaced it w wood months ago; another sign I was in a dream. Then my sisters face started to morph. I didn’t get scared n I don’t think I was excited but I just got to the next dream scene and I was back in 3rd person view and unable to control or question my dream again.

Anyways, I feel like it’s super hard for me to even stop and question things in my dream even though I had done it once for a very short period. I feel my best chance to lucid dream would be the WILD method.

One night, I woke up around 3am bc my fan had went off and I was hot so I got up to turn it back on. While I was up, I felt super groggy and tired and I knew it would be the best time to attempt any methods to lucid dream. I decided I was gonna do the WILD method. I layed really still in a comfortable position and was super relaxed and letting my mind wander into anything lucid dream related. I started to sense that my body was feeling like I was sinking into my mattress and felt like I was getting close to falling asleep while staying aware. THEN I started hearing a creepy noise like really heavy and scary breathing 😭 I have experienced sleep paralysis at least 20+ times so I was not that scared. I remained still but I feel like hearing the creepy noise was enough to wake my brain up and become more alert and ruined my progress. I stayed still for about 20 minutes after to still attempt to lucid dream but I just couldn’t get my progress back and ended up staying up all night.

So, IN CONCLUSION ‼️ my questions would be 👇🏼: -How do I stop to question weird things in my dream instead of being so passive? -How do I remain calm or not focus on the creepy noises ? -What other methods should I try? -How do I perform genuine reality checks that don’t seem so mechanical and that actually cause me to question my surroundings? -What should I be thinking/doing while I drift into sleep? -Are there any beginner mistakes that slowed your progress? -Does anyone else dream in 3rd person and if so, did that make it harder to lucid dream?

PLEASE share some experiences/advice/tips and if you reply to any of my questions, PLEASE BE SPECIFIC 😩 thank you ‼️😁