I need help. I seem to be going backwards, I first found out about lucid dreaming about 2-3 weeks ago. Since then I've read countless DV posts, read a couple of books pretty much anything i can find on the subject. I reliased pretty quickly im not going to have much success until i improve my dream recall significantly, my dream recall has been shockingly bad most of my life. I have a dream journal plus practicing mantras before bed etc to improve recall which i thought was helping as i had a few days of vivid short to long dreams soon after starting.
Then my recall started getting worse again, remembering literally nothing when i wake up, so after some digging i found mindfulness and ADA, ive been practicing mindfulness for the last week and feel im doing pretty well, its on my mind most the day and im pretty sure im doing it right after reading all the guides carefully. This made no difference, so I've also been meditating for the past 3-4 days, at least half hour a day, one day i had a 2-3 hour session. Im practicing Vipassana insight meditation and have been following a couple of books that were recommended to people here on DV. I even had one moment where i had a very faint image appear in my mind during a session but quickly disappeared after i noticed it.
But still my recall is non existent. Ive now stopped eating after 6pm and changed my diet alittle, i no longer drink tea or coffee, only green tea. I also now snack on nuts and bananas instead of chocolates and crisps, I've tried incorporating some exercise into my life which is hard to keep up but ive been doing it on and off.
Basically im willing to have a complete shift in lifestyle to achieve ultimately a lucid dream, but everything i read that can help has not been helping. I need some guidance, last night i convinced myself i was going to have a long vivid dream, im not setting the bar too high, im currently only aiming for recall. Again woke up this morning, no recall. Is it possible some people just can't do it?
Im also now worrying maybe i ruined my chances from a young age, from the age of 15 to about 22 i smoked alot of weed and occasionally other drugs aswell. Im now 26 and havent touched anything since, so thats 4 years clean but maybe there was long term damage to something thats required for dream recall and lucidity all together?
Any help and advice anyone can give id be hugely greatful, at this point im not sure what else to try, obviously i will continue what im doing im not giving up, not just yet anyway.
Then my recall started getting worse again, remembering literally nothing when i wake up, so after some digging i found mindfulness and ADA, ive been practicing mindfulness for the last week and feel im doing pretty well, its on my mind most the day and im pretty sure im doing it right after reading all the guides carefully. This made no difference, so I've also been meditating for the past 3-4 days, at least half hour a day, one day i had a 2-3 hour session. Im practicing Vipassana insight meditation and have been following a couple of books that were recommended to people here on DV. I even had one moment where i had a very faint image appear in my mind during a session but quickly disappeared after i noticed it.
But still my recall is non existent. Ive now stopped eating after 6pm and changed my diet alittle, i no longer drink tea or coffee, only green tea. I also now snack on nuts and bananas instead of chocolates and crisps, I've tried incorporating some exercise into my life which is hard to keep up but ive been doing it on and off.
Basically im willing to have a complete shift in lifestyle to achieve ultimately a lucid dream, but everything i read that can help has not been helping. I need some guidance, last night i convinced myself i was going to have a long vivid dream, im not setting the bar too high, im currently only aiming for recall. Again woke up this morning, no recall. Is it possible some people just can't do it?
Im also now worrying maybe i ruined my chances from a young age, from the age of 15 to about 22 i smoked alot of weed and occasionally other drugs aswell. Im now 26 and havent touched anything since, so thats 4 years clean but maybe there was long term damage to something thats required for dream recall and lucidity all together?
Any help and advice anyone can give id be hugely greatful, at this point im not sure what else to try, obviously i will continue what im doing im not giving up, not just yet anyway.
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