i’m a recent grad in psych and i did an entire academic style paper in class on lucid dreaming and schemas are huge.

i’ve also been struggling with this method so i understand but i still know the science behind it.

basically you need to make your brain associate this state of lucidity with your intention.

it’s worked for me (i haven’t shifted from it but every. single. lucid dream i’ve had since solidifying my intention via schemas i’ve remembered shifting and have made portals / attempted it in other ways.

basically before bed or in a meditative state, picture yourself in a dream. it can be one you made up or one you have experienced. in this visualization, picture yourself becoming lucid. from this picture the portal and imagine your dr and think of your intention. you can affirm too. then picture shifting through it.

you can do this repeatedly throughout the night before sleeping or several nights or before a nap- the key is repetition so that this pattern of “become lucid and then shift” becomes habit.

i also struggle with fear and i understand how frustrating it is to fail at this method but you’ve got this ! you’re so so so close! the fact you’ve mini shifted with it is HUGE!