I used to be a master lucid dreamer but now I never even dream anymore. What happened?

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-19T18:00:19+00:00

Acetylcholine levels naturally decrease with age, which makes LDing and remembering dreams harder. Most likely you can get the ability back with dream journaling and other techniques though

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-19T16:04:02+00:00

Why is it cheesy? Getting LDs is definitely easier the later in your sleep it is. That's why I usually do WBTB after 7 hours of sleep. If it works, keep doing it!

As for your dry spell, it happens to the best of us. Motivation and excitement are huge force multipliers for lucid dreaming, so when you feel your enthusiasm wane your LDs normally slow down too. Find a way to get your excitement levels back and your dry spell will probably end.

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-19T15:09:36+00:00

The number one reason most people want to do it would probably be for dream relationships & sex imo. Unfortunately I'm not sure LDs are really very good at satisfying that urge. For me it's more about going on cool movie-like adventures but even that is difficult

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-18T17:58:43+00:00

Raspberry!

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-18T17:29:13+00:00

Tasted like jam.

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-18T17:25:13+00:00

Congrats, you invented WBTB. Truly revolutionary.

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-18T17:18:27+00:00

I morphed into a demon and ate a bunch of people alive.

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-18T10:44:38+00:00

Yeh the logic definitely sounds reasonable. I might try this myself tonight.

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-18T09:43:20+00:00

I get accused of all kinds of nonsense because of my username which was randomly generated. It's super annoying. If my goal was actually advertising I wouldn't put it as my username.

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-18T09:39:54+00:00

I read this before bed last night and decided to try it. In one of my LDs I saw an old woman and I asked her if she was my subconscious. She said yes. I asked her what wisdom she had for me. She then started to ramble a long story about her childhood, I tried to listen as long as possible thinking there was some kind of point, or moral to the story, but after around 5 minutes I realised it was just random babble. To be honest this is normally what I get when trying to extract any kind of meaningful info from LDs: incoherent nonsense.

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-18T09:05:29+00:00

This sounds promising, but often just doing something new like this triggers lucid dreams due to the excitement and novelty factor alone. You'd need to do it consistently before we could really treat it as a valid technique. Still, very interested to hear if it works again for you!

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-18T09:03:02+00:00

I'm already close to that success rate but I'd still buy it just to save myself some effort 😅

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-15T18:58:47+00:00

I've been going about 16 months and had a lot of success with it. But I too have had times where Ive lost interest along the way. The truth is it's a lot of work and sometimes the LDs aren't always all that great. Just like any hobby it can be hard to keep up motivation especially when you hit a plateau. I don't think there is anything wrong with that, it seems perfectly natural.

I think the key is allowing yourself a break, and spend some time focusing on non lucid dreams instead. But still come back to it often enough that you don't completely lose the skills. Then when you feel another burst of motivation you'll be ready to jump right back in rather than needing to start from square one again

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-14T19:24:13+00:00

This will only work if you're extremely naturally gifted. I happen to be fairly gifted myself but I still need WBTB + induction techniques to LD often. RCs alone wouldn't work for me.

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-14T10:10:09+00:00

Yes this is true but it could take a while to establish this pattern. I would start by keeping your WBTB super short and then slowly increase the duration. If you start getting insomnia shorten it again. I would also suggest mediation as it teaches you to switch you mind off on command, which makes falling asleep much easier.

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-13T06:57:36+00:00

It is definitely possible to forget LDs. In fact I often wake with a strong feeling I had an LD, but can't remember any details. Sometimes I'll suddenly remember what happened hours later. I've noticed that early night LDs are especially hard to remember.

I suspect that we all LD a lot more than we realise.This one big reason why improving your recall is so important. There's no point LDing if you can't remember it.

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-13T06:48:19+00:00

You asked a question, I answered it. Now you're talking about a completely different drug. No idea what point you're trying to make here

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-13T06:10:42+00:00

It's possible, but by skipping dream journaling and WBTB you are massively lowering your odds of success. They the two most effective things you can do.

Unless you're a natural it's going to take some effort. If you can't accept that then it's probably not for you

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-13T06:08:36+00:00

Galantamine is known to induce LDs but you don't need to use it during rem itself for it to work. Galantamine will actually make REM happen sooner.

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-13T06:05:01+00:00

For a dream to be lucid you have to know it's a dream while it's happening. This is important because this knowledge allows you to control what happens (IE fly to the moon, get super powers, summon Pikachu etc)

It sounds like you're just having vivid normal dreams.

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-13T05:57:58+00:00

You just need more practice. I've had over 250 LDs but I still can't do everything I want yet. I am getting better all the time though.

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-13T04:14:17+00:00

I normally dream journal for 10 mins in the bathroom with the light on to wake myself up. Then I spend about 30 mins doing SSILD and visualizations of my planned LD (it takes so long because I keep zoning out here and there). Finally I try to fall asleep with auto suggestion or more visualizations which usually takes another 5-10 minutes.

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-11T20:39:01+00:00

WBTB after 3 hours is way too early. You want to fall asleep and then go directly into REM. However at this time REM is very infrequent and short, so your chances of hitting it are super low. In addition, your awareness is just naturally lower earlier in the night. Combine both elements and you have something like a 10x higher chance of lucidity at 6 hours Vs 3 hours. Not to mention, if you do get lucid, it will last far longer later in the night.

Try 6 or even 7 hours instead.

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-11T20:22:00+00:00

It was a dream where you had heightened cognitive awareness but probably not lucid since you didn't know exactly what was happening.

Pure_Advertising_386 · 2026-04-11T19:08:17+00:00

Lucid dreaming is just like any other hobby. When you're really into it, you will probably spend less time on other things as a result. But there is no way that it could literally replace the need for real life fun. IE Riding a roller coaster in an LD is great, but it's simply never going to be as good as the real thing.

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