Why Can’t I Lucid Dream? Help

[Julian gabriel]

I have tried to lucid dream for years and have only succeeded a few times, sometimes when I wasn’t even trying. 

It seems totally inconsistent.

I have tried all of the conventional techniques and I’ve tried meditating before bed, lucid dreaming pills, and more

I can easily remember my dreams most nights but they are almost never lucid.

Sometimes I feel like I knew that I was in a dream but still did not have enough lucidity to ACT as if I was in a dream. 

The only pattern of lucid dream induction I’ve picked up on is abstaining from screen use for the day prior to the dream, but that has only worked twice so I’m not sure. 
 

It really annoys me that I can’t tell if I’m dreaming or not. 

[Mohammad]

Same here, I must admit I haven't tried hard enough, but so far no luck. I have had lucid dreams before, but it seems to me that they happened randomly not because I did anything specific.

I believe practicing mindfulness in waking hours helps a lot, sometimes I have weird dreams when I meditated longer the day before. Most people who teach lucid dreaming emphasize on the importance of mindfulness practices.

Keep trying, it worth it

[amanen]

Do reality checks consistently and you will start doing them in your dreams too at some point. You can make it an unconscious habit that you do every now and then or do it at specific times like when going through a door.  It can take some time for you to do a reality check in a dream, or sometimes the result might not register to you, but you will at some point get to a lucid dream. 

I've had up to 5 lucid dreams that I remembered during a single night. I went from practically zero lucid dreams to having usually one at least once a week.

The reality check I personally do is that I hold my nose and try to breathe for some time, if I notice I can breathe then I will know that I am in a dream. It feels very different in real life and in a dream. There are other checks too but none of the other ones worked for me, but you can look more up online and see what works for you.

After you start lucid dreaming there is still the problem of learning to stay in the lucid dream for a prolonged period of time so that it doesn't end too quickly. So your first lucid dreams might be only a few seconds or a minute long.

[Michal__]

Read "The Phase" by Michael Raduga. I have been in your exact situation years ago and this has been a huge stepping stone in getting me to a place where I can lucid dream any night I want.

Edited November 10, 2022 by Michal__

[Razard86]

Shoot I have a different experience, I rarely ever dream...only recently started having dreams...I usually just fall into deep sleep. 

[Galyna]

On 11/10/2022 at 5:46 AM, Julian gabriel said:

I have tried to lucid dream for years and have only succeeded a few times, sometimes when I wasn’t even trying. 

It seems totally inconsistent.

I have tried all of the conventional techniques and I’ve tried meditating before bed, lucid dreaming pills, and more

I can easily remember my dreams most nights but they are almost never lucid.

Sometimes I feel like I knew that I was in a dream but still did not have enough lucidity to ACT as if I was in a dream. 

The only pattern of lucid dream induction I’ve picked up on is abstaining from screen use for the day prior to the dream, but that has only worked twice so I’m not sure. 
 

It really annoys me that I can’t tell if I’m dreaming or not. 

Study sleep yoga, and raising the basic level of awareness in a daily life is increasing a chance of a lucid dreaming. Speaking out of my own experience.