Sunday, July 31, 2011

Lucid Dreaming - Motivation Trouble

Hi everyone.
I've really been slipping in the lucid dreaming department lately. I think one of my biggest problems right now is motivation. I haven't felt all that motivated to make an effort to have lucid dreams as of late. It's not that I've completely lost interest, I just don't feel all that motivated to actually try to recall my dreams or altering my sleeping schedule to boost chances of lucidity.

I guess it's got a lot to do with my situation in life as it is right now. I have a lot of things to look forward to, and some things I have to take care of once certain procedures are settled. Once I receive word from the university in Kyoto, I have to apply for a student visa, I'm going to visit my grandmother today, first time in way too long. And in just five days my girlfriend is coming to my country. It's been several months since we've seen each other, so naturally I'm pretty excited.

All these things tend to pop into my head at night when I'm about to sleep, and I just can't concentrate on the dreaming itself. So, I think I'm going to take a short break. Once some of these things settle down and I can focus better on the dreams, I think I'll give it another shot. The memory exercise I mentioned about a week ago was quite successful, though. So that's nice.

Well, I hope I can settle down and focus a bit better after a few weeks break. Who knows, maybe I'll have a spontaneous lucid dream just like that? You never know! Until next time, have a good day!

10 comments:

  1. i hope you put your life in order so you can get back at it soon :)

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  2. No need to rush anything, it will fall into place when the time is right.

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  3. Usually recalling my bad dreams is all I do :/

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  4. I had just 1 Lucid dream in my life, that i can remember.

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  5. I never really try to hard with the lucid dreams, sometimes they just happen - and then at least I'm ready to take control over it.

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  6. hope everything will be alright soon

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  7. Lucid dreaming is an interesting phenomenon. I actually freak out when it occurs. Good post though.

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  8. I want to ask a couple of questions, because I'm curious :)
    1) What made you so enthusiastic about these lucid dreams?
    2) &, Don't you feel extremely disorientated after waking up from said dreams?

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  9. @Sarah

    Well, I heard about it on the internet around spring last year, and thought the idea of controlling your dreams was totally awesome. After having a few lucid dreams, I felt even more so. As for question 2, no. On the contrary, since you are aware that you're dreaming, you are aware of waking up, too. I feel more disorientated waking up from a non-lucid dream.

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