So I’ve been doing pretty well memorizing my dreams, and writing them down. But I am a little reluctant to try and MILD techniques because of sleep paralysis. But I have been reminding myself throughout the day to remember lucid dreaming, that I’m going to do that tonight. I‘ve also told myself to do reality checks throughout the day. But I still notice when I have a dream, I’m not really aware that I’m dreaming and can’t control it. Is that my mind being weak? Also, it’s not that clear of a dream. I started trying to lucid dream 2-3 days ago. I’d appreciate some tips on this!!
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Hello there, and welcome to the forum! 😊
First of all, well done for making such good progress in 2-3 days. Second of all: No, this is absolutely in no way, shape, or form your mind being weak! Lucid dreaming is difficult -- it's a hard skill to master, and takes time, patience, and effort to develop. Like Daniel Love so often says, it's comparable to learning to play an instrument, or learning a new language when it comes to timeframe and effort needed.
You're very new to this, so at the moment, I think I'd advise you to focus mainly on dream recall. Once you have roughly at least one dream a night recalled, you're better prepared to get to the lucidity aspect. I think that, with practice and a little while of focus on dream recall, you will probably find that you remember your dreams more clearly in general.
Regarding MILD, I'd strongly advise you to watch Daniel's most recent video if you haven't already:
"MILD Technique - The ORIGINAL & Correct version (Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams) Lucid Dreaming" -- https://youtu.be/r-0ImWP2FCQ
Regarding sleep paralysis, my tip would be to remember that it's a completely natural phenomenon, and not harmful at all. I'm no expert on this topic, so I can't explain it as well as Daniel would, but essentially, sleep paralysis is just a "mistiming" of the paralysis of our limbs during sleep. Sleep paralysis is a safety gurard, so to speak: our limbs are paralysed during REM sleep, because if they weren't, we would start acting out our dreams with our physical, sleeping bodies, and risk hurting ourselves! So sleep paralysis while awake is nothing to fear -- again, it's just that our brains sometimes get the timing for this phenomenon slightly wrong. If you do end up experiencing sleep paralysis at any point, try to remind yourself that what you're currently experiencing is natural, and completely harmless, even if it can feel uncomfortable. This approach helped me immensely 😊
Good luck! 😊