Thread: Is It Normal For...

Yes, it's very common.

But congrats on the LD! What an accomplishment to become lucid, then to exert so much control over the dream - well done!

So don't worry that the control is less then perfect - improvement will come with time and more practice. Your sig says you've had 4 LDs total, so you should be really proud about your level of control over them - it takes most people a lot longer to get the hang of it.

The main thing about control is that you have to believe you are in total control over your dream. There's nothing you can't do. Know that it's your dream and you can manipulate it in whatever fashion your little heart desires.

And practice, practice, practice. See what works best for you and go with it. Keep us posted on your progress!

Yeah I've had four... The first three were of little consequence... mostly involving getting excited... focusing... trying to exert control and getting frustrated... and then waking myself up... they were all shorter than a minute... That is one of the reasons this was so profound... it was a giant leap from what I had done before. Yes... as for being proud... I'm not so much proud as I am thankful... I realize that I seem to have a natural talent for this... I am very fortunate.

Originally Posted by Leixor

So last night I had my best lucid dream EVER... So far... One of the things I did was attempt to exert a small amount of control over my dream by summoning an object from behind my back. I decided to pick a screwdriver, the reason being it was the first thing that occured to me small enough to pull from back there, I had used one a lot the previous day in real life to fix a vacuum cleaner. Anyway so I summoned it. It worked... the handle was that of a screwdriver I've never seen before... but the blade was broken... only like 1 CM long. I tossed it aside and tried again, this time visualizing as best I could the same screwdriver I used in real life. It worked again, the handle perfectly matched what I had envisioned... but the blade again was broken... Later at the culmination of my dream when I attempted to change the entire landscape behind an archway... this too also worked... it was correct except it was much less vibrant and colorful than the rest of my dream had been. It was kind of washed out... like an old photograph. Also there were dream characters there that should not have been (well should not have been based on what I wanted). I asked them to leave and they did. Then the person whom I wanted to be there appeared as I expected she would. It was definitely who I wanted to be there, but she had slightly different facial features than she should have. My question is this like a common occurance for someone new to all of this?
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very very common... especially the different facial features... they become more clear the more you do it though, more like the actual person... i suppose you'll tire of hearing this, but all things in time.