Greetings.

**OneirosOnkelos** · 01-24-2013 06:06 PM

I am new to lucid dreaming. I had one a long time ago when I was a child. I recall this dream because I knew I was dreaming, but I couldn't escape. I tried to escape by acting like I was going to fall asleep, but it didn't work. I eventually woke up, else I wouldn't be typing this today. At the time I didn't know what lucid dreaming was, but I eventually heard about it. I saw how one might go about learning to lucid dream, but the idea of having a dream journal seemed like it was mandatory. I tried once, but nothing happened, so I didn't bother.

As of January 9, 2013, I began trying to have lucid dreams. A friend of mine told me she had them because we were talking about dreams. So this kind of sparked my interest. I was curious if lucid dreaming was real or not. I wondered if one would actually be aware, or if one is just dreaming about being aware while not really aware. I decided to start a dream journal that night and have been writing my dreams since. I've been trying to go with WILD, even though I'm new to lucid dreaming. I hear WILD is for those who are a bit more experienced, but if I don't practice, how will I experience one?

Yesterday, early in the morning after I wrote in my journal, I went back to bed and replayed a dream, and I believe I experienced a lucid dream. In my dream I was on a bus, but I somehow ended up in a car with two other people in it. I looked behind me and saw the bus through the window. I got out of the car and saw that it was number 25. I thought, "I don't ride bus 25, but 26." Suddenly, the 5 became a 6 and then I realized I was dreaming. I said, "I am dreaming. I am dreaming!" Then everything became black and I woke up.

Through this journey so far, it has been discouraging for me. It wasn't until yesterday that I was encouraged by this lucid dream. I just need to continue to practice. I might have experienced one this morning as well, but I can't tell if I was thinking, "This is just a dream" when I was awake or when I was asleep. It wasn't easy to tell. Either way, I had been picking up unusual things in my dreams prior to my first lucid dream since I've been practicing, so I feel like that's helping.

I try to do reality checks every day and I try to be aware of my surroundings, asking myself if I am dreaming and even saying throughout the day things like, "I dream and I am aware." It's not easy! But I try my best. Anyway, I apologize for such a long introduction, but I'll be sure to check around and see what I can do to improve my chances of lucid dreaming.

**Matte87** · 01-24-2013 07:01 PM

Welcome to DV!

It seems to me that you're rather impatient. Know that learning how to lucid dream takes time and practice. You have to keep at it even though everything feels useless.

Have you checked out this thread?: http://www.dreamviews.com/introducti...-dreaming.html

If you've got any questions, don't hesitate to ask!

**OneirosOnkelos** · 01-24-2013 09:19 PM

Thanks.

Yeah, I guess you could say that. I become easily discouraged if I don't start seeing results. I guess I worry that it could take a very long time to experience one, only to wait another long time for the next one to happen.

I skimmed through that thread a few days ago and found myself finding a thread on lucid living. I sometimes wonder if I am doing reality checking correctly. I'll check this message board to see if someone has already addressed this concern.

**Sivason** · 02-05-2013 07:54 AM

Welcome to Dream Views! This is the place to be for anyone wanting to learn how to lucid dream. The Dream Guide team is here to help you navigate the forum and answer questions. We all have 3 green stars above our avatar. Click on our user name and you can then select private message if you have a question, or you can start new threads. Don't worry about starting threads that have been started before, just try it out, if it ends up in the wrong place one of us can move it for you.

One thing you can do in a post is place a link to another thread. I have done this below. You can click on the colored words to see the new thread. Start with this extra basic one, it will help you read the acronyms in other posts, Help With Acronyms For Complete Beginners

After that one the very first thing you should do is check out basic tutorials. This one covers most of the terms you will see members using in much more depth, so start here, The Beginner's Guide to Lucid Dreaming

Also be sure to check out the DVA Dream Views Acadamy, click on this link to get there, DV Academy.

Matte , our Dream Guide team leader runs a general lucid dreaming class, and you can join in contests where you gain points for dreams you have. General Lucid Dreaming (Matte87)

Gab , another Dream Guide runs a class that is very valuable to beginners on MILD/DILD, which is by far the best method to start with. DILD (Hukif and gab)

Finally as far as the DVA stuff goes, there is a class on introduction to lucid dreaming. This is a great place if you are just starting out and need a little personal help. Intro Class (OpheliaBlue, RareCola, CanisLucidus, Chimpertainment, Xanous)

I hope to save you some time by giving you a link to a thread we all put together on the topic Sleep Paralysis. There has been so much misinformation and confusion on this topic, that after a few days on the sight, you would surely run into confusing statements refering to SP. Save yourself some frustration and read this post if you want to know about SP, Sleep Paralysis Explained

Now, on the lighter side, you may be excited to learn to fly! Here is a thread where people explain how they went about learning to fly, Can U Fly/ How Did You Learn?

Then just for a laugh here is a thread where people list all the things they want to do in an LD. It is mostly light hearted and supposed to be funny, 1000 things to do in a lucid dream!!!

Have fun and good luck with your dreaming!