I did it!

After 6 weeks of some hardcore training I finally had a lucid dream two nights ago. One of my dream sign targets triggered the instant realization that I was dreaming (oddly, without me doing a reality check).

The LD was fairly brief, though I managed to control myself after I got lucid and did not wake up immediately, which has happened to me once before. But the dream was unstable and I tried to gain control by doing some of the techniques recommended in LaBerge's text (spinning, focusing on hands). They kind of worked, but the dream kept destabilizing and I woke up after about a minute.

I didn't get to achieve the task I've been planning on doing, but I did get to see some beautiful, amazing jungle/waterfall scenery in vivid detail! This has definitely got my motivation up :)

Great job buddy!! It's an awesome feeling isn't it? :) oh, and the thing about reality checks is usually we become lucid BEFORE the RC, the RC just helps to solidy the fact that we're dreaming.

Good job, dude. :goodjob2:

Elucive said it all, usually you don't become lucid with a reality check, you just use them to ensure you're actually dreaming. Congrats!

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Thanks everyone! The Dreamviews support has definitely played a huge part in my progress =)

It feels awesome to know I'm on the right track but I know I still have a lot of work to do.

Also, I'm curious to hear what you guys think about this. I experimented with piracetam a little bit for lucid dreams. This LD I had occurred the night after I discontinued taking piracetam... I wrote about it in this post (stopping piracetam for LDs).

It could be a coincidence since I have been training pretty intensely, or maybe something is going on?

Congratulations. I'm envious but in a good way.