I had my first lucid dream last night!

**vterm** · 08-20-2010 09:11 PM

okay, i have been trying to lucid dream for about a month now and I haven't had any success with WILD or DEILD. I can't do the ones where you wake up very well, because I'm a heavy sleeper and have school at 6 so i can't afford to. Anyway, i hadn't had luck with DILD, but i heard about MILD and the similarity. So I tried it last night. I chanted the mantra in my head maybe fifty times saying "i will do a reality check while I'm dreaming". When i started getting tired, I just kept thinking about doing a reality check when i dream. I did maybe two or three reality checks yesterday. And i lucid dreamed! I woke up that morning and felt like i hadn't even remembered a dream, then it all came to me! I remember walking around with strippers, sorry i didn't make it that way. Anyway, i suddenly had the thought, "do a reality check!" So i plugged my nose, and boom, i could breath! So please don't get mad, i didn't have a whole lot of control, but i did it with one of the girls. And then i vaguely remember seeing a TV with an ESPN ticker, and it said the Yankees beat the Red Sox 48-6.

The interesting thing was that I didn't seem all that thrilled in the dream. Because when i did the reality check and realized i was dreaming, I just stayed really calm and didn't get excited. I mean, it was a good dream

but I kinda wanted to do more. I think it will progress to get funner, but what do you think of this first dream? I'm gonna put the full dream in my DJ on the site if you wanna read it.

Thanks to all at DV for helping me find the perfect technique and tips to help me accomplish the coolest thing I have ever done!

**scrumpy** · 08-20-2010 09:18 PM

Congrats, who can blame you becoming lucid with strippers around lol, one really encouraging thing is the you didn't wake up! I'm still trying to work on making my lucids last

**vterm** · 08-20-2010 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by scrumpy

Congrats, who can blame you becoming lucid with strippers around lol, one really encouraging thing is the you didn't wake up! I'm still trying to work on making my lucids last

yeah it wasn't extremely clear, but i really liked it. I'm not sure how long it lasted either, but i asked the girl she was all happy and stuff haha. Good luck with making them last. I've heard if you feel the dream collapsing you can spin around to prolong it.

**Supernova** · 08-20-2010 10:20 PM

Congratulations on your first lucid. I also had trouble getting more than marginal sucess untill I tried MILD, it's a very reliable method when done right. As for wishing you'd done more, you will untill you get a better hang on in-dream self control, it will be difficult but it just takes time. They key is to pick a goal when you're awake, and resolve to persue it the next time you are dreaming. You're much more likely to remember it this way, if you try to decide while in the dream chances are you'll forget about it and go with your first impulse.