Thread: First Lucid Dream, But Something Went Wrong!

I had my first close-to-Lucid last night but something went wrong. Maybe someone with a bit of experience can read my DJ from last night and help me out. I'm pretty sure it's a combination of excitement and losing focus of my dream scene.

April 7: I'm (18) walking around a carnival in a large parking lot with my sister (12). It's cold so i know that its today (April 7) and not the summer. We go over to a giant water tank and sit on the edge with many other people. inside the tank is a Great White Shark named "Angel" that is floating around because it has neither fins or a tail (they have been butchered off). The carnival people are collecting money for the "poor" animal to buy it prosthetics (eg. "Dolphin Tale"). Me an my sister hop up and begin walking away to avoid being caught up in the money scam. we walk towards this building and into a white hallway. At this point I'm no longer aware that my sister is walking with me. I check the time (though I don't remember seeing a clock or watch) and realise it's 10:13am. I start freaking out because I had to be at work at 9am. I start running down the hall while thinking about what I'm going to tell my boss. I do a Prince of Persia-style wall run along the side of the hall. I cling perfectly to the wall which I notice is odd. when I land i stop running and start questioning. I realize that i wouldn't have come to a carnival knowing i had work and that I must be dreaming and I have not in fact missed work. (being late is a bit of a dream sign for me) I realize this means I'm going to have my first Lucid. I exhale and plug my nose to RC. At this moment I collapse to the ground, and my vision goes white and starts flickering. I start having huge convulsions and pains (picture grand maul seizure). Then shaking stopped. I open my eyes and I'm in my bed. I look at my clock and see it's 7:11am. RC for good measure and I'm awake!

I have been trying to LD since Jan 2012 and this is my first real success so I am still quite happy having achieved this, but I'm interested to know what went wrong so I can reach the next step in the future. If some experienced LDer can give me some tips of what to do differently to help become lucid when I realize I'm dreaming that would be awesome.

Thanks, Minch