Thread: Did I just lucid dream?

Hello all,
You might remember me from my earlier posts in November and December when I was first trying to attain lucidity. I had a 10 second dream back in November which I asked about and you's said was probably my first lucid, unforchantly after that I kind of dropped it cause I got bored and tired and it was my Christmas holidays. I didn't take it up again until this march when I started to write my dreams down and attempt to MILD when I was going to sleep each night.
So just there last night I attempted to MILD before I went to sleep and I was so tired I fell straight asleep on my back, forgetting to turn my lamp off. Anyway, I had three dreams, all kinda inter connected, sometime in the morning before 8:31am. The second one stuck out because my best friend was in it, and I never dream about my best friend. It was toward the end of this dream that I began to think "maybe this is a dream" and it carried over to my final dream. In this dream I was walking down a corridor in my school and I kept thinking "if this is a dream I can control it right?" . I went to the bathroom (cause I really needed to go in real life I guess) and went into the stall I usually use in that bathroom. I thought I would try a reality check, when I was sitting on the toilet. I tried to put my right index finger through my left hand, It didn't work, but by this stage I was sure it was a dream so I tried again and it kind of broke through the skin, the top of my hand sort of split/cracked, I was expecting a much cleaner motion but that was fine. I was sure now so I rubbed my hands together. The cubical was very small so I pushed the door forward and it expanded. I tried to flip over but it didn't work. I woke up.
So I'm fairly sure that was a lucid dream, but It was very foggy, I was in control but I wasn't really in control of my mind, like I didn't think, hey I can leave here now if I want, or wow I'm lucid dreaming, it was more of a steady realisation followed by foggy inaction. Is this what all lucids are like or will it get clearer and easier to think? Was this infact a lucid dream? Will I be able to have them easier now? How can I make it clearer and more real feeling?

Thanks for all your advice in advance!

Hi there.
Sounds like a lucid dream to me, so congratulations. What you described is characteristic of a lot of peoples' early lucid dreams; very foggy, not much control, and waking up soon after the realisation. At least that's what mine were like. But don't worry, if you keep at it and stay focussed, the clarity of your dreams will improve. And another tip, keep to inducing lucidity in the early morning hours, after you've had a good amount of sleep first. Not only is it more healthy for you to not disrupt your deep, slow-wave sleep earlier in the night, but your REM sleep periods are more frequent and last longer in the later hours of sleep too. You'll have very limited success trying to MILD when you first go to sleep.
I had a lucid dream this morning too, and I'm just about to go write it up here now over in my thread.
Good luck in your future dream adventures.

Yo and congrats on lucid dream!
Yeah, as Well now what?(what a weird username, haha ) said it's lucid dream, lucid dream is when you know you are dreaming, even when it's not clear or lack of control, and ofcourse they will get better if you will keep trying and be focused and confident!
Also you could use dream stabilization technique to prolong dream and to increase vividness, check out this tutorial for more information on that: Dream Stabilization and Clarity Tutorial - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views , i personally having success with 'engaging senses' and 'rubbing hands' ones.

@Well now what? and @Checker666
Thanks a million for the replies! I hope it will be easier to do it from now on. Thanks for the link also, thats the sort of thing i was looking for.
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Congratulations on the lucid dream! You already got some good advice.

I really suggest writing down all your dreams as best you can. It truly helps stimulate lucid dreaming.