Post MILD successes Recognizing that you are in a dream

[Asclepius]

If I read a lot of posts on DV I dream about DV. But I don't become lucid. MILD has been the best technique for me. I would like to read more examples of becoming lucid through MILD. I hope this will cause me to have more LDs from MILD. Maybe it will help others too. Here are some examples of where after using MILD while falling asleep I became lucid: 1) dream I'm in meeting with my boss Gail and another woman. I ask several questions about this other woman. Then I realize Gail is retired and this must be a dream. 2) dream I am with my family, someone mentions not disturbing my grandmother. I realize my grandmother is dead and this must be a dream 3) A stranger who is playing the guitar and singing says "Hi Asclepius". How can a stranger know my name. I realize I'm dreaming (edit: I had another dream where I became lucid when I wondered how strangers in a fast food restaurant knew my name) 4) I am helping a woman put her drunk daughter in her car. I see a 12 inch tall deer that looks like a living cartoon. I realize I'm dreaming 5) In very large multi-floor building going from floor to floor. At one point going up stairs quickly start flying. Realize I am dreaming [i]Please post examples where you used MILD and then realized you were dreaming

[Climhazzard]

I've had one lucid, but only for a couple seconds...anyway: I was getting out of bed, I look outside a window, and see these large white skyscrapers, I think to myself, "I don't live here, I live in boring ____"

[Asclepius]

Well this post worked for me. First lucid dream in April the night of posting. I was on a beach in "Bermuda". The ocean was an amazing shade of blue (Hawaii has a nice blue in the ocean, but this was the perfect blue). I look at the sand and it is shimmering. I say aloud "Why is it so beautiful?" and realize that its a dream! edit: had first WILD after last post, so this is my lucky thread edit: May 9 - I am walking outside in the snow at 5:00 am in the morning. I wonder "Why isn't it cold?" and realize that its a dream

[tehownerer]

Only lucid dream: A dog jumps on my feet while im on the computer. I know that we dont have a dog so I go downstairs and see my friend with something weird floating around his head- I then scream out "Holy crap im dreamin" actually - I didnt do that with a mild... It was more a DILD