Thread: Lucidity: Attained!...?

So last night I managed to get a reality check into a dream for the very first time! it was pretty exciting (i did the whole hold-nose breathe thing). However, the excitement woke me up as soon as I realized it. I didn't even have any time to spin or anything... bummer. but still... big step forward!

What were some of you guys' first experiences like?

I've had somewhat lucid dreams before I stumbled upon these forums, but generally they go along the lines of HEY IM LUCID -> wake up, lol.

Well then, hello you two and nice to see you on the forums. always nice to get new people on the board. your on the right track with lucid dreaming, Reality check often as to not forget. What i usually do is, when I'm dreaming, i casually look around for some reason or another and then think 'maybe I'm dreaming..' absently. I would raise my hand up to my face and plug my nose, trying to breathe through it. the delicate part noe is to try not get too exited if you can infact breathe through your nose, henceforth implying your dreaming. just try to smile to yourself after calming down considerably and say that your dreaming, and try not get distracted by anything that quickly. many people can say "I must be d- oh look a purple cat!" and lose their lucidity so quickly they would be smacking themselves when they woke up - one way or another. Good luck to both of you and i apologize for the people that actually read all that!

i was in a house when (extremely relistic) and i thought: oh i haven't done an RC in a while, better do one, and lo and behold i was breathing. i was very excited and ended up breaking the roof jumping around.

So last night I managed to get a reality check into a dream for the very first time! it was pretty exciting (i did the whole hold-nose breathe thing). However, the excitement woke me up as soon as I realized it. I didn't even have any time to spin or anything... bummer. but still... big step forward!

Hi Archem,
My first experience was many years ago and achieved through a WILD although at the time I knew nothing about WILDing or LDing. Stick with it and don't let a few missed opportunities put you off. If you find you just can't stay asleep or the LD's are very shallow then maybe try one of the alternative methods for a while. Good Luck.

I had my first lucid a few days ago and I had a false awakening within minutes if not seconds. What can I say, I wanted to try everything at the same time and things just went black.

My 2nd lucid ever will stick in my head forever. Simple but cool...

I suddenly became lucid and don't to this day know why. I was outside in a desert area. Standing next to a mud style building. I thought WOW!. I moved my head closer to the wall and looked at the texture of the tan wall. So much detail I thought. I saw my hand as I touched and examined the wall.
I then slowly turned around and looked around a little. Doing everything a little slowly and totally absorbing the moment. I decided to try flying for the first time. I put my hands at my side and made a blasting rocket noise with my mouth (kinda funny when I think back). I slowly hovered straight up, and above the muddy pueblo styled walls. I could then see for miles and it was amazing. I got excited an woke up.

I've had quite a few since and I can really say the first ones, as simple as they may have been, were the most exhilarating.

My first lucid lasted about 5 seconds. It was a false awakening, but I don't remember what happened before it that warranted needing one.

I turned over in bed and read my digital alarm clock. The numbers were some impossible combination or another.

Suddenly, I was seeing the dream from a third-person view, like a TV show. I felt very dizzy, and the room started spinning. I know spinning is usually supposed to help you stay in a dream, but I just got so excited I woke up.

hey congrats...try to rember what triggered the RC!

Congrats!
RCs have never worked for me...I get a good number of lucids per month by having the good luck of entering the dream lucid without being prompted by anything.
My first lucid was a WBTB one in the early morning, and I'll always remember it because it was so clear.
At first all I could hear were voices speaking in some weird language, then a picture came into focus of me sitting around a campfire with three people. The fire suddenly grew and the forest around us caught ablaze. Panicked, I turned into a bug or something and flew away until I was floating, weightless, above a greenhouse watching some 1940s looking teenagers walk home from school. Then I flew to Kroger to go hang out with my friends (?) where I touched all the food and commented on how real it looked. Then I accidentally wandered into an S&M shop and got so weirded out I woke myself up.