I just wanted to thank this forum and website for giving me the skills that eventually led to my first full Lucid dream.

My Lucid dream lasted for about 10 minutes. I wasn't excited, I just observed everything in my dream, how solid the pillars felt, the taste of my fingers, and the joy of changing the color of the women's dresses (hella fun!). I never have nightmares (the last one I had was when I was 5) subconsciously I think I know it is a dream so I just "watch" it like a movie (in RL, movies do not scare me or excite me). I think that this helps me keep emotions out of my dreams.

After I awoke from the LD, I went to the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror and went to the bathroom. When I was done............I closed my eyes and when I opened them I was laying in my bed. A false awakening!!! This series of dreams definitely gave me the thrill needed to keep my interest in the subject.

Before I went to bed I did an affirmation: Tonight I'm going to realize I'm dreaming and remember. I said it about three times and then fell asleep.

I just have one question. How do I get the thing at the bottom of my posts that tells people how many LD's I've had? I want to put: DILD's: 1.

Thanks again everyone for all of your great and helpful advice!