Thread: is lucid dreaming even real?

Look at it this way,
If you'd been learning to speak french for a month, would you expect to be a fluent speaker by now? Of course not.
How good would you be?
Well that depends on how much time each day you are putting into learning, but whatever the case you'd certainly only have the most basic level of understanding.

You're learning about yourself here, your psychological quirks, your sleep cycle, your memory etc. You're learning to speak the language of your own mind.
People can only teach you so much, techniques that work for some do not always work for others. It's going to be a bit of trial and error.

In my experience Wake Back to Bed, is a good foundation to start with.
You can then mix that basic principle with other methods and ideas, until you find a combination that works well for you.

Of course, once you start getting aware in your dreams, you'll then have to learn how your psychology works in order to get the most out of them.

It's a lifelong journey and therin lays the beauty of it. It dosn't get old, because as you grow and change, your dreams grow and change.

You're at the tricky bit, you're in the "learning to drive" stage...
the fun really starts when you have the basic skills sorted, and you can "drive"... then it's just down to you to choose where to go and how fast to drive.

Trust me if you put effort into it during the day, it WILL pay off at night.

I agree with spaceexplorer. It took me years (with little to no results) to learn to lucid dream, and I did that by getting really into it and reading as much as possible... by joining Dreamviews! You're in the exact same position I was only about 16 months ago, and I've had over 100 lucid dreams. It is very real, and very possible- you just have to figure out what you personally have to do to have success- I think it's a little bit different for everybody. Yes, it is possible, and yes it is a bit of hardwork, but it's very worth it and very real.

If you have any specific questions don't hesitate at all to ask. We're all here to learn about lucid dreaming, to talk about lucid dreaming, and most of us who are not naturals started out by asking a few questions and reading some tutorials.