Thread: How Long Before First Lucid?

Interesting a few people are saying 3wks

Today I had a WILD after discovering all this 3wks ago ^_^

This doesn't apply to me. I had my first LD 3 years ago when I had no idea what they were!

well I think the topic at hand is how long it took you to make yourself have an LD. I had one when I was three that I still remember vividly to this day.

I don't quite remember the dates but I think it might have taken me about 3 weeks after immersing myself in EWOLD.

For those yet to achieve an LD, don't worry. Once you get that first one, the rest keep on flowing so long as you stay focused.

Originally Posted by Walms

From when I started trying to my first induced, 8 years.

Thank the gods. It's been nearly a year for me, no full lucids

2-3 Weeks after finding out.

I had 2 lucids before hand in my life, but there weren't controling in anyway,

First occasion: I was a cat that was hit by a car.

2nd occasion: I was shot in the chest by kevin rudd.

Okay I thought you meant those were the times they happened but I sure hope you mean what happened in them, otherwise you must be a Kryptonian.

It took me about a week since first reading about them and doing reality checks.
My first one was the best one ive had so far and had the most control. I didnt even do a reality check.. I tend to go lucid if im having a zombie dream.. I call it ZILD Zombie Induced Lucid Dream

I've been trying to for years. I think there have been times where my conscious mind takes control, but it doesn't realise it, but nothing I'd call a lucid.

January 27th will signify a year of attempts. I've gained snatches, tiny bits of lucidity since then, but no real lucid dream. I've only been attempting off and on.

Four or five days for my first DEILD. It took about a month for me to learn how to WILD.

About two days after finding this website.

Took me 20 days.

Hm... it's hard to judge. What's the line between lucidity and just realising you're in a dream? Some reckon there isn't one. I'll assume for now that there is a fine difference, lucidity also has a certain self-awareness that allows you to gain control over a dream. Realising you're in a dream but lacking that self-awareness can cause you to lose the realisation of dreaming quite rapidly, and can be compared to only half-waking up from sleep for a brief 3-10 seconds before rolling over and falling soundly back to sleep again.

My first real experience of lucidity was probably when I was about 7-years-old. I remember not only realising I was dreaming (which I had done plenty of times before) but actually becoming self-aware (which I had never done before). It was very confusing at first as I couldn't figure out how this could have happened, I thought something had gone terribly wrong.

I started wandering the streets of my dream world. I searched for a "way out" so I could wake back up again. I asked people on the street, who denied any of it was a dream. I was still adamant it was a dream, everything felt different from real life, movements were so fluid and crisp, there was no wind, no din of background noises rather you could select which you wanted to hear, the air felt denser but I also felt lighter. It felt many times more real than a non-lucid dream yet was somehow different too.

I knew where I wanted to be though, back in my bed, so I panicked and started getting hysterical which eventually woke me up.

I had my first lucid without realizing what they were... but after finding this site I had a whole bunch of lucids within about a week, then they kind of dropped off.

I dont get this, i could understand a week, or maybe even a month or two, but damn, years?! Im not trying to be mean but its not rocket science lol

Neither is understanding the complexities of the human life. Ever stopped to consider that maybe not everyone has the chance for uninterrupted sleep? That they have children that need attending to every hour of their life? Or that humans are just different?

Certain people sleep deep, certain people sleep light. There's also the fact that many of us are interested in furthering our actual lives, and that studying to get a worthy career takes priority over lying in bed for 30 minutes waiting for SP to set in.

My first lucid dream occurred ON the day that I learned about the phenomenon,
just prior to joining this site. I was so excited that I woke up just after taking
off for my first intentional flight. I still remember that dream... It was lovely.

Anyways, I couldn't help but be amazed that such a thing could be done. Lucid
dreams are easier for me to achieve when I recall my initial feelings on the topic.

Originally Posted by Ethereal

and that studying to get a worthy career takes priority over lying in bed for 30 minutes waiting for SP to set in.

Why would you lay in bed for 30 minutes trying to get SP? Who does that? From waking up in the middle of the night, to getting into the dream doesnt take any longer than 5 minutes at the most, if yours is taking 30 minutes i think your doing something wrong.

*EDIT*

Ok maybe im being a douche, im sorry, i didnt have a cigarette for a good 20 hours.

I had one the night I found dreamviews. Three in one night, in fact. Would not count them as LDs though, because I became lucid during a nightmare and just woke myself up all three times. I became lucid in a good dream a week after reading about DV, but forgot to stabalise it and wrecked it in five seconds trying to hurry and do something..
I have tried to DEILD/WILD 15 times. EIGHT of the times I got into SP, but after sitting in SP for 15 seconds, I just kinda "snapped" out of it. The last three times I entered SP, I tried visualizing what I wanted and rolling over. Did not work. Can someone please help me with this!

Originally Posted by Elem3nt0

Why would you lay in bed for 30 minutes trying to get SP? Who does that?

Someone trying to WILD.

Originally Posted by Elem3nt0

Ok maybe im being a douche, im sorry, i didnt have a cigarette for a good 20 hours.

I think we all have those days.

Originally Posted by Ethereal

Someone trying to WILD.



I think we all have those days.

Ohhhhh a WILD, ok, i didnt think of that, i never tried a WILD. Dont you have to fully awake to do that? Like not even sleep at all?

after my first accidental lucid dream - which was awesome, took me about a month to start having LD's.

About two years at least, I actually can't believe I stuck with it so long-well not that I actually really do anything to have them now except WBTB. Still can't WILD but am working on it.

I thought I'd never get one, it seemed like lucid dreaming was this crazy unattainable thing that most other people could do (on this forum anyway) but I couldn't Then finally I got one, so if anyone is feeling discouraged, just know that however long it takes you you will get there eventually. By the way I'm not saying expect it to take you as long as it took me because most people seem to have them within a month of hearing about them, I must just be a really slow learner.