Oneirin's Dreamworld

I randomly realized I was dreaming while outside in the street. I headed to the end of the road and saw someone's silhouette through a window. I flew through the window and found a woman in the house. We talked for a bit before the dream began to fade.

I was in my bed unable to move, and I started to get really frustrated. Eventually, I began realizing I was in sleep paralysis (although my thinking was still very fuzzy). As I calmed my self down, my body began sliding off the bed- I made sure that I ended up on my feet though. I walked toward my mirror and caught a faint reflection of myself without a shirt (accurate). I decided to jump through the 2nd story window although part of me wasn't sure if it was real life, so I was a little bit hesitant. As I jumped through and began flying, I got this amazing feeling- this sense of freedom that I was actually dreaming. I remembered that I needed to tell ST that I was dreaming so I started flying toward where I thought she lived (in my head at the time, she lived a couple blocks away). As I came over the elementary school, my brain interpreted it as being the middle school and I quickly got distracted. I decided I was going to mess with the kids and take whatever I wanted out of the cafeteria. I started eating hamburgers for some reason, and joking around with the lady working behind the counter. I started using the word "dream" in different contexts, but it started to really piss her off (like in inception). The dream started to lose clarity, so I knew I should just leave her alone. I started heading down the walkway, then saw a girl I recognized from one of my classes. I wanted to see what she would say if I started talking to her, but the dream became fuzzier, and I woke up.

I don't remember the moment that I became lucid. It seems as though when I do wakek-back-to-bed, I become lucid without having to do a reality test. Anyway, I found myself on a beach and to my left were the craziest barreling waves I've ever seen. Its strange how vivid these were; the colors were somehow more vibrant an alive than they'd be in real life. I continued down the beach then turned right to what looked like temple ruins. I started ascending the stairs, but I could tell the dream was fading. I began spinning to keep myself from blacking out, and I felt a strong G-force which kept me rooted in the dream. I soon found myself in a lecture room setting, but the dream faded soon after, and I can't remember the details.

I had an actual waking not long after, and another lucid dream, and I am a bit frustrated that I can't remember it.

After a 4-5 year hiatus from trying to LD, I'm finally going back to my old methods, and trying to get better. This is the 2nd night, waking up after 6 hours and attempting MILD.

I'm laying in bed thinking about dreaming, what I should be doing for reality checks, and wondering if I'll be able to successfully LD again. I look at my hands and start counting my fingers (as I do during the day to reality test). I then notice I definitely went above 5 (I hope I can count, but let me try again). I hit 6, and it hits me pretty hard that I'm finally LDing again. I end up in a lagoon/marsh area, resembling a painting of a beach I have behind my bed, although I didn't jump through it. The colors are a vivid blend of red and amber, and there are people laying down next to the water. I decide to drag one into the water- I'm not really sure why. I continue down the marsh area a bit. The dream begins to fade though, and I soon wake up. A crazy chain of Lucid Dreams and False Awakenings and ensues, but I'll fill in the entry later today.

- An awesome 2nd day back!

This next segment was a string of roughly 3 Lucid dreams, all spaced out by real and false awakenings. My memory isn't exact though as I am writing this about a week after the fact. Anyway, I did not need to look for a dream sign; I was instantly lucid in my room. I kept trying to jump through my mirror since this technique used to work for getting into new dreamscapes. I constantly just banged into the mirror,however, but saw a pretty acurate reflection of myself. I decided to exit through the window. I woke up in real life, went back to bed, and the dream continued in a similar place. This time I flew into the backyard and landed on the first floor patio. The rest of the dream is a blur, although I do remember another awakening sometime during the course of it.