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    First lucid!

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    RavenOfShadow
    , 05-01-2013 at 03:37 PM (940 Views)
    Hell yea!

    14 days after learning about lucid dreaming, I have finally had a tiny glimpse into the world of lucid dreams!

    I was an all-star basketball player in my college, and we had our first game of the season. I was super nervous because I have never played basketball on a real school team, but I told myself to believe in my skills. The game was super vivid and fun to play in, and we ended up winning the game.

    After the game an older man came up to me, dressed in a black suit. He congratulated me on a game, and then asked me if I knew anyone by the name of Dimitri, or some Russian name. I said no and kind of laughed, but he didn't find it funny. He then said "We know about your brother, and what he did." Suddenly I realized that somehow he though my brother (that I don't have IWL) and I were the Boston Massachusetts bombers, and I panicked. I assured him he was confused and he told me that in five minutes an FBI squad was going to search my room.

    I ran back to my room and was freaking out. I knew I was innocent but it was still terrifying. I began to hear dogs savagely barking, and I knew they were coming after me. I left my room and stood in the hall, thinking about what I should do. Can I fight them? What skills do I have? This is crazy... Like a... I then realized that this was so crazy that I must be dreaming!

    I looked at my hands to find my fingers all rubbery, with green oozing slime on my palms.

    BOOM

    I suddenly realize that its a dream and my vision becomes electrified as I zoom into my dreamself. The hallway I am in snaps into vivid detail and color and my heart EXPLODES with excitement. The wall is divided in half horizontally, the top half white and the bottom half a nice floral green. Light is filtering in from some window and I can feel the clarity and warmth. The walls are chipped and textured, incredibly vivid. I remember that getting too excited will make me lose it, so I stare at the floor and try to focus on it - but I expect to lose it and therefore I do...

    I woke up right after and looked at the clock - 6AM on the dot. I smiled to myself, replayed it in my head a few times, then went back to sleep.



    WOOOOO!!!
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    1. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      Outstanding!! Congratulations on your first lucid dream!

      Awesome. This really takes me back to my first LD. That sense of excitement that's just too strong to hold back.

      Congrats again on the first of many. Nothing will ever be the same for you after this -- now you know what you're capable of. Here's to many more!
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    2. gab's Avatar
      Awesome! Congrats on your first lucid! There is many more to come, so get ready.

      What you can do now, is to recall that excitement from when you became lucid every time you ask yourself the awareness question and you do RCs and mantras. This will help your mind to associate you being happy with having lucid dreams.
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    3. Sangfoot's Avatar
      Awesome! only 14 days I am so jealous! Congratulations man
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    4. RavenOfShadow's Avatar
      Thanks everyone for the awesome support!

      It was totally exciting and I've been thinking about it all day. But I'm also telling myself to expect a long dry spell, and to stay confident even though it will be tough. I think the thing that helped me the most was getting into a trance-like state before bed, pacing around my room, and recounting all of the dreams I have had in great detail.

      I also found an article that was all about indirect things you can do to help lucid dreaming: Eating healthy foods, getting of off electronics a good while before bed specifically, and not sleeping near electronics.

      On top of this, I have developed a good method for ADA and effective reality checks, which I'm sure helped.

      I also took one 5mg melatonin, so I will try to recreate this for the next month and see if I can get another one!

      WOO!

      ~Raven
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    5. Arkadast's Avatar
      Congratulations!
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    6. Scionox's Avatar
      Congrats on the first lucid!

      Green slime on the palms? You should have licked it for stabilization.
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    7. RavenOfShadow's Avatar
      Thanks Arkadast and Checker! I'm super excited!

      But interesting, thats a great idea Checker and I will try that if I have slime on them again... Though it didn't look very appetizing, more like troll snot... Bleh.
    8. Jacob528491's Avatar
      That is so cool! I have only had one very small semi-lucid experience, and this post totally invigorated me to keep trying! Congrats, dude!
    9. galastrato's Avatar
      Wow nice to know you did actually get lucid! Shame on me for stopping my trials! x)
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    10. RavenOfShadow's Avatar
      Thanks Galastrato, haha. This was quite a long time ago but its good to see you around.
    11. galastrato's Avatar
      Yeah, I am continuing my efforts, so maybe in a few weeks I will have my own. though I doubt it, there are some certain characteristics of my mind that I believe hinder my dreams. Though I will never know If I don't keep trying