My name is Sean and I'm still pretty new to lucid dreaming. I'm 31 and have been working on it for almost a month now. Since I started, I've tried a handful of different techniques. I don't seem to be any good at WILD at all as I just lay there and can never fall asleep. As of late I have been focusing more on the MILD technique. I seem to be getting some results but not as quickly as I would like. My dream recall has improved dramatically, but I still have not yet had a full on lucid dream. The closest I've come was a few nights ago. I had a dream that was very vivid and much longer than the others I've had so far.....but at the end of this one I actually realized I was dreaming and said it aloud. Everything instantly went black and I woke up....extremely exciting and frustrating at the same time. Most of my dreams are just very weird, but this one was actually kind of scary and when I awoke I was breathing very heavily and my heart was racing. I hope these cases can help me advance!