Hi,

I'm completely new here and should probably drop by the introduction forum but have just woke up from the best lucid dream and thought i'd sign up to ask a couple of questions.

I've not been lucid dreaming long and do it fairly regularly although i don't remember my dreams very well and don't keep a dream journal (i should probably start). Anyway, i just wrote out a big account of my dream and then deleted it cause it was fairly rambling and i figured no-one would want to read it.
There was a point in it though where i started flying unaided and attempting to explain to my friends and family that they were all dreaming and could do the same. The problem being that it takes me a great deal of difficulty to get off the ground. I know it sounds weird but it's kind of like my brain has trouble reconciling with the fact i can fly in a dream.

I tend to start out by just kinda jumping up and telling myself i'm going to fly. I'll then start jumping really high and drifting but still feel the pull of gravity and eventually i'll jump so high I manage to stay airborne.. The problem is, it's the same story every time. This time i ended up jumping off some steps to get some extra height but i didn't jump off the railings cause it was too high and i was wondering if i could hurt myself in a dream and be hurt in real life (aka the matrix rules, i know, it's stupid i'm well aware i'm dreaming but i'm still not quite my logical self?)

Anyway, my question is does anyone else have a similar experience with dream flying? Where it takes a few tries to get airborne? Once i'm up i'm ok but it's not like controlled flying so much as vaguely turning in the right direction and having to do breaststroke to stabilize myself, kinda like a balloon in the wind.