New to the board and my lucid dreams

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Hi I'm new. But I usually been having lucid dreams for about once every month and now ive been intersted in it more. Its hard recalling my dreams and its hard finding out if I'm in a dream or not. My mind still thinks the dreams are real. About two days ago i had a lucid dream and so I was on a main road with everyone walking on the road . There was cars there but not alot of them. Just alot of people. Then I realized I might be dreaming and but I couldnt find a dream sign. So I bit my lip to see if I can feel pain. Once I realized I was dreaming I start calling out my boyfriend's name to see if he was in the crowd. He wasn't so I started screaming louder and then i got to excited and woke myself up. I need to work on my lucid dreaming.

Let me be the first to welcome you to the Dreamviews Community! :-P

It sounds great that you are already on your way to having more LDs. You have experienced several barriers that almost all people face when they first try to have lucids.

Dream recall can be improved with practice and by keeping a dream journal. Dream control can be increased through stablizing techniques like rubbing your hands, focusing your senses, and verbal commands, as well as experience at dreaming.

Keep up the effort and I promise that you will be having more LDs in no time! Good luck.