Thread: How long did it take for you?

I watched the movie Inception, that's what got me into lucid dreaming ;D. After 10 weeks I had my first Lucid dream which was a nightmare but I immediately woke up when I became Lucid. I'm still waiting for my 2nd one

After accidentally discovering about it on Youtube, it took me five weeks. My first was two days ago, and I'm waiting for the next.

took me four weeks. by the way do not try WILD. try DIELD instead

It took me three or four weeks to have my first. I haven't had my second yet (my first was only last night).

First LD:
This was a bit of an accident ... didnt intend to but I achieved a very low level lucidity.
I dreamed I was some sort of evil lord, plotting devious plans and such, and woke up in the middle of one.
However, since I really enjoyed that dream, I just stayed still and in my mind continued 'the dream'. In prospection,
I now realise it was more vivid then regular dreams and I did have more control.

Second LD:
Second night after I began practicing LD ( learning and studying it):
My dream begun with me going to college, where I followed a class in which a long-hated secundary school teacher, who was now suddenly admired
by my classmates, was busy mentally burning a tiny demon. Afterwards I tried to reattach someone's severed hand with a pencil...
Somewhere along that dream I achieved lucidity ... just when I was getting chased by a zombielike horde... I froze time ... it all happened so fast and I had no experience
whatsoever ... next thing I try flying away but they grab my ankles ( didnt gain height fast enough ), so I freeze time again and plan to 'bend fire' yet Im unable to ....
Unfortunatly thats all I remember...
I have a horrible dream recall

I have had a few lucid dreams over the years, but here is my learning curve since I committed to learning and started keeping track of my daily habits.

Lucid dream nights:
Night 22
Night 37
Night 39
Night 44
Night 46
Night 51

I am onto night 76 tonight, working on breaking a dry-spell.

It was last year that I started keeping a dream journal with the vague intention of attaining lucidity - mostly, I just wanted to study my own subconscious imagination and thought processes. Around four or so months ago, I started attempting to WILD, and first started changing my daily habits to incorporate DILD strategies. Through a non-stop campaign to get myself lucid, I finally reached it one month ago. It was one year of working entirely well worth it. If you want quick results, though, WILD is not the way to go, honestly. (Though it is entirely possible, you'll probably annoy yourself long before you actually get a lucid that way.) I found the best strategy is actually using a binaural beat while you sleep. Not only does it increase dream recall, but it will help you greatly in attaining lucidity.

On the note of your second query, I have not reached another lucid since, but I am confident it will come soon enough. Dedication is, as in any other hobby, study, or practise, imperative to achieving any kind of success in your outlined objectives in lucid dreaming.

I've come back to lucid dreaming after a year so I already had some experience, my first lucid dream since practicing again was only two days after starting. Although my very first lucid dream was about 2 weeks after starting.

I'd say about a month of keeping a dream diary, had various semi lucid points during that and an ever increasing ability to dream recall, to the point where I could write an a4 page or more of detail on multiple dreams a night.

Although since I've had that lucid, my dream recall seems to have gone bad again...hmm might make a thread about that actually.

My very first was random, but after about two weeks of consistency, dedication, and hard work I had about 5 LDs in 3-4 days.

I had my first lucid dream after six days of practising to recall and recognizing my dream sign. Although it just a low level lucid dream. It was two days ago and I'm doing my best to have my next one

I've never really had a real LD (well, I had some, but they were far too short to count), but I think I had to wait for about a month... But that's long ago, I think I completely lost my ability to dream recall on a regular base and my WILD attempts always lead to a instant sleep x3 Well.. I think I really, really have to try. But it's difficult with work and such.

first two ld's were random, even before i began training. and my next 3 lds, were about month afterwards.

Had my first LD when I was 5...

Eh, I'd been trying for about a year when it started to work. Now I've had three, and it's actually starting to feel easy. Kinda.

When I first found out about Lucid Dreaming, I read up tutorials on this site, and spent a lot of time doing Reality Checks and being aware of my surroundings. I had a Lucid Dream the first time I tried, was really surprised I had one the first night of trying. But I suppose it's understandable considering how much time I spent on Lucid Dreaming during that day I found out. The dream wasn't much to write home about, it was just me running from something then realizing I'm dreaming. I done a spin because I remembered someone had said something about it on this site. I still remember waking up that day and feeling great.

My second Lucid Dream was a few days after my first, it was a little bit longer, but like the one before - it wasn't very exciting.

It took me about a month for my first LD, and probably another month for my next one. I've had around 15 LD's in 2 years, but I havent been terying very hard. If you just reality check alot, you'll get one soon.

I had one random LD when I was a child (as a nightmare escape).
After starting with LDing, I had my first induced LD (DILD of course) after 2 weeks. It was only 2 seconds long.
I had my second induced LD after about a month from my first.
After 3 years, I am still miles away from having LDs every night I want.

Took my 1 week although the lucid was very short and not very vivid. But then again, I started with 0 recall.

Not counting the first 10 or so months after I found out about Lucid Dreaming but didn't actually try anything, it only took me two weeks. However its been about 9 months since my first LD, I did take about 4 months off in between, and since starting again I haven't been using the same high intensity energy I had when I had my first LD.

5 months

Let's see....I had my first two lucid dreams in the same night 7 days after discovering this site

I had my first LD the night after finding out about lucid dreaming

Still counting...