Not sure what to call this thread, I have so many things to say...

**CyanRyan** · 01-08-2013 03:51 PM

First of all, hi! I'm brand new to the community, I registered maybe 15 minutes ago.

I've known about LDing and vaguely desired to get into it for some time, and last night was my first real try at it. I did nose and finger-through-palm RCs all day, and got off my laptop over an hour before I went to bed. I read a book until around 10:30, then got ready for bed. I tried visualizing random scenes, but it felt kind of forced, so I let my mind wander while mentally telling myself "I'm dreaming". I eventually found my mind drifting into a scene in the Kingdom Hearts universe, and kind of creating a backstory for myself. I could actually see the colours of the scene start to form around me and got this weird sensation in my back that kind of spread to the rest of me... I assumed it was a transition, but then I kind of recoiled from the dream a bit and realised my heart rate was elevated and really intense. This scared me too much to remain relaxed, and I jolted back awake... I fell asleep normally after that, but in the morning, I had much better dream recall than usual (3 specific ones!)

Anything like this ever happen to anyone else on their first LD attempt? It was weird and I feel like it might've been abnormal...

**gab** · 01-08-2013 06:28 PM

Welcome!

It's normal for your heartrate and breathing to get faster. It happens to me too. I think it's from excitement when you realize something is happening. Happy dreams

**Bastion** · 01-08-2013 07:45 PM

Man that's awesome!

I want to go to the Kingdom Hearts universe in a lucid dream!

In my last LD attempt I was trying to visualize myself in Destiny Islands!

I ended up in a boat in the middle of the ocean.

Oh well.

Good luck on the rest of your journeys!

**Scionox** · 01-08-2013 09:27 PM

Yo.
Congrats on the first lucid dream, and yeah, it's normal for heartrate to be faster, try to not concentrate on it. I jolted awake from my first LD quickly as well, but it my case it was because i did it mostly by accident and it started suddenly from an false awakening.