Did i have a lucid dream?

**NinjaTurdle** · 04-07-2013 06:42 AM

Okay well firstly, i only heard about lucid dreaming yesterday while browsing the internet and i really wanted to try it, as anyone would, so i read up on how exactly to have one and that same night i lay in bed muttering the words "I will control my dreams tonight." until i drifted into a sort of half awake, half asleep state. At this point i started hearing a strange ringing in my ear. I know what sleep paralysis is and i read a bit about it and i believe i may have entered it, i only had my eyes open once and i saw my bedroom curtains move. I quickly shut my eyes again. I don't really remember how but i slipped into a dream after that and i sort of dreamt that i was laying in bed trying to get to sleep but i had this really vague idea that i was dreaming so i got up and went to the bathroom. It all felt so real, i heard the creaky floorboards as i left my room and i noticed that the light in the bathroom turned on by itself. I covered my nose and mouth, but i could still breathe. I remember feeling this rush of excitement but i quickly calmed myself and i walked back to my bedroom, where this grey and white cat came out of nowhere, i dont have any pets or anything but i thought nothing of it. I also remember thinking what i should do, so i opened the window and thought i could try to fly. I was confident that i wasnt going to get hurt so i jumped, glided a bit but landed on the floor, the cat followed behind be but ran into a bush. I tried to fly again by flapping my arms wildly, but i could never go higher than a few metres. I noticed that there was a large TV where my window should have been with some sort Cartoon showing on it. I woke up quite gently shortly after and my bedsheets were everywhere. I remember strange details like feeling the cold of the metal outside and the creaking of the floors. So i'm lying here in my bed now and i feel strange, i remember my dream almost perfectly but i'm not entirely sure i was in control. I also remember my "sleep paralysis" stage and i was kinda spooked by that but i don't know of it was actually sleep paralysis or just tricks of the mind. I guess i have a few questions right now: did i actually have a lucid dream? If i did, is this routine normal? Was i actually in sleep paralysis? Is there a way i can have a lucid dream without going through sleep paralysis? Is there a way i can learn to control my dreams better or is it just practice?

I dont know if i want to go through that again, that sleep paralysis thing was really quite scary. Should i give it another try?

Thanks a lot for reading and feel free to answer as many or as little of the questions as you like, i just want to hear other people's views on this happening

**Scionox** · 04-07-2013 07:50 AM

Yo and congrats on the first lucid dream!

Being lucid means being aware that you are dreaming, and it sounds like you were aware, so you were lucid.

Also i don't think you had sleep paralysis, sleep paralysis is pretty rare unless you have sleep disorder with same name and happens only once or twice through whole lifetime, if it ever happens. It's not related to lucid dreaming in any way other than that the ones with sleep disorder can use it to enter lucid dream. And you don't have that sleep disorder, so you don't have to worry about it at all. What you have experienced were just normal sensations of falling asleep, you were just more aware during them, that's all. http://www.dreamviews.com/wake-initi...explained.html

As for the control, it will definitely improve with time, keep practicing and when you do control, not just be confident, but expect it to happen, also check out this tutorial: Dream Control Tutorial - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

Also it sounds like you used/were trying to use WILD method, if you want to continue with it, i suggest checking out this tutorial WILD for in-depth information about it. Also you are really lucky that it worked on going to sleep normally on first try

that method is pretty unlikely to work when going to sleep normally due to how stages of sleep work and it is best used with going back to bed after a short while after waking up(WBTB), or with naps. I also suggest checking out other methods, such as DILD: DILD Tutorial - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views , which works the best for the most beginners, also start writing a dream journal if you haven't already.

Good luck!

**NinjaTurdle** · 04-07-2013 08:02 AM

Hey, thanks a lot for the reply!

The only query i have is that when i woke up, the dream seemed all hazy and it just felt like i dreamt rather than experienced it. I didn't really feel any accomplishment, i never felt fully in control. I also went to sleep with the intention of remembering my dream(s) in the morning as a part of training my Dream Recall. I guess to summarise, I just felt like it was a dream, but thanks again for replying and i'll definately check out some more tutorials

i hope to share a vivid lucid experience soon!

**Scionox** · 04-07-2013 08:10 AM

Awareness in dream, control and being lucid are pretty much all different variables that can trigger separately, there can be non-lucid dreams with great control or ultra vivid non-lucid dreams as well as lucid dreams with no control at all or lucid dreams with super low awareness. My first lucid dreams were pretty hazy and almost no control as well, but everything improves with practice as you go on, speaking about that, check out stabilization techniques, they can really help to increase length and quality of lucid dreams especially when starting out: Dream Stabilization and Clarity Tutorial - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

**NinjaTurdle** · 04-07-2013 08:16 AM

Awesome! Thanks a lot for the feedback

i really appreciate it!

**LSDgarfield** · 04-07-2013 01:02 PM

Congratulations on your first lucid!!

i know that feel when you dont know if you really made it.
You can call yourself a damn lucky guy as you did it at your first try.
i needed 2 years to have my first lucid, which was about a week or more ago, but. to give you some
hope, i did my second lucid dream today, which was awesome. They only last for about 20 felt seconds
but hey:

b2t

You will go through a hundred sleep paralyses until youre totally comfortable experiencing it.

btw this is just a normal process when your body is sleeping, so things you do in your dream wont
be done by your sleeping body in real life. happens every night.
for example: In your dream you hit yourself in the face. If not for sleep paralysis,
you would have a black eye now LOL

oh and btw2

Some people may say that experience was an OOBE (Out of body experience),
or astral wandering or whatever its called, i dont believe in that sort of stuff,
but actually some people might be pretty jealous about what you did there

have a nice day, and good luck with dreaming