Was this a lucid dream?

**chaloman** · 01-12-2014 01:53 AM

Last night i was having this dream where i was holding some kind of portable ladders (i did some chores during the day hahaha) and suddenly i remember to do a reality check, so i glanced at my palm and found a strange drawing on it and realized i was dreaming, since i wrote an r on it that stands for reality. Anyway, i quckly closed the ladder but accidentaly pinched my hand while doing this , and oddly enough i actually felt pain from that pinch, do next thing i know i was awake in my beed a little scared because of the "accident" i had on my dream. My question here is, was this a lucid dream ? And if it was, how do i prevent ths type of things to happen?

**LucasPotter** · 01-12-2014 01:57 AM

That was definitely a moment of lucidity, yes!

Congratulations on becoming lucid! After getting lucid, my suggestion is that you stabilize the dream. There are many techniques for that, which you can find here.

**chaloman** · 01-12-2014 02:11 AM

Im really happy to hear that, I thought it would take longer that was just my second night trying! Well it didnt lasted longer than 5 minutes though...

**gab** · 01-13-2014 02:09 AM

If you realize that you are dreaming, while you are inside of a dream, that is a lucid dream. Congrats

Practice for DILD and you will have more of them http://www.dreamviews.com/induction-...cid-dream.html and they will get longer with practice. Just take it easy when you become lucid, try not to get too excited, engage your senses - feel, smell, touch something, eat something... Good luck