Finally had my first lucid dream!!!

**craiggarcia** · 10-09-2014 02:35 AM

It only took me 3-4 months to achieve my first lucid dream. Might sound long but I've read about people not having them after years of trying. It has been pretty life changing for me. It's so hard to describe how it feels to be completely aware and concious in a dream.

I was having a regular dream when I seen a girl from work with three guys and they'd all been beaten up. I was going to help them get away from there and I said to the girl "I'm dreaming you know?" I suddenly realised what I'd said and started to materialise. I ran around screaming because of what I'd managed to do then woke up. But it was a false awakening and I managed to get straight back into the dream and become lucid again. I'm not gonna go into all the details of my time when lucid but I will say that I ended up going flying and it was one of the best experiences of my life. Really hope I can have another one very soon and then make it a regular thing.

Thanks for reading my first thread and my experience.

**Danquebec** · 10-09-2014 03:57 AM

Congrats.

**thatguymud** · 10-09-2014 06:11 PM

Congrats on your first LD man

**PercyLucid** · 10-09-2014 07:00 PM

Well done!!

Keep it up

**xXPauloXx** · 10-09-2014 07:09 PM

Nice!! Congratz

**Barry** · 10-09-2014 07:21 PM

You should get your second a lot sooner, as your confidence goes up, it did for me

**craiggarcia** · 10-09-2014 09:15 PM

Thanks everyone. That was on Monday morning. Still nothing as yet but won't be giving up.

**Rothgar** · 10-09-2014 09:59 PM

There is nothing like your first truly lucid dream. As you said, one of the best experiences in your life. But you will probably have some even better that really blow your mind! Glad you like flying... I started a web site awhile back called "Dream Flight Academy" because I really like flying too.

https://sites.google.com/site/dreamflightacademy/

I built the site and hope to do more with it, but life got busy. Hoping to retire soon (yes, I'm on the "mature" side

and then devote more time to it.

Congrats! Way to go!

**blazingnyancat** · 10-14-2014 03:14 AM

The only things I did in my LD's are:
Pause the Dream like a Video Game
Almost Morph into a creature
good job, craig.

**Goldenspark** · 10-16-2014 06:39 PM

Congrats craiggarcia!

What method(s) have you been using to try and get lucid?

**craiggarcia** · 10-17-2014 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by Goldenspark

Congrats craiggarcia!

What method(s) have you been using to try and get lucid?

Hi Goldenspark. Basically I was just doing RC's at first but then read somewhere that I should say to myself while going to sleep "1 I'm dreaming, 2 I'm dreaming etc". I'm guessing it was this method which got me to say to the girl from work "I'm dreaming!". Been carrying on with this but have still yet to achieve another lucid dream. I have quite vivid dreams too and almost always remember them in the morning. I get quite annoyed with myself and think "why didn't I realise when this happened or that happened?". Maybe I have got a bit lazy though and should be doing a little more. I do believe perseverance will get you there. Good luck!!!

**Oneironaut Zero** · 10-17-2014 09:51 PM

Sweet! I don't remember my very first lucid dream, but after a long dry spell, nothing compares to that feeling of getting back into it. You almost forget just how real and amazing everything is!

Congratulations!!