Thread: First LD, but very confused...

Yeah I had that before. It was also my frst lucid, though it was cool in a way I was REALLY disapointed when I woke up.

Lucidity doesn't always go hand in hand with dream control. You can be lucid, and not able to control the dream at all, or non-lucid, but with heaps on control over everything.

Still, either one of those is generally pretty good.

I've had dreams where myself in the dream realized "Wait, this is a dream. I can become lucid." I never actually become lucid, I just then proceed to have a non-lucid dream about what my dream character does when he thinks he's lucid. I actually find these dreams very entertaining.

1. Did you have any goals to accomplish for when you became lucid? You may be able to think of any number of things you'd want to do while dreaming right now, but it's much harder to come up with good ideas while dreaming. The best way around this is to decide on one or two things you want to do in a lucid dream while you're awake, and remind yourself after you do reality checks. Unless you're even less lucid than you were then, you'll almost certainly remember your goals, and try to accomplish them.

2. Do you pay much attention to touch while awake? Most people ignore the sense of touch most of the time, and this makes it far less likely to show up in dreams. If you find you cannot feel touch in lucid dreams, even when you make an effort to feel touch, try this. While you're awake, take a few minutes, and just pay attention to the sense of touch. When you're done, think to yourself that your sense of touch will be just as present in your dreams as it was then. After doing this several times, your sense of touch should gradually become more present in your dreams.