Thread: Does this happen to anyone else?

Hello!
i recently just had my first LD, it was a DILD, and happened because something wasn't where it was supposed to be, i realized i was dreaming and then had the rest of my 30 seconds of lucidity, it was short but sweet.

Then two days ago i went to take a nap, it was around noon, and as i lay on my bed listening to my InnerTalk Lucid Dreaming CD, my body started to get really tingly, and now i realize, i was doing something similar to what Oneironaut_Jeff777 posted about, but i had yet to read his post.
First off i did a bridge exercise, it's kinda like down dog in reverse, for 3 minutes, so my body was fatigued, then i stayed in my bed and thought about nothing, i flopped around a few times and then finally SP kicked in, with trippy colors and all, and it was a little scary, but not that bad, then next thing i know i'm lucid dreaming. Now here's the wierd part, i was in this dungeon/operating room, kinda like something from frankenstein and i was this cobled together monster, i had green skin metal legs and a mandible mouth made of metal, i looked for a mirror to see myself but all i found was a small peice of metal that had a "?" on it. this started to scare me because i thought i had messed up and would be like this a long time, if not forever, but then i calmed myself down and had a false awakening, and i lost lucidity. i told my brother in my dream about my lucid dream, and decided to find an actor so i left, but then my dream became odder still, portortion was all distorted and stairs rose into the heaven, a commercial played in my eyes and a whole landscape vista was replaced by a kid running arounf a christmas tree.

so my question is does anyone else have thier dreams screw up like that? because mine are very much like this waking life, and when i lucid, or after i lucid things become a little sketchy or wierd. Is this lack of control a result from not doing CRs and other stuff? also, has anyone dreamt they were something other than a "normal" human in a lucid dream?

It sounds like you were visted by the SP hag. For some reason, initial experience with SP is often accompanied by fear and/or scary imagery. It's like the whole world is suddenly turning dark, or an evil is being let loose that will completely consume you. This may be the origin of the whole succubus/incubus myth of medieval times.

But it doesn't really mean anything, and if you don't take it seriously the experience tends to quickly fade. Just treat the fear as a good sign that you are ready to transition into full lucidity.

As for the false awakening, I think that is pretty common in lucid dreaming. It may be that WILDs tend be conducive to false awakenings because one tends to transition to one's bedroom (or a version of it) where one is still lying down (since that was the last memory). The first big hurdle is to recognize these false awakenings. I've wasted a bunch of time trying to get to sleep in a dream after I've already fallen asleep. What I am currently trying to do is to remind myself before I go to sleep that I will probably dream that I am in my bedroom or motel room trying to get to sleep, and this is a sign that I am dreaming.

As for looking like a normal human, for what it's worth, last night I was examining myself in a mirror (while I was lucid), and I noticed alien looking, pointed protuberances coming out from either jaw.

ok man thanks a bunch, yeah i figured it was my mind set that created it, because my first one, was a DILD and i was so joyful that my house turned into my favorite type of house (country cabin with lotsa glass and forest outside) and there were flowers everywhere, so my guess is that, before i learn dream control, my mind set will play a part in my enviroment. trippy