Hey guys and gals,

Yall can just call me Rickter. I'm new here and I have a question about attaining lucidity. I just started a dream journal and have been recording all the dreams that I can remember. Seeing that before I started trying to remember my dreams, I would remember about 1 or 2 in two weeks. Now I've got my recall up to one a day. I've tried waking myself with a alarm clock to try to help with my recall, but with little success.

Now down to my dream and the question.

Before I fell asleep I told myself that I would remember that I was dreaming in my dream until I fell asleep. I realized that I was dreaming in my dream and tried to control my surroundings. I couldn't... So I wondered around, some make-believe dream house, knowing that I was in a dream the whole time. I stepped outside and finnaly had some control over my dream, but it was minimal. I saw a woman on the street and told here to cross the street and she did, told her to stand by a tree and she did. Then the scene changed and I totally lost my lucidity.

Has this ever happened to any of you guys. Knowing you're dreaming but not being able to control anything, or being able to control just small things. I wanted to control more but couldn't...tried to fly....couldn't...change objects...Nothing. Do all yall have any suggestions to have more control over my dreams.