How long did it take for your first lucid dream?

**catzisconfus** · 07-07-2010 09:03 PM

How long did you have to practice for your first lucid dream?
I don't mean a dream from 5 seconds, bot one in which you could actually do something, and probably gave you an awesome feeling in the morning

EDIT oh noes i made a big typo, when you see it ...

someone fix it xD

**Brunor2** · 07-07-2010 10:04 PM

Yeah, I started like in summer/09, and only had the worth success last month., when I discovered DV and other techniques.

**Invader** · 07-08-2010 12:29 AM

Title fix'd

My first lucid occurred on the day I read about it and discovered this place, thanks entirely to my excitement. It was short lived and doesn't fulfill your requirement there, but I'd also took off to flying down a hallway which means that I was able to do something right off the bat too. A slightly longer one was experienced the day after, which including more flying/floating. My initial actions were pretty generic, but there you go. Being lucid for the first time was euphoric.

**SteadyState** · 07-08-2010 12:53 AM

It didn't take me that long to have my first handful of lucid dreams. I had one where I knew I was dreaming, but couldn't do anything probably between 2 weeks to a month of when I started reading forums like this one. Then, a couple weeks after that I had my first real lucid dream. So about a month total.

**Philosopher8659** · 07-08-2010 03:05 AM

On my third night. I was about 8. I had never heard of it, I just wanted to know if I could make use of my dreams to practice the modification of human behavior.

I was in college when I was tested in it.

I have always got my strangest response during the state by asking the question "Does Lucid Dreaming have any real value?"

When I was shown a piece of my future, I was also informed that I would be in the dark for a long time.

I have my projects. Very nice ones, I think.

**Jayme** · 07-08-2010 03:45 AM

*sigh*

I've been working on it for well over a year now. Still no success ):

But when I do get one, I'll vote

**Trevorm7** · 07-08-2010 04:07 AM

My first lucid that gave me that awesome feeling was when I was 12 or 13, I didn't learn what lucid dreaming was until I was 15 or 16 (2005 or 2006) and didn't have another one until I was 19(4 months ago). That's when I realized what a lucid dreaming really was and how awesome it was, it's also when I realized the dream I had when I was 12 or 13 was a lucid. Since then I have had more lucids than I care to count (At least 20). I never really practiced though so I can't answer the poll.

**kookyinc** · 07-08-2010 04:20 AM

I think about 3 months after I first started trying to get lucid I finally had one. It ended early (3 minutes), but that was because I thought they only lasted that long so, in an attempt to remember the dream, I forced myself to wake up.

**GestaltAlteration** · 07-08-2010 04:43 AM

I got one a little more than a week after joining DV. It was a DILD shortly following advice not to try so hard (I was very obsessed during that period). It was memorable, long and fun. I had them once every few weeks when I kept recording and RC'ing. When I stopped my recall went down rapidly and lucids vanished with it.

**JamesLD** · 07-08-2010 05:25 AM

had my first lucid exactly one week after i started keeping a dream journal and doing reality checks.

im in a dry spell right now, kinda sucks. but then again latley i havent been too focused on keeping a dream journal and doing reality checks. but im trying to get back into it. any suggestions?

**catzisconfus** · 07-08-2010 04:25 PM

I'm practicing 3 weeks now and i only was half aware for a few seconds in 2 dreams yet.
I'm very motivated (maybe too motivated..) and i am pretty sure that i will have a lucid tonight. can't wait to go to bed

**Kaos** · 07-08-2010 04:42 PM

I remember my first lucid very well, and it by far surpassed any expectations I had for it. I was also very fortunate enough to have it within a couple of weeks after I initially discovered what lucid dreaming was all about. It was quite a long lucid dream as well, at least until I succumbed to a non-lucid state. I still remember how excited I was after I woke up and realized what I had done.