9th September Update - Second Lucid Dream Sucess!

This time I had some success with the DILD technique, so the reality checking is paying off. I turned in at around 12:30 (getting better at turning in at a reasonable time). Before I turned in I told myself repeatedly "I will become lucid in my dreams tonight", so this could have been a success with the MILD technique, although my attempts at using this in the past have rarely been successful.

The dream started off as non-lucid, and I recall a lot of it. It became lucid when I found myself running through my city to get to an appointment I was missing. I found myself noticing landmarks from other cities I've been to, and the place seemed to be a combination of various cities rather than just my home city. I was so stressed about being late for this appointment that it took me a while to figure out that this was a dream. Then the thought came to me "Why am I stressing about this appointment - this is just a dream!" It was as if I had just been going along with this dream narrative, and when I decided to break the narrative because I didn't like it anymore, that's when I became lucid.

So I found myself on a street, wondering what to do now that I was lucid. The weather was really nice and sunny, and there were only a few people wandering around the street. The only DC who was close to me was this young man who spoke to me in an American accent, saying "Dude!..." (forgotten the rest). Then he handed me a box full of green beans, asking me to try them. I took a bite out of them, but they tasted dry, like cardboard. Possibly the weirdest DC interaction I've ever had.

Around this time I started having difficulties maintaining the visuals of the dream. I could vaguely feel my head on the pillow. I wish I could have prolonged this dream further. I think all the running I did previously had raised my heart rate to the point where I was too excitable to remain in the state.