Thread: Success on first official try!

I have been plagued by sleep paralysis for a while, usually happens several times a week.
Also I have been interested in lucid dreaming for a while, however assumed it was only a random thing that couldn't be controlled.
Then, one day a friend told me about a book he read that taught him how to do this, so he gave me a crash course and i learnt the Wake Back to Bed method.

Last night I took a bunch of B6 vitamins, drank a large cup of water, and waited until I was rather sleepy after watching Inception, which was amazing! and had resparked my interest in lucid dreaming. I drew a symbol on my hand and started my mantra. I feel asleep and then woke up at 4 AM, I of course had to go to the restroom and continued my attempt at lucid dreaming. I started the mantra and kept in mind to make Reality Checks.

This is when the weird noise started. As I was drifting off into the dream world, I was fully conscious and keeping in mind my goals. But at the same time this hissing noise in my ears grew louder and louder, almost to the point that i couldn't bear. It was only comparable to my eardrums exploding. And then somehow I fell asleep. In my dream I quickly realized I was dreaming when I saw my hand with no symbol.

And my expectations of lucid dreaming were blown out of the water, no movie could come close to visually depicting what I was experiencing during my dream. The wooden floors and their aged features were so life like, I could slowly drag my hand across it and feel each crevice and particles of dust. Overall it was completely worth the earth shattering drumming in my ears as I fell asleep.

By the way, does anyone know of what or why that sound happend?

Congratulations!! The drawing a symbol on your hand thing sounds like a great idea. I'm going to have to try it out and see if I have any luck.

Me too, that symbol idea sounds like an easy thing to assure lucidity; where did you find that idea? It sounds vaguely familiar O.o

Awesome dude!!! Good job!!!

Now your next lucids are easier, you have on something to focus now (recall your feeling on your lucids)

The sound was a hypnagogic hallucination, just ignore them.

Ah! You are so lucky! I just started working on my dream recall. So far I only remember vaguely what is going on in my dreams. Anyone have any tips? I have kept drawing the number 7 on my hand, but I'm nowhere near being able to becoming lucid. I just want to remember my dreams and have them be vivid!

Originally Posted by carlosnumber35

Ah! You are so lucky! I just started working on my dream recall. So far I only remember vaguely what is going on in my dreams. Anyone have any tips? I have kept drawing the number 7 on my hand, but I'm nowhere near being able to becoming lucid. I just want to remember my dreams and have them be vivid!

Check out the dream recall tutorial, or the Dream Signs and Recall Forum

Originally Posted by PercyLucid

Awesome dude!!! Good job!!!

Now your next lucids are easier, you have on something to focus now (recall your feeling on your lucids)

The sound was a hypnagogic hallucination, just ignore them.

When you say "recall your feeling on your lucids," what exactly are you saying? Remember the emotion you were feeling during the lucid dream? I'm just not sure what you're trying to say with that statement

Congrats!

Congratulations!!Thank you for sharing!This is a wonderful feeling, when you go shopping and the concept has been conceived and finished the final combination.

Great job trying my. First WILD at 4:00 am tonight