Dream recollection but no realisation?

[tropico5]

Hi new to forums Ok 2 days ago i learned about lucid dreaming and i have begun experimenting with it. The first night i had little dreaam recollection about some garbage about dragons den. Last night i attempted it for the second time and i have almost vivid dream recollection i had a dream and died and wrote everything down in my journal and then had a second dream! woke up and wrote it all down (Great success considering its second night) The problem is i never once realised it was a dream and thought it to be real i just remember them very well. My question is how to a realise im in the dream as it seems i don't control or remeber what happens. I carry out dream checks during the day but they dont carry through into the dream? E.g i push my hand with my finger to test for pain etc. etc. Am i doing something wrong or is it just because i am starting and i am on the right track? Cheers

[Taosaur]

It sounds like you're doing fine. Keep getting to know your dream life by building dream recall, and practice the reality checks. If you did go from zero to lucid in two days, that would be strange.

[Amethyst Star]

As Taosaur said, usually people don't become lucid right away; it took me two weeks. It's completely normal for crazy stuff to happen in your dreams and to you it seems completely normal until you wake up. The purpose of reality checks is more to confirm suspicions that you might be dreaming, though sometimes RCs can cause you to realize you're lucid. It's more important to train yourself to question the world around you so that you start getting into the habit of asking if you're dreaming or not. Simple questions such as "Where am I?" "What am I doing?" "How did I get here?" and "Does this make sense?" can go a long way once you start getting into the habit of asking them of yourself. You're not doing anything wrong by any means! Keep journaling and practicing RCs. Feel free to hang around DV and learn as much as you can about LDing and join in the conversations if you want And let us know if we can do anything to help you out. If you get really stuck, feel free to ask any of the Dream Guides and we do our best to help you out. See you around. Sweet lucid dreams! -Amé