Thread: First Lucid Dream!!

Just some quick background info: I've always been interested in my dreams, kept a dream journal on and off since I was a kid (though not recently) so I have a decent recall already. I looked into lucid dreaming over a year ago I think, but didn't have much success with it and kind of forgot about it.

BUT a few days ago (after seeing Inception lol, yes I'm one of them) I thought "Why can't I do that? Of course I can!" and attempted a WILD the night before last (after spending the day reading up on LDing). I'm not sure if I dreamed this part, or if it happened, but I "remember" falling asleep. Which sounds weird, but I remember feeling myself (or my body?) fall asleep, like the sensation of it. It was really cool, but I think it freaked me out, so I jolted awake (if it even happened I mean.. haha).

Last night was better though. I fell asleep attempting another WILD, but I woke up twice throughout the night and wrote down the normal dreams I could remember. Then a little after 8 this morning, I fell asleep and had a lucid dream! I was under my covers looking at my legs, and they were like shifting position and size so I thought to myself "I'm dreaming" and just calmly tried to get out from the covers without waking up. So I looked at the clock on my laptop a few times, and each time it was different (drastically).

Then I put my finger through my hand! That's the main thing I'm really excited about, because it was awesome- it was like putting my finger through a soft cookie or something lol. So I was like "yes, I *must* be dreaming..." Then embarrassingly enough the rest of the lucid parts of my dream involved Spike from Buffy and trying to get it on (I had trouble controlling even what I was doing though, nevermind him, so it was only partly successful hahaha), and then I ended up in a classroom and I guess I forgot I was dreaming and got sucked into what was going on there.

But anyway (sorry for the length) I'm very excited and hope this wasn't just like a one-time fluke. But the main difference between the last few days and when I tried last year was my attitude. Last year I *wanted* to lucid dream, whereas this time around I just thought to myself, "I *will* lucid dream" and really believed it just as a matter of course. So stop trying and just expect it to happen, I guess.

It was very very cool though, I remember just staring at clocks and text and everything and seeing it change. Well it was fascinating at the time anyway haha.