Thread: I suppose an introduction is in order

Ello,

Well from the PM I got saying I should probably come here first, I did, and I suppose I'll give ya my story. Well first off, its nice to be here! I hope if not now, then later on I can be as much help to the forum as possible. I first found out about Lucid Dreaming as I found out its called awhile back on a forum, there was a section called "life hacks" that introduced how you could actually control your dreams and things of that sort. I was REALLY fascinated, but never really pursued it fully, although the idea of it always stuck with me.

After recently seeing Inception, that fascination became fertile, and I found this place. I can't believe that this is even possible! I mean, I can actually dream about almost anything I want if I become Lucid... Do anything... Go on incredible adventures, go to places that I've always wanted to go to, meet people I've always wanted to meet, or haven't seen in awhile, travel through time, or maybe just relax on the beach and smell the salty sea air, with a cooling breeze, and even relive memories of the past.

I used to have dreams all the time when I was a kid, or at least ones I could recall. I remember me and my cousin when he was visiting would get up in the night, wake each other up, and say that we just had this incredible dream and what happened in it and how we needed to get back in to it somehow... Which sometimes we indeed did. It was very fun. Ever since I became a teen though I never really have dreams that I can remember anymore... And if I do, its really fuzzy, and of course very random, they just don't seem to be as awesome as they used to be. Although sometimes I do have one or two dreams like once in a very great while that the clarity of it is incredible. (Interestingly enough ever since I found out about this subject a night or two ago my mind was really on dreams, in the morning I woke up and was mad because I didn't remember anything, I tried really really really hard, and it came to me what I dreamed, it was kinda cool, very fuzzy and in parts, but still. ) Either way, I am very determined to become awesome at Lucid Dreaming.

This site from what I've read so far is great though! You have guides everywhere to do this! If I'm not mistaken having a dream journal is very important... Is it suggested I use the dream journal feature on this site or just in a notebook? From what I've seen are my entries posted publicly??? Is it possible to make them private? Ooor yeah. Also any tips, and suggestions that you can give me will be highly appreciated.
Also another question I've always been wondering... When your in a dream, and your lucid and everything, when you eat something, lets say... Sushi (my favorite food), or really any food, how does it taste? I mean does it taste like the REAL thing oor? Lol.

Anyway its nice to be here again, and thanks for reading!