Hi everyone,

I've just started looking around for information on Lucid dreams after watching the special features doco on Dreams from the Inception movie and I've ended up here.

I haven't yet started my dream journal or tried any of the techniques properly but will be doing so shortly. However the last two nights I have gone to bed with the specific thought of wanting to have a lucid dream and the knowledge that whatever happens next will be a dream.

Both nights I've started dreaming and almost immediately i've recognised that it is a dream and have tried to take control, both times i've brought my arms up in front and clapped them together and started rubbing, but as soon as I realise that I'm almost in control I get what feels like an adrenilin boost and the dream goes away and I wake up.

I'm guessing this is me just getting a little over excited about the whole thing. Is this common for beginners? As I said before I'm going to start going through the tutorials and see if they help.

Thanks for reading.

Joe