First LD and a few questions

OK so last night I had my first lucid dream. :D It was cool but only lasted a few seconds. Anyway I believe it would be classified as a DILD, but I have some questions. Ok i had just woken up from some earlier dream or something and written down some notes about it. I tried to go back to sleep but I was having a hard time falling asleep. It took me awhile before I fell back asleep. Then I think i was dreaming and woke up in the middle of it. Then as i was falling back asleep I kept on saying "Lucid, lucid, lucid" in my head. Then I was back in the same dream and some strange stuff was happening and I started saying out loud "Lucid lucid lucid". and then I became aware that i was dreaming. I didn't have a big "tah-dah" moment, it just kinda happened and i accepted it. Then i tried some dream control and woke up immediately after. So this is a DILD, right? And should I work on repeating this phrase as a future way to obtain lucidity?

This is my first thread by the way, hopefully my first of many

I believe that is a DILD dream. To try and not waking up when trying to control your dream you should probably just look around and feel things to get the feeling of being in a dream. As for the phrase it would be good to practice it. Congrats on your first LD by the way.

If you weren't purposely waking yourself I don't know if you can call it a WILD, as you said it sounds more like a DILD. Congratulations on your first lucid and welcome to the forums, if you have any questions feel free to ask.

practise becoming "aware" during your waking life, congrats

ok then, text wall coming....
it was a DILD, Dream Induced Lucid Dream, because you realised you were dreaming in the middle of the dream. If this is your first LD don't be surprised it only lasted 5 seconds. First of all you have to stabilize by using your senses. just look around you and feel stuff. Usually this will also make your dream a lot less fuzzy, which will help you control it. Remember, always stabilize first. WILD (Wake Induced Lucid Dream) is if you fall asleep without ever losingh consiousness. So you feel yourself falling asleep and entering the dream.

(good luck)

I guess one of my questions is if you wake up in the middle of a dream, do you go back into it as soon as soon as you fall back asleep?

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Originally Posted by Freemymind93

I guess one of my questions is if you wake up in the middle of a dream, do you go back into it as soon as soon as you fall back asleep?

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Yes, if you wake up from a dream and lay still and not open your eyes you can re-enter the same dream within a minute, that would be a DEILD - Dream Exit Induced Lucid Dream. But it will not always work :p