Thread: New to this dreaming thing

Hello!

My name is Víctor and I'm an 18 year old spanish physics student. I first heard of lucid dreaming a couple days ago but I immediately new it was something I wanted to do.

At first I was kind of sceptical of the whole thing but after some research it appears to be legit, so i want to learn. I was worried because I´m the kind of guy who never remembers his dreams but I started a dream journal last night using a program i found on this forum (searching for a program like that was how I found the forum) and putting a notebook near my bed and an alarm clock I was able to recall a full dream and a little bit of another one.

I'm not going to attempt to induce lucid dreaming just yet, instead I'm going to work on my recalling abilities, but I know I'll manage it because I really want to be able to do this. For now I guess I'll check out the forum and try to learn some things.

I'd be very grateful if you could tell me if I did allright in my first dream journal entry and I'd also appreciate any advice you can give me.

One question that I reallly would like you to answers is about the realism of lucid dreams. As I understand it in a lucid dream you become aware that it is a dream but does it change your perception of it? What I mean is are the things you see more defined for example or something like that?

Anyway I'm looking forward to being a part of your community.

Bye