Hi all!

My name is Leo. I'm a college student and writer. I've been extremely interested in lucid dreaming for much of the past decade but have, so far, not been able to go lucid myself.

When I was in elementary school I had something that is technically a lucid dream, but not one according to the definition as it is commonly understood. I was aware I was dreaming, but, having no knowledge of lucid dreaming, it never occurred to me that I had any potential to control anything but my own actions in the dream, or that I could wake myself up by force of will. That dream was nightmarish and involved me being barred from entering any familiar buildings, such as my elementary school and home, attempting to shock myself into waking by getting a bus to run over me, and a variety of other surreal and unpleasant things. In the end I was woken up by the sound of rain outside my house in waking life, while in the dream the sun shone down from a weird, gray sky. A night or two later I had a similar but somewhat less intense experience that I don't remember as well.

Years later, when I discovered lucid dreaming and its potential, I regretted that what was almost a full-on lucid dream had to wind up a literal and figurative nightmare instead of a real lucid dream. Once, in high school, when I began to attempt lucid dreaming sporadically, I had a near-miss moment of lucidity; I was sky-diving, and in mid-air I went lucid for an incredibly brief moment. During that moment of lucidity, I tried to move, possibly fly, and instantly I woke up, frustrated. That's the closest I've come to a real lucid dream since discovering the concept of lucid dreaming itself.

Besides the general desire to explore the possibilities within a lucid dream, there are a number of fantasies I've always wanted to live out, the primary one being the ability to put myself into the fictional stories I write, with the hope that it may improve my writing as a result of essentially "living out" the stories in my dreams.

Having gone this long without success, I'm well-aware of the hard work and challenge of attaining the ability to lucid dream. Lately, I've reflected on my bad habits, one of which, a major obstacle to my attempts at lucid dreaming, is a really irregular sleep pattern, and another one of which is a lack of focus and motivation, even to get things I want, and to get things accomplished. In regards to lucid dreaming, I decided to research it once again and I've joined Dreamviews in the hopes of keeping myself motivated and focused and more likely to finally have lucid dreams. Hopefully this will be a first step to a success I've waited on for years!

All the best and pleasant dreams!
Leo