This is a Dream come true!

Dearest Dreamers,

So THIS is where you've been hiding!! I've been looking for a place just like this for over 10 years.

Being my first post, I want to thank you for creating such a postive, creative, and understanding community. It is so refreshing to see a group of people helping eachother reach for a common goal. Kudos :)

I first became interested in Lucid Dreaming in Middle School. I kept a dream journal for several months, annoyed my parents to no end by flicking the lights on and off to RC, and managed to become lucid a handful of times (though never for more than 15 seconds or so). I was very determined, but the lack of information combined with a lack of support led to some frustration. With noone to talk to about Lucid Dreaming, I eventually abandoned my quest and put my dream journal away.

Fast forward to last week. My dream recall is non-existent, and it's been years since I've even thought about lucid dreams. In casual conversation my friend mentions how cool it would be if she could manipulate her dreams. I mentioned my earlier efforts at lucid dreaming, and the wheels started to turn in my mind... After doing some research I luckily stumbled upon Dream Views. Since then I have visited here daily. I've committed most of the tutorials to memory, and read countless forum posts to absorb as much knowledge as I can.

The desire to lucid dream has once again started to burn, but this time I am armed with everything I need thanks to you all! A new Dream Journal, a commitment to better sleep, the much improved nose-pinch RC, and the support of thousands of like minded people on this site.

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Which brings us to now, and I am thrilled to report that last night I experienced my FIRST CONTROLLED LUCID DREAM! (DILD) It did not dissapoint.

The moment I became lucid, my first instinct was to take flight and speed away. Immediately I felt the dream slipping away from me - and remembered some advice I found on these forums. 'Remain calm, Look at your hands closely... analyze every hair, and every line... repeat out loud to increase clarity, THEN slowly take in your surroundings'. And so I did.

Rather than try to bite more than I could chew, I marveled at the feel of a familiar chair; the creaking sound of a familiar door opening. Remaining in control, I tried to spice things up and used "the force" to pick up a chair and crush it into the size of a baseball. Then onto do the same with a treadmill. Success! I then walked upstairs to find a vicious dog barking, but remained calm and willed it to turn into a sweet brown lab. As I step outside the front door my alarm clock goes off, and it's time for work... Quite a bummer, but the few lucid minutes were all I had hoped they would be!

Please forgive the LONG first post, but there was no other way for me to describe just how helpful you all have been. I can't thank you enough :)

-Joe

Yeah, I love this site. Everyone is so friendly! I must have asked a dozen questions so far and no one has been annoyed by me yet ^.^

Welcome to the forums and congratulations, it's always pleasant to have a lucid dream after so long. I had a MILD this morning, probably one of the best lucid dreams of my life and my dog woke me up mid dream. Disappointing but awesome at the same time. It looks like you wont have any trouble getting back into it if you are already having lucids with no practice. Good luck and if you need help with anything feel free to send me a private message.

Thanks, JP. I wouldn't say I've had no practice, it's basically all I've been thinking about for the past week and a half haha. I'll be sure to reach out with any questions. Much appreciated.

yo mojopin, wasn't it an amazing feeling to find the site? i still bother my friends about my dreams but now i have somewhere to really rant and discuss them with other like-minded people.

i'm new too, but it's nice to have you, good luck on your future lucid dreams!

Yo Astral, it is amazing. Almost mind boggling how many people out there are into it and I had no idea! Hoepfully the continued conversations and friends will help keep the motivation level high, you know?

P.S. did you draw your Signature? props if you did. Looks great

This is the most active forum on lucid dreaming that I've found. And they have free classes, so that's a plus. Welcome to the forum. Hope you see real improvement in your dreaming.

Hi and welcome! I love enthusiastic people, I have no idea why so few people are interested in this hobby. Have you read all the tutorials yet? If not, then check out the wiki section: Wiki - Dreamviews Lucid Dreaming Community & Resource

If you feel like it, get on chat and ask away all kinds of questions! Or ask them here, or in a PM :)

Good luck, and keep on dreaming!

yeah it feels good to know i'm not alone in the fascination of dreams. especially when most people rarely give dreams much thought at all. i'm pretty sure the more you get involved here the better you'll get at lucid dreaming, some of the guys here are total pros. :]

oh and yeah i did draw it, much thanks.

Welcome in! These forums are great. I had long since forgot about the means of controlling ones dreams. (I thought it was ALL about luck, and not about determination) However, in an episode of american dad, Steve says that he has taught himself to lucid dream, and that was the point where my interest was renewed. For now I had the word for it! The English word, that I needed to google: Lucid. 1st of to Wikipedia, then google which suggested I searched for lucid dreaming forum. I gave it a go, and ended up here, where I have continuously come back each other hour to read and respond. Excitement and expectations stroke me, and I'm still bugging my friends to find someone who share my views. Surprisingly, my TEACHER have done it while he was young, and he says he has done it a lot. This would surprise you if you knew him. Anyway, this was far too long a post, and I think I kinda missd the topic there... So... WELCOME INTO THE FORUMS!

Hahah, thanks Klikko. I never mind a bit of off-topic banter, so no need to apologize! I've never seen that American Dad episode... I'll be sure to keep an eye out for it.