whats up everyone, my name is brian and im 19 years old from New York. Ive been attempting lucid dreaming for months now and going about it alone, so im looking forwad to having a community I can turn to for guidance...anyway heres my story

Ive been keping a dream log and a symbol on my hand, checking it frequently...a month or so went by with no lucid dream and i became discouraged.

I had my 1st LD a few months ago, and all that happened was I realized i was dreaming, but played along with my dreams plan, did not take advantage

I began to notice in a few of my dreams that i would see 2 of my cat, so i forced myself to realize i was dreaming...the first few times i was on the brink always, found it hard to convince myself I was dreaming...

5 or 6 LD's later, I had a dream long story short that my buddy got his arm bitten off by a dolphin...I realized I was dreaming, and completely and literally stepped away from my dream and did my own thing..it felt amazing to seperate myself from my dreams plan for the first time

In my latest dream, I was able to make someone appear, I invisioned her in a seperate room, went there and sure enough she was there

Im pretty happy with the strides Ive been making, but last night I felt like I was back to square one, I realied I was dreaming but couldnt grasp the fact and take advantage...anyway I plan on doing this for the rest of my life, so i will be a long time member here and look forward to learning and getting better through this sight...any advice or feedback is greatly appreciated, thanks!