hello, there

hi. :)

I'm new here (obviously), and have always been rather intrigued by the concept of lucid dreaming. I have tried, on a few occasions, to attempt to achieve such a state using sheer force of will and botchy dream journaling (some of the entries of which would make for some pretty crazy stories), but have had little success. I am eager to try my hand at some new (to me) techniques.

As it stands now, I don't believe I have ever had a true lucid dreaming experience, but I do believe, on a number of occasions, that I managed to aquire a sort of median, semi-conscious state through mere dumb luck.

Basically, you know how sometimes you'll sort of "wake up" but you don't want to wake up, whether because you just don't want to yet, or because you're having a really good dream and want to see where it goes? Well, it's times like these where, while I know I'm waking up, whether I want to or not, I try to focus on my dream instead, trying to watch it play out in my mind's eye. I don't believe it's really lucid dreaming, as I have to stick within the parameters of the dream, if that makes sense, but random waking thoughts of mine pertaining to what was happening in the dream have been known influence it.

incidentally, these are also the only dreams I can ever remember "finishing", so to speak. that is, in my semiwaking state, the dream seems to rush toward a(n oftentimes hastily unsatisfying) conclusion.

so, yeah, that's my experience (or lackthereof). off to check out the rest of the forums, now. ;)

Welcome to the group.
Lucid dreaming is an amazing experience. I have done it at least twice a week for eighteen years now, and I'm still having new experiences. Sometimes it's about exploring my subconscious, and sometimes I just want to drive cars into houses without consequence.
During my most vivid LDs I have been able to see every detail of every object around me, feel every texture with perfect accuracy. Some of my lucid experiences have been just absolutely amazing.
Anyway, good luck.

Hi and welcome to DV! I'm sure you will have your first Lucid Dream you can call "real" in no time. Any dream you're aware it's a dream in though is a lucid. Check out our Wiki - Dreamviews Lucid Dreaming Community & Resource for tutorials on some techniques you can use other than just Dream Journaling (even though you need one for recall improvement), and try them out :)

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!