I wanted to start off by saying thank you to all of the very helpful posts I read on this forum as well as the sticky "Beginners Guide..." which I felt had everything I needed to know to get started.

I attempted my first try at lucid dreaming last night using the FILD technique that to my surprise worked right away for me. Upon waking up early in the morning I tried to keep my eyes closed, kept my hand under my pillow, and "played the piano" with my middle and index finger repeating " I will have a lucid dream...I will have a lucid dream" for what felt like a minute. After that minute I thought I would give the nose RC a try and to my surprise I was able to breath in.

Well let me tell you...what a super weird and amazing feeling when you realize for the first time that you are conscious in your dream. As expected, even after trying to remain calm, the feeling only lasted a couple seconds before I think my excitement overtook me and I just slipped back into my dream without feeling conscious. I have not read that yet. Looking through it seems most people wake back up after realizing but I kind of just slipped out of my "conscious" state and into a very weird dream. Is that unusual?

Anyway, just wanted to share my experiences with everyone and I will definitely continue this method as clearly it worked for me and maybe others who have failed using other techniques could give it a try.

Thanks!