Hi,

I think I joined in May, unsure. But I wrote down your tips and other hints to try reaching LD.
I have also kept a journal. A friend advised that I should also record what type of day I was having and see if anxiety or stress influences anything.
I was very unsuccessful the first week or so, so I pretty much left it. I must say that I find it very hard to relax my body completely, lucky I have found that I can simply go to sleep normally and still be aware in the dream that I'm dreaming.
After a lot more practice I now know several things that appear to happen in my dreams.
I don't have feet, I have on several occasions looked down and have realised that my sight of vision ends at my knees in dreams (weird) Has anyone had the same experience)
I somethings hear things in my dreams that shouldn't be there. Like my heart beat (my best guess is that it is my heartbeat.) And noises from outside (my boyfriend get up to use the loo, sirens from an police car going by) I know they aren't suppose to be in the dream.

The dreams themselves are pretty ordinary. I've spend a day back in school, gone to my grandparents house at the sea.
I've even made effort to try to find out why I always feel that someone is there, with me when I dream, to absolutely no success. I have noticed that while my dreams appear more vivid, they appear to have lost temperature. I remember getting cold in a dream once - but now the temp. always seems comfortable if that is the way to put it.
I have alway more recently tried changing the direction of my dreams. I guess I am forcing the issue and I have twice woken up while doing it. Still requires practise, I think.