New to the forum - natural lucid dreamer?

Hi, I'm Dave. I'm 21 and I'm a student studying Engineering. For quite some time now I have been able to detect that I am dreaming and subsequently control the rest of my dream for my own benefit. Until today I had never heard of 'lucid dreaming', a quick google search found this place and I was intrigued to find more people who can do the same.

My first lucid experience came when my dream entered an imaginary area in which it had previously experienced a nightmare, I recognised the place as being a place from my previous dream and this told me I must be dreaming. With that knowledge in place I assumed that as I had some level of conciousness I must be able to decide what happened in my dream. I was right.

While growing up I had a recurring image in my mind, a pair of bike pedals spinning below me, spinning too fast to get my feet back on them and slow the bike down. Every time I thought about it I would try and put my feet on the pedals and stop the bike but I simply couldn't. After a while I could slow the bike under huge concentration but still not stop it but a few years ago I finally managed to stop the bike and remove my feet without the wheels starting to spin up again. This was when I first started lucid dreaming. I assume the two are somehow related.

I still have that image in my mind from time to time and if I cannot stop the pedals I know I won't have control over my dreams until I get control over the pedals back. Today for example, I cannot stop them.

I've only mentioned this to one close friend before as it all sounded a little crazy to me so it's good to find other people with similar experiences to myself. I look forward to finding out more about lucid dreaming and dream control. My question to you though is this: am I a natural lucid dreamer?

Hi Mutley, Welcome to Dreamviews!

Based on what you've posted, there's a large possibility that you're a Natural Lucid Dreamer. It seems like you can always "recall"(remember) this bike-like dream of yours. Most of us here are having a hard time recalling dreams(But of course, advanced LDers here are an exception) and we still need a dream journal(notebook or thing where you write your recent dream) in order for us to remember our dreams. So um, yeah, like what I've said, you might be a natural lucid dreamer.

For more newbie information go to http://www.dreamviews.com/f20/beginn...eaming-116237/

I guess I didn't quite explain properly, the 'bike-like dream' isn't a dream, it is just something I can visualise in my mind. Every time I visualise it it is in the same place and I see it from the same perspective. I can chose to focus on it and I can chose to push it to the back of my mind, but even there it can creep back into my thoughts unconsciously. The more I talk about it the weirder it sounds!

I've had a quick look at the link you provided and a few other threads before I signed up, can't spend too long looking as I'm actually at work right now (shh) but I'll read it more deeply later. Thanks for your reply.