I'm new.

[Lassa]

So, as the title reads.. I'm new. I'm here looking to learn how to Lucid Dream at will, I've done it accidently but I woke up from excitment. So.. hi.

[Burke]

Hi and welcome to the forums! The best thing to do when you start trying to have lucid dreams is to keep a dream journal. This helps you improve your recall so, when you do have a lucid dream, you remember it. Once you get lucid, as you said, you tend to get excited. What you need to do is just calm down and take in your surroundings. You want to "anchor" youself into the dream by rubbing your hands and focusing on the heat it generates, how it feels when your hands rub against each other. The more you stabalize the dream the more likely you won't wake up when you start to do things, and the longer the dream will last. Be sure to read up on some of the many guides here and find one that best works for you. If you have any questions at all feel free to ask, people here are very friendly and happy to help. Good luck with your lucids and remember, don't give up!

[Puffin]

Hi Lassa, to DV! The first place you should go is the Dreamviews Wiki; it has a bunch of tutorials and guides for everything related to lucid dreaming. If you haven't yet, I also suggest starting a dream journal - basically, just recording dreams that you can remember each morning. You can use a physical journal, or Dreamviews has a blog-style section just for journaling; you can set one up by clicking "Dream Journals" near the top of the page. Dream journaling is important because if you can't remember your regular dreams, you'll have difficulty remembering your lucid ones, even though they can be more memorable. If you want, you can also have a look at my Beginner's Guide to Lucid Dreaming; it's a brief rundown on dream recall, the different lucid induction methods, and dream control. If you have any questions about the forum or anything related to LDing, don't hesitate to ask!

[Mancon]

Hey Lassa, Welcome to Dreamviews! First of all I would recommend you read The Beginner's Guide to Lucid Dreaming by Puffin. It is a great guide and I recommend it to all newbies! Are you keeping a dream journal? If your not I strongly recommend it, as it improves your recall. If your recall is bad, you could forget a lucid dream you had! After you improve your recall the next step is to choose an induction technique. I have put together a list of great tutorials for some of the techniques: DILD Tutorials -All Day Awareness by KingYoshi -Puffin's DILD Guide -Naiya's DILD and WILD secrets -Wiki DILD Tutorial MILD Tutorials -Naiya's MILD Guide -Wiki MILD Tutorial WILD Tutorials -KingYoshi's WILD Tutorial -My WILD Guide -CrazyInsane's WILD Tutorial -The Wiki WILD Tutorial -Jeff777's Free Falling WILD Technique WBTB -Wiki WBTB Tutorial -Slash's WBTB Video DEILD -Wiki DEILD Tutorial -Dakotahnoks DEILD Tutorial There are plenty of other great tutorials out there (Especially in the Wiki), but those are just a few I like! Remember to stay confident, and you will have lucid dreams! Good luck! If you have any questions feel free to PM me.

[Seanchaidh]

Oooooh yay! A new person :# Hellllooooo and welcome to Dreamviews. There are a lot of friendly people about so don't be afraid to talk to others. There are also lots of tutorials of LDing too so you can have lots of fun lucid dreaming too *.* Hope you enjoy your time here

[Lassa]

Thanks for the warm welcome, everyone. I started a DJ, but I have a question... I often wake up in the middle of the night/early hours of the morning for no reason. I'm a heavy sleeper and never wake up to noise unless it's when I'm nearing waking up anyway. I read about.. 'FILD'. Can someone explain in greater detail? It'd be much appreciated. Thanks

[Robot_Butler]

It is normal to wake during a full night's sleep. It is a part of our natural sleep cycle. Generally, we wake briefly after every REM period. Most of the time, we immediately fall back to sleep without even noticing the brief awakening. As we get older, we tend to notice these more and more. It is a great time to scribble some notes about your dream.

[Puffin]

Everyone wakes up in the middle of the night; they just don't realize it because they're half-asleep, or aren't awake for more that long. Saying this, knowing you wake up during the night is a good first step towards doing a WBTB (wake-back-to-bed) or DEILD (dream exit initiated lucid dream). DEILDs are basically stopping yourself from moving or opening your eyes when you wake up, which tricks your body into sending you back into a dream, conscious and lucid. It's a very shortened form of WILD; so if you're interested in trying a WILD out but aren't too sure about the SP or hallucinations that can occur, DEILDs are great for testing it out. You experience SP, but only for a few moments; in my own DEILDs, I usually don't even experience hallucinations, and am just thrown right back into a dream. You can find a FILD tutorial here; in essence, it's just a form of DEILD but you're keeping yourself awake by imagining that you're moving your hands, etc.

[ninja9578]

The getting excited problem will go away with experience. As for doing it at will, that takes an induction technique. I recommend doing DILD and WBTB for a while. It's not a guarantee, but it's good to start with and has a fairly high success rate.