Thread: First lucid Dream . . I think, maybe?

Hey guys

Just woke up from probably the weirdest, most surreal experience I've experienced while attempting lucid dreaming so far. I won't go in to exact details about the string of dreams but I'll give you some basic info on what I was doing and hopefully I can get some feedback on my questions.

I woke up at around 5am after going to bed at about 11pm, I got out of bed for about 5-10 minutes, walked around, answered the call of nature
Then I lay down and attempted to get back into my dreams using WILD. I lay perfectly still letting every sense and feeling and sight pass without much attention. However unlike previous experiences, this time I felt several heavy waves rush over my limbs, my breathing felt like it was getting heavier and my HI got more intense, I even had auditory HI for the first time. I can't quite remember why but I decided that was enough for one attempt so rolled over and fell asleep "normally".

The first dream I found myself in was a pretty standard, but vivid dream, nothing really worth mentioning. The part I would like talked about is the end point. As the dream began to go to black and fade I felt what I thought at the time were my eyes opening, to find myself lying in my parents bedroom in our old house (our old house has popped up several times now for some reason, comments?)
I immediately stood up and began examining everything in the room, feeling slightly bewildered, it was at this point that I walked past the large mirror on the cupboard doors. To my surprise I did not see myself, but some deformed human form. This shocked me as I stepped back, I immediately somehow knew I was still dreaming, despite the various reality checks I performed all passing. What followed after this sudden realisation was several connected False awakenings, I felt as if the dream was throwing me about trying to knock me out of my newly gained lucidity (of which it succeeded after the 5th or 6th false awakening ) I even remember at one point asking a dream character how I could take control or stabilise myself.

Sorry for the wall of text guys but I feel I've made a big step on my journey to lucidity and would love some feedback from more experienced dreamers

Sounds like you had two lucid dreams, I think. To clarify, lucid dream is a dream where you recognize you're dreaming while you're still in the dream. So your first lucid was after you looked into the mirror, and the second lucid being the 5th/6th lucid?

Anyway, congrats on your first lucid dream There are only more to come!

The 5/6th false awakening was actually when I kinda last my lucidity and forgot I was dreaming
Well that was a more chaotic experience than I was expecting . .

Ahh. So you had your first lucid, and then an FA > FA > FA > FA > FA, yes? In which you were all lucid?

I think I was lucid initially, and then regained my lucidity after the first few false awakenings, but after a few more I think I kinda lost it or just gave up and wanted it to end

Well congratulations! On both your first lucid dream and your first lucid dream chain ^__^ keep up the good work, dude!

Yay, gold star for moi
Guess the next step is to learn how to get into a lucid dream where I have some control, rather than being thrown about by the dream

If you see that you get FAs a lot, you should reality check every time you wake up. Like- make that your first priority, even before your dream journal.

Originally Posted by fOrceez

If you see that you get FAs a lot, you should reality check every time you wake up. Like- make that your first priority, even before your dream journal.

ditto.

That's how I got my first LD, from a false awakening.

Have to say I've never had anything close to lucidity or false awakenings before
the closest thing I have to a repeating theme is my old house

Yeah, that's what I thought too. But you'd be surprised how many FAs you might catch. You should try it out for a month or two and see how that goes.

Have you got any thoughts on why my reality checks failed to show I was in a dream, or why it was so out of control ?

When you do your reality checks in waking life, do your reality checks and expect what would happen if it were a dream. As for control, it's all about expectations and confidence. You could try visualising. For the most part, just expect it to happen.

Well for example when I do the finger through hand test I will expect my finger to go through, no problem
The only test that seemed to work was the distorted reflection in the mirror, and questioning "where am I? does this make sense?". My normal tests did not work, and yet I was still totally confident in the fact that it was a dream. As for control and expectations I knew where I was and totally expected to be able to leave my parents room and explore my "dream town" as it were, however I seemed to be trapped with the dream dragging me back in.

Hm. Try doubling your reality checks up with "how did I get here", then If you've seen Inception, Cobb explains something perfectly, how when we're in our dreams, we never seem to remember how we got there or how the dream started, we seem to be doing something already. As for being totally confident that you were in a dream, that's fine. Most of the time people don't become lucid from reality checks, they spot something off first, and then use the reality check to confirm that they're dreaming.
For dream control- perhaps try and take baby steps first or try flying out. Maybe even just walk out the front door xD

I tried walking out the door but the dream dragged me back in and reset, like "oh silly you, you are't ready for UNLIMITED POWER . . . yet, but look at this nice room we made you . . "
As for Inception, how do you think I got here? Love that film
I seem to have been perfectly lucid but lacked any kind of powers or free will to explore beyond a few rooms of my old house, perhaps as it was my first experience my brain thought I wasn't quite ready yet, so reset me to get used to the initial feeling of being lucid?

Problem is though, I did the reality checks and they seemed to work fine indicating I was awake, even though I knew I was dreaming still because of the location I was at

AGH FALSE AWAKENINGS SUCK </3. Seems like you did have a lucid dream though. Congrats =) Welcome!

Thanks Castles
Wasn't exactly what I was expecting, was all over the place being trapped then awakening then trapped again, etc etc etc . .
I was expecting everything to just kinda slow down or come to a nice calm halt like it does in Inception when someone realises they're dreaming

Originally Posted by Vampireboy

Thanks Castles
Wasn't exactly what I was expecting, was all over the place being trapped then awakening then trapped again, etc etc etc . .
I was expecting everything to just kinda slow down or come to a nice calm halt like it does in Inception when someone realises they're dreaming

I am really sensitive about false awakenings and freak out so easily. The last time it happened my s/o had to consul me back to bed. Couldn't sleep.

Was it particularly traumatic? or is it just a new experience?

Originally Posted by Vampireboy

Was it particularly traumatic? or is it just a new experience?

Well, when I false awake I can sense something is wrong every time. I do reality checks and I realize I'm dreaming and spend time some time calming down. Then I wake again and go through morning rituals. Again. And again. Then I start to wonder if I'll ever wake up for real at all (I know this is silly, but it always crosses my mind in the other world) If it helps I have really bad anxiety issues that could contribute as well.

That kinda sounds like what I was having this morning with my continuous stream of awakenings, how often does it happen for you?

Originally Posted by Vampireboy

That kinda sounds like what I was having this morning with my continuous stream of awakenings, how often does it happen for you?

FA's to that extent have only happened once. I should've known better. I was waking up in my own home and my s/o's home on and off! Though I have only had a few FA's in total.

You must find lucid dreaming a pretty smooth ride other than the occasional FA though, right?