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**Duck** · 03-24-2012 10:18 PM

Well, hello there, people, I guess this is my introduction topic, so I though I'd say 'Hi', at first I only wanted to keep journal, but seeing this forum as a pretty nice community I thought to myself "Hey, why not getting involved?" So, here I am.

Little about myself, I'm a male and I live in Slovakia, I found out about lucid dreaming this week and it really caught my attention, I was a bit sceptical at first, but after today's first lucid dream of mine (at least that's what I think it was) I decided to take things seriously.

I'm looking forward to read all of the materials on boards, knowing myself.

I also have some questions, I don't want to retype them, so let me quote myself from a subreddit a made post on earlier about my dream. The answers weren't absolutely satisfying, so I hope to get answers on the main question of feeling empty and numb after waking up from dream.

I think I might had my first lucid dream this morning. I accidentally tried out WBTB, so that's what produced it, I guess. I woke up around 9:30AM and went to have my breakfast, thus I made myself completely awake and then at about 10:15AM went back to sleep reciting "I will remember my next dream" mantra. I remember two dreams, which is really awesome, because since I read about lucid dreaming (tuesday) and bonded myself to have at least one and experience it, I only had really vague recall. I could recall some type of music, just rhytm on Wednesday, and it was gone after a few seconds. I didn't have dream journal then, so I didn't catch the rhytm, unfortunately. On Thursday, I know I had some kind of dream, but I failed to remember and Friday was completely blank.

At first, I only wanted to recall my dreams, not become lucid at once, though I still did a lot of RCs everyday and read about LD all the time. But after waking up from today's dreams, I don't feel excited. I feel kinda numb, and it feels as if my brains made up all the info upon me waking up. Is this normal? I'm kind of confused and like I said, not excited nor happy at all. I feel also kind of surprised, seems so unreal for me. Also, when I woke up from my first dream, seconds ago, I became lucid. I looked around myself and remembered scene from earlier in dream and it went naturally like "Hey, something like that is impossible, this must be a dream", I did a reality check, trying to put my fingers into my palm, but it didn't work. After like 5 or 6 seconds, I woke up. (I'm not entirely sure here, the dream might have just ended, because I can't remember waking up, but it feels as if I woke up) Now, I have read a lot about being so overly excited when becoming lucid in dream, that you wake up. The weird thing is, I didn't feel excited at all, I didn't even have time to plan or think about what I was going to do, I just suddenly realised that I was dreaming and my mind went completely blank after that. I was thinking that maybe my awareness level was so little I didn't even have time to be excited. Am I right? Has something like that happened to you?
The second dream was me sitting in a car going through all kinds of landscapes and me looking in the window and seeing bunch of sceneries (I can't remember any of them) and then suddenly realizing I was dreaming. I tried to do "finger through palm" reality check again, but it didn't work, so I did "hold your nose for a bit" reality check. Now comes the weird thing again. As I was holding my nose, I could breath the air in, but only partially. Is it supposed to be like that? I can't remember if I held my nose fully, so there might have been a little space to come in, but again, my intuition tells me I was holding it tightly. After becoming lucid, I wanted to fly out of the car, but I wasn't able to move at all, the dream just kept continuing, me watching sceneries in a car, but being lucid, after that, nothing else happened, because I probably can't remember it, or I was woken up. Is it ok to be like this? I knew I wouldn't be able to control my dreams fully on my first try, but I thought I would be at least able to talk. I'm not disappointed at all, though. I think it was an amazing experience, but as I said, my brain doesn't want to fully accept it. If I continue with this, doing RCs every day, reciting mantras before sleep, thinking a lot about lucid dreaming, will my lucidity eventually improve?

EDIT: tl;dr: I'm not feeling excited after waking up from first lucid dream and my brain is confused thinking it wasn't a dream, but a mere fantasy. Is this ok? I didn't become excited after realising I was dreaming in dream and still woke up. Realization didn't even hit me hard, but I still woke up. Is this normal? I can't move upon becoming lucid, is this normal?

Thanks you for your time and reading it all if you did.

**Castles** · 03-24-2012 10:58 PM

First off, welcome to DreamViews, I'm sure you will become a great asset to the community =).

You did indeed have a lucid dream, because you knew you were dreaming. Like I tell many others, you have to truly believe that you're dreaming and want to do spectacular things such as flying, walking through walls, etc in order to do them. Don't just tell yourself. Make yourself truly believe. Yes, doing all those things will improve your chances of lucidity, because it will carry over into your dreams. Though you may not want to, keep a dream journal. I admit I'm too lazy to keep one as well, but luckily for you here at the DV each member has one of their own linked to their profile. From experience, not being able to move upon becoming lucid is normal. I once had a dream not too long ago I was in my kitchen and it was completely night outside. There was a random switch in the middle of the room. We'll call it the lucidity switch. I walked over to the switch and turned it on and at this instant I became fully lucid. The thing is, I couldn't walk. Well, I could. But it was as if I was stuck in mud. Truly believe in yourself when it comes to becoming lucid. Do not doubt yourself. If you want to accomplish something, you can.

Feel free to personal message me if you have any questions. I am on this site every day because I obviously have no life. Enjoy your stay =)

**Duck** · 03-24-2012 11:20 PM

Thank you for your encouraging words! What you're describing with your kitchen experience feels exactly what like happened to me, I managed to do a reality check (which failed, btw) and then the dream continued as if nothing happened, apart the fact I became lucid. I liked the line about having no life.

**Castles** · 03-24-2012 11:35 PM

Originally Posted by Duck

Thank you for your encouraging words! What you're describing with your kitchen experience feels exactly what like happened to me, I managed to do a reality check (which failed, btw) and then the dream continued as if nothing happened, apart the fact I became lucid. I liked the line about having no life.

No problem =). Keep working on it, you'll get there!

**Arch** · 03-25-2012 03:45 PM

Well most lucids, especially when you start out, you aren't very concious so you pretty much carry on with the story. Keep at it!

**Evolventity** · 03-25-2012 07:58 PM

TL;DR. But I've already spent plenty of time talking to you in chat. Welcome again. Quack.

**Duck** · 03-25-2012 08:10 PM

Thank you guys, I'll definitely keep trying and I'll be having mah awesome lucid dreams.

**gab** · 03-25-2012 08:40 PM

Ahoj Duck, welcome!

If you realized you are dreaming, it was a lucid dream. Even if you didn't have any control. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't have control. And the level of awareness can be different, even within the same dream. The flying can be tricky, because we are so used to gravity. It's easiest, if you don't think 'I want to fly' and then flap your arms or stuff like that. You should just pick a spot where you want to go and 'go' there by flying. RC can sometimes fail, that's why it's advised to do 2-3 of them.

Sounds like the lucids you had were DILDs (when in regular dream you realize you are dreaming). You can get more of them by practicing technique called MILD. It consists of daytime awareness, RCs, mantras. Dream journal is practically essential for your dream recall and it also lets your mind know, that dreaming and remembering your dreams is important to you. Also as you tried, WBTB is helpfull, but you can expect to have a DILD at anytime.

Will be happy to answer any more questions and let us know, how it goes

Good luck!

**Mancon** · 03-26-2012 05:50 AM

Hey, Duck!

Welcome to Dreamviews! This community is definitely worth getting into!

Sounds like people have already given you good advice. As time goes on, you should find that your lucids will keep getting better and better. Keep working at it! After a few years of hard work, I can now have lucids every night. It is worth it! Hope to see you posting around.

**Duck** · 03-26-2012 04:47 PM

Thank you again, yeah, that's what I'm most relying on, getting used it, although I hope for best in a short time. (also using this opportunity to post-whore

) Also, *years* of hard work is a really high goal for me, I hope I can stay that motivated and still have many things to try out.

gab, thanks for useful links! I'm trying my best to keep dream journal and write as many information as possible, but there isn't much anything now, as my recall is really vague, except that one lucid dream I spoke of. It's interesting that the dream I actually remember the most from is the lucid one.

Looking forward to spending time with you guys.

**Matte87** · 03-26-2012 05:12 PM

Heya there Duck! We spoke on IRC. You seem like a very enthusiastic person and I hope you enjoy your stay here. Remember to take it easy and not burn yourself out. It might take a while to get consistent results, but it's definitely worth it! Work on your recall as much as possible and it'll improve quickly.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask away or send me a PM

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