Where i come from...

[Tucane]

Hey fellow dreamers! I've been lurking around lots of LD-forums and decided to make my stay here at DV. Although i'm new to these forums, it doesn't apply to LD itself. Well, here's my backgroundstory LD-wise, in short. I experienced my first SP around the age of 6 and it kept rolling from there. After having lots of fun DILD's for years, i started to ponder on the fenomena of LD and especially how it worked. I often tried pinching myself during these odd dreams i had, only to see if i would wake up... i didn't. Couldn't make any significant progress in really understanding LD until one day. I recall i was around 12 years old. One night I was up really late, a question struck my mind. "What happens when I fall asleep?" To answer that question, I realised there was only one thing to do. I had to fall asleep, keeping the question a secret from my mind. I couldn't think of the secret, because my mind would know. I kept the secret hidden and went to sleep. (I believe this to be the essence of WILD) Fell asleep I did, not the way I was used to, it was wierd in a lot of ways. Then I woke up, (or at least i thougt i did) in the hallway, feeling different... then recognized the feeling of dreaming and awareness. Thought I could fly off from the balcony... I couldn't and it hurt. After waking up I swore never to forget how i pulled it off, what I today know was my first successful WILD. But forget I did. Luckily I somehow managed to backtrack the memory many years later, when I got back into lucid dreaming. Nowadays, I still practice WILD when i have a window in my busy life. I'm equally intrested in discussing it and helping others achieving it. I guess I'll be hanging around in these forums every now and then. Thanks for reading, hope to see you around Greetings, Tucane