Hey, all!
I'm a reborn dreamer, and would like to
share my recent experiences with dreaming.

First off, I can't remember any of the dreams I've had this year. I generally remember
very few dreams, and when I do, it's mostly single details of the whole dream. Nothing
near a whole dream. The only dreams I somewhat remember are some weird nightmare'ish ones I had when I was much younger.

For whatever reason, I suddenly got very interested in dreams and remembering them. I think the interest was ignited by the WILD "instructions" that's been floating around tumblr and the likes. Obviously they are really shallow, somewhat vague and downright misinforming (the one I stumbled upon told to WILD right as you go to sleep).

I was so interested that I sought out multiple sources of lucid dreaming, both articles and videos on the subject. I wanted to gather as much info as I could. The first night I still didn't know WILD should be attempted after some sleep, and other than a very strong heartbeat and increased breathing (probably due to expectations and really wanting to lucid dream) I didn't experience much.

I wanted to keep at it though, and read more about lucid dreaming, especially the WILD method. It was the first one I heard about, and I found it interesting. At the end of day three, right before I went to bed, I wrote down the events of the day (as suggested in a thread to improve dream recall),
and I started to note a few improvements.

For first time in ever, I remembered a few grains of a dream. I could even remember that I'd had more than one dream. I didn't remember more of the others than that they existed. I even woke up by myself at my ideal WILD time, as I've been suggesting to myself with my mantra. The night before this I woke abruptly to an alarm clock.

Tonight/this morning went much like last time, with waking at an ideal time by myself and remembering a few details of a couple dreams (I'm mostly being able to remember the fact that I have more than one dream, not so much detailing yet). The huge difference with this attempt was that the dream turned lucid at the very end, if only for a few seconds. In the dream I was trying to find out why a person was upset, with two friends at my school, when out of nowhere we start to beatbox dubstep. Once the drop happens the sound went from pretty bad beatboxing to actual dubstep, and the sound comes from within my head. I realise this is impossible, and that I have to be dreaming!

For a few seconds I'm in control of myself, but soon stuff in the dream starts to clip and get unclear. I watch my hands and try spinning, but after a few more seconds I get pulled out. My theory to why this happened is that I had my alarm set to 07:30 am, and my body usually wakes up a few seconds before my alarm goes off (This has become second nature after many years of waking to it). Overall it felt really good to make it happen, if even for such a short while, and I feel very motivated to keep trying!

The only thing I feel is "wrong", is the whole LDHSW part. For whatever reason I haven't had this work at all yet. I never really get an urge to move ever, so holding still in itself isn't a problem. I try to keep focused by reciting my mantra
in my mind, with every breath I take. I've just thrown in the towel after about an hour the few times I've tried this. At times it feels like something might happen, but regardless of my mental preparedness, my body gets way too excited. I guess that's something to work on..

Sorry for all the rambling, I just really felt like venting out all of this dreaming stuff I've had in my head the last 4-5 days. I hope some of you might find it interesting to read about the endeavours of a "reborn dreamer".

Lastly, a huge thanks to everyone on this site. It seems like a very friendly community, and it's already been very helpful to me, even though this is my first actual post.