Well, I suppose by being here that wasn't exactly a mystery. Here is the obligatory introductory post, that will likely remain in obscurity until the end of time, but hey, it is obligatory. Anyway, I'm Neon304, real name is Dale (first name anyway). My screen name really has very little relevance left, but it has become my internet identity, so I continue to use it.

I first stumbled onto this site a couple of years ago when I was first getting into lucid dreaming, and various threads here have already given me some advice and tips, and even led to some success. Over time though, I have lost and regained interest a few times, but overall, I think I've lost more ground than I've gained, at least in the last year. I recently had my 3rd full fledged lucid dream, but for whatever reason, I completely forgot the content of that dream. Since I forgot it, I've decided I can't really count it, so other than that, I've only ever had 2 completely lucid dreams. At the time of having both of them, I was still trying to get past some road blocks that I have since gotten over, and based on what I remember of me describing my forgotten lucid dream to my now ex-girlfriend over the phone, things like the inability to basically let go and let myself do things like teleport or move through solid objects weren't a problem for me in this forgotten dream. In my first lucid dream I was still having problems with flight, although strangely I had been having a lot of normal dreams prior to that of me actually learning how to fly in dreams, which in and of itself was an interesting experience. By my second lucid dream, flight was no longer an issue, and now that dream stands out as one of the coolest I have ever had, which is saying a lot, considering I seem to have an above average dream recall, and that's without trying. Actually, when I first really started putting a lot of effort into lucid dreaming, I went from having a dream recall of about 2 dreams a night on average, to remembering 5 or 6 a night, although oddly enough, I never went full lucid in that time frame, I had several instances of partial lucidity, and on average more control over my dreams than I had before, but not a single dream I would count as a lucid dream. All 3 of them (including the forgotten one, as well as the instance of my first ever lucid experience, which actually woke me up too fast to really do anything about, I don't count that instance as a lucid dream either) have oddly seemed to have just happened without me really trying, just basically random realization that the dream was a dream, and then suddenly being in full control. Nearly every lucid dream induction technique I have tried has only really resulted in partial dream control.

The reason I finally decided to make an account really is because of the forgotten lucid dream. I forget dreams all of the time, its usually no big deal, but to forget a fully lucid dream, that just doesn't sit well with me. This seems like it would be a good place to potentially archive something like that, and hopefully avoid losing it. I do suspect the recent break up I just went through as well as an unusually large amount of recent family drama have contributed to the loss of that dream, and that stuff seems to be settling now, so I'm not sure it would be a problem moving forward, but you never know what else might come up in the future that could also lead to me forgetting a lucid dream, or even just a really good normal dream.

I don't put much personal stock into using a dream journal on a daily basis, it has an effect on my dream recall, sure, it was what lead to me being able to remember 5 or 6 dreams a night, but I noticed most of the early night dreams were less vibrant, repetitive in theme and just boring, not to mention, it actually made sorting through them to get anything worth writing down more of a hassle. So mainly, I just try and archive a few dreams here and there, although unfortunately the place I had written down a lot of my dreams at, including both lucid dreams I had prior to the forgotten one, no longer exists, so I also kind of need a place to start over.

So yeah, that's who I am, and why I'm here.