Newie, not so new to lucid dreams...

Hi everyone,

My name is Liam, I just joined. I'm looking to explore lucid dreams having had ones on and off for years.

The earliest one I can remember was where at the end of a dream when I was 8 or 9 I realised I was in a dream and did a countdown from 10 -> at 0 my alarm woke me for school. Other examples where when I explored lucid dreaming at uni aged 21 - I found in mornings when I went with the flow I would drift from conscious to dreaming. I guess the WILD technique is probably something like that. I have always found that dreams on Sat mornings are interesting and often lucid and more memorable. The first one I had I was about to have sex with the daughter of my college's maths department, but woke up - sex and anything involving problem solving destabilises dreams. I used to have tons of lucid dreams when I was doing my masters and always false awakened (knowing I was false awake as one of my eyes would be firmly shut). One morning I false awoke so many times I lost track (20 times) and each time kept waking up the same way. I was knackered when I finally woke.

Funniest one was a few months ago where I was in a restaraunt and an old work colleague came up to me. He behaved like he would have in real life, offering to come out for a private drink to discuss what happened (I took a redundancy settlement from my last banking job rather than be fired), then I realised I was in a dream and said 'Andy, this is just dream so no worries' and he laughed exactly like he does in real life and then said ok - in the dream it was a little funny but 2 seconds later I woke up and couldn't stop laughing.

I'm definitely interested in inducing lucid dreams and doing interesting things and if there are dangers/pitfalls. I'm sure it's both helpful and unhelpful/scary to your mental state.

I look forward to meeting you all and hearing your stories.

Another funny one was a few days ago where I found myself doing classroom observation in a school. I realised I was dreaming and began to wonder if I could include this experience in my pending real world application for teacher training...


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Hey welcome!

Your story sounds a bit like mine. I would also tell people there dream characters just to see what they react like (mostly telling me i'm crazy or flat out ignoring me). At the moment i'm really busy using dreams for new ideas and self development. (like meeting a dream guide to learn more about myself) I also have a lot of false awakenings. but 20 is A lot!.. mine where once about 12 in a row? I was a little feverish and fell asleep on the couch. Only to wake up so many times! after three or so i constantly knew i was dreaming and couldn't force myself to wake up. Quite a strong experience.

Hope you'll enjoy the forum like me

I think 20 is an exaggeration, it probably was more like 4-10, but kept on going. I was astonished at how detailed my room was each time I false awoke.

Welcome to Dreamviews!

Here is a short guide to tell you something about different induction techniques - Beginner's guide

The easiest technique to start with is usually DILD - that's when you during regular dream realize, that you are dreaming. So check it out, post your questions and experiences. Happy dreams:alien: