Greetings everyone, glad I found this forum! I'm Derek and never heard of the term lucid dreaming until a few months ago. Naturally I was eager to try. During this time I think I have made a few steps toward my first actual lucid dream. Once I believe I had a DILD but the excitement woke me up in two seconds. Since then I experienced a single episode of sleep paralysis, but again the excitement that I was about to (maybe) LD made the sensation go away. A few recent dreams I've noticed I have been "thinking" more, including one where I was stuck on the top of a skyscraper on a bright sunny day (it's winter) and thought to myself "if I was having a lucid dream I'd be able to get down." Ironic huh?

There are a few questions I'd like to ask the community. To help with reality checks, I've enlisted someone to spontaneously ask me a few times a day "Are you dreaming?" prompting me to perform one. Is this a good idea? Second question; how necessary is it to lie on your back to induce a lucid dream?

Thanks for all your time and help, and I look forward to being a part of this forum!