So, I had a dream this morning. It wasn't lucid, but it made me regret waking up. I've had similar dreams all my teenage years and they have continued now that I'm 22. I am here in hopes of being able to master my dreams so that I may return to the worlds my mind creates, at will. I'm always saddened when I meet someone in my dreams, fall for them, then wake up. It's like someone you love has died. Unless you're very lucky, you'll never again see that person. Well, today I made a promise to myself that I'll do all that is within my power to change that for myself. I'm making it my goal to get back to that world, to see those people, to feel that joy. I'm not sure if I sound crazy or not, but, I'm sick of the waking world destroying the paradise that is my dreams.

I've only ever had two lucid dreams. At least, I only remember two. The first dream was simple. I was looking at the back of a package of candy, Gobstoppers to be exact. The text made no sense, it was all gibberish. In that moment, I realized it was a dream. I tried to fight it, and woke up almost immediately. The second dream was much more vivid and I had much more control. I was with a party of invading Roman soldiers. We were invading a city. We got to a locked door, and, in that moment I realized it was a dream. The waking world tried to claim me, so, I spun around in a circle in the dream and fought it back, thinking to myself "I have to know what's behind that door!" I managed to stay and maintain lucidity. We opened the door and proceeded across a strange pier-like network of platforms across a small body of water with marble buildings around us floating on the water. I lost lucidity a bit at this point, just riding the waves of the dream. Then, suddenly it was nightfall and there were fires. Women and children were in the water. Lucidity returned and I knew I had to help them. So, we dove into the water and started carrying them to safety. That is all I remember.

I've done some research on lucid dreaming. I've tried Isochronic tones to induce them. I've practiced reality checks. During that time is when I experienced the lucid dreams. I stopped practicing reality checks. I stop using the tones. The lucidity stopped. I've yet to start again. My dream recall is fairly good.

You can call me Immat. I'm a friendly person, regardless of how this post makes me seem. I like to write, and am a member of a small, friendly, internet role playing community. (Creative writing in groups essentially. Each person plays a character in an ever evolving story.)

Thanks. Hope to meet some new friends and achieve my goal of dream mastery.