Thread: First Lucid Dream?

Ok... so today, I fell asleep around 4 pm, I was reading a book and felt a bit tired so I thought I'd take a nap. I didn't sleep that deeply; i woke up once at 5, went back to sleep, woke up again at like 5:30, and went back to sleep.

Right after i went back to sleep at 5:30, I suddenly realized that I was in a dream. (I think I was in some department store, and I dont remember what made me realize it was a dream. I just remember that it was something wierd). So immedately, i was like woah im in a dream, and I remembered that i needed to calm down to stay in the dream. I went outside, and I started to fly, and it was working (except I needed to work at it a bit, like if i stopped trying to fly i would start to fall). Oh, also, for some reason, i couldnt open my arms or stretch them out or anything. It felt like there was this giant invisible rubber band around my body, so I couldn't stretch my arms I had to keep them at my side. Has that ever happened to anyone? Than I woke up. I think this might have been a false awakening... I dont know if it was or not; I didnt do any reality checks because. I wanted to go back to the lucid dream so i just kept my eyes closed, and about 2-3 seconds later I was asleep again.

If this happens should i open my eyes and do a reality check or just try to go back to sleep?

A couple dreams later, I became lucid again (i dont remember how), but it was a lot weaker. The first time i became lucid I could see all the people around me and I was in a whole other world, but this time it was more vague - I thought i might be in a room of some sort but I couldn't really see any of the details. The same thing happened in this dream as the first time - I woke up but it may have been a FA, i went back to sleep a couple seconds later so i dont know.


In both dreams, i was only lucid for a minute at most. So, basically, i want to know how to increase lucidity and duration. Also, when i was lucid i did not remember all the techniques on this site, like spinning around or saying stuff to make them happen... is this because my lucidity was too low? Does this mean i need to think about lucidity in real life more to remember them better in dreams?

Well, it was awsome, but I wish it had lasted longer.

Thanks!