Oh so that's what this is?

[oneninjamonkey]

So i was fooling around on digg.com and came across this site and after reading a bit figured out I had been having lucid dreams for quite a while and had no clue that thats what they were. One of the oldest things i remember were awaking myself from scary dreams. I use to have horrible nightmares about anything and everything and as soon as I realized i was asleep i would have this weird ending suquence (man this part is weird) and i would fall through the rack on a grill but it was comforting because i knew it meant the dream was ending. Now that i know that there are ways to train yourself to be better at this i plan on trying to make all my dreams lucid.Is that possible? Oh and i think i've had maybe 10+ lucid dreams that i could wake up from and remember with perfect detail. I hope to learn alot from you all.

[Lucid83]

wecome to dv, you are a natrual and will find many on this site. We look forward to hearing from you. You should be contacted by a Dream Guide soon. Look at the tutorials and also read up on our posts. Feel free to use the chat and after 2 weeks you are able to participate int he adoption program. Best of luck in your lucid endeavours. Stay Lucid!! Lucid83

[nesgirl119]

Welcome to the Forum!!

[nina]

Hey there, and welcome to the forum. I began to have lucid dreams over 6 years ago and I had no idea what they were...I was just amazed that I was like "awake" in my dreams and could manipulate them and fly and such. Then just over a year ago I found this wonderful place ^_^. I have talked to people before who experience the same as you...in that you trained yourself to wake up from bad dreams. You will have to sort of rewire your brain in order to lucid dream now, because you are so used to waking up as soon as you become lucid. It might take some time but I have no doubt that you will be able to do it. So start with the dream journaling...and check out the tutorial section and give some of the induction methods a try whenever you are ready. Feel free to PM me if you have any questions or need anything. -nina

[oneninjamonkey]

Actually a couple of years after the nightmare incidents i had some other types of dreams where i stayed asleep untill i decided to wake up either A because the dream had become scary or B because i no longer had any interest in the dream. I had a dream that a girl i asked out said no and than literally replied hey this is my dream you cant say no so i guess that counts as staying asleep while being lucid? the dream lasted for about another 10 minutes and got weird and boring and i woke up. My hardest part now is falling into the habit of the dream journal and to understand the whole dream recall thing it just sounds hard.

[kranak]

Well, there's at lot more to be being lucid than simply realizing you are dreaming. (Believe it or not!). You could say to yourself: "I am dreaming." and think nothing of it, continuing whatever you were doing. Lucidity requires complete consciousness about the fact that you are dreaming as well as the understanding of the consuquences thereof. (i.e. "I am dreaming. Therefore, I can do whatever I want.")