Hi all,
I've been lucid dreaming since I was a teenager (now in my mid to late 30s), long before I ever heard of it. Initially I thought I was just odd then I read something about it once which eased my mind but never gave it a second thought afterwards, until now.
I know that I tend to lucid dream when I am relaxed, stress free and have caught up on my sleep. Unfortunately I work shifts in a stressful and often unpleasant career choice so that is rare these days. That being said it occurred every night for 9 nights back in the summer when I spent some time in the south of France on holiday. I don't do anything to start it, it just happens. I don't know what triggers it, but I have noticed most of the time it's only in happy dreams, it's unusual and even then only a very weak semi lucid state when its a bad dream, of which I have most nights without fail.
I have joined here to try and learn some triggers for the times when I have the most appalling violent dreams. If I can somehow master these 'nightmares' through lucid dreaming then goal achieved.
That's me.
Thank you.