Thread: new newbie

Hey everyone I'm new.

I've been able to lucid dream for as long as I can remember, and as of 2012-ish I discovered what lucid dreaming actually was and have been obsessed ever since. Unfortunately It also fed into my now-ended obsession with horror and creepypastas. I was 13.

It makes be sad that I can't really talk about how rich and vivid they are to the people I know in real life- the times I've been fangirling or unable to stop recalling something traumatizing (both two extremes) from the night before never go anywhere. I just can't believe it took me this long to find this forum! Aside from talking about my own experiences I always love hearing the stories, theories, anecdotes etc. of others. Dreams are usually deeply personal and understanding other people is just...really satisfying for some reason.

Over the years I've realised/decided that all of my dreams, lucid or not, fall into specific geographical zones. Yellow is Australia and the ocean that surrounds it, Home is Hong Kong/China, Elsewhere is somewhere that can be conceivably tied to reality, Nowhere is...not something that could conceivably tied to reality, and The Underground is a fascinating web of tiny villages and regular subways that lead to each zone. My absolute favourite thing to do is explore.

Despite my enthusiasm though, most of my dreams are technically nightmares. But that's because they've always felt like stories too.

Something I really want to learn how to do is have better control of physical 'reality'. It would be interesting to direct the story myself rather than be an active participant (while realizing none of it is actually happening). Once I'm out of school I'm going to start posting dream journals too, as well as the dreams I can remember from my lifetime so far. Four weeks and I'm out of here o_o

Anyway. I'm hyped