I would like to introduce myself. I'm new to DreamViews. My name is Justin. I live in St. Louis, Missouri in the USA.

I stubbled across this website, and lucid dreaming only 5 days ago. I was doing research on the brain, and dreaming. I was fascinated from the start of reading all that is involved. I have been very active. Since the 2nd day of learning about lucid dreaming, I've kept a Dream Journal, and I have been using it as a learning tool. I've been remembering an average of 6 dreams per night. Which I find quite amazing because in the past I've only remembered a dream or two per month. I just never put my mind to it I guess.

I've been doing reality checks very often in the real world. Looking at clocks. Questioning things I wouldn't normal question, and anytime someone says something a little arkward. Perhaps the first few nights I was trying to hard. I was relaxing before bed time, and tried inducing lucid dreams.

Last night I had my first lucid dream experience! It's not much to brag on. It was short, but nevertheless, I realized I was dreaming. I had a false awakening. Something seemed out of the ordinary, so I performed a reality check, by looking at a LCD clock in my bedroom. The first time I looked at it, it was 2:00. I turned my head, blinked a few times, and turned back to see that it was 8:00. I was like "HA HA. I did it! I'm dreaming!" But I think I got too excited, because then I woke up I wasn't all that upset. I did convince myself that my efforts were not going to waste.

I need to harness my ability a little more. To anyone trying lucid dreaming. Keep it up.