Hey guys, new to the board and to lucid dreaming. I had recently heard about lucid dreaming from a friend who mentioned something about it and I became really interested in it. I have realized that I must have expierienced this sleep paralysis thing before. It has happened many times before right before i fall asleep or when I wake up. I can't move and feel a tingling sensation, and I struggle to break out of it since it's kind of a weird feeling and didnt know anything about lucid dreaming. I seem to sometimes actually be able to wake myselft up from a dream, but I cant really explain the feeling and I dont think i was aware I was dreaming, at least I don't remember.... I'm still hesitant to try it and I'm skeptical, it just seems too unbelieveable to be able to control your dreams. but so many of you seem to have had succes with it. I was wondering if you guys initially had these feelings and didn't believe it, and what some of your techniques are for starting to learn lucid dreaming. Any comments would be great. thanks guys.