I had my first lucid dream a few months ago - apart from a few times being able to awake myself from nightmares by realising I was dreaming. It didn't last very long and I was too surprised and fascinated to exert myself much. But I was stimulated to read a bit on the net, and a few weeks later, when I had another one, I managed to remember the spinning technique and use it to prolong the dream.

The next time around I tried flying and felt pretty scared. The last lucid dream I had recently, I remembered how scared I had been, and tried flying again, this time reminding myself continually that I was dreaming. I've also used the spinning technique again.