yes i'm new here and have been doing a lot of research on lucid dreaming, i actually experienced it at a younger age but didn't take advantage of it. i would simply swear at my school teachers, an wake up. lastnite i tried a technique wich was in one of the tuturials i cnt remember wich one. i counted from 100 backwads,taking deap breathes on everynumber. i got to around the 40s, and i started to lose feelings of my legs. purple and yellow coulers were dancing passed my eyes an i had a slight headeache. and i remember reading that this is the stage before you enter your dreams and objects start to materilize, well it was like this for about five minites and i started to get pins and needles in da end of my fingers as my body had formed a very curled up position. about a minite past with flickering couler but i had still not entered my dream. wen suddenly two grey hands started to form infront of me. but then i was awakened by a plate crashing downstairs. i wondered if any1 could shine some light on this subject, my telling me why it took so long , or even if this was nearly a lucid dream.

i'd b grateful for any replies