Hi all!!

I am new to the board, and I wanted to explain my first experience with lucid dreaming to see if anyone else felt the same way as me when they first experienced it.

Well, I had always known about lucid dreaming because my older brother was always interested in it, so I had basic knowledge on the topic, but never really intended to have one myself.

It wasn't until last Friday night, when I had one accidentally without any intention. In my dream, I was in my bedroom, and looked at my cell phone and it was blinking, and I suddenly realized I was dreaming because it never blinks (dream sign). This immediately freaked me out, and I tried to force myself to wake up because I was scared of the intensity of the feeling. This forcing myself to wake up only led to me having a false awakening, which had more dream signs, however, this time they didn't make me conscious that I was dreaming. Then eventually I finally woke up.

I have not had a lucid dream since. Although I was very frightened upon realizing that I was lucid dreaming, I believe I felt like this because I was never aware of the intensity of them, and that night I had not intended to have one.

Since that night, I have reading up on lucid dreaming, and anticipate having another one. I have been trying to do exercises to try to help me because lucid again, but have not had any luck. I hope that this time I do not freak out, because now I am intending on having them. They sound so AWESOME! and I can't wait to have another one.

Please, if anyone has had a similar experience, let me know, so that I can feel peace of mind that I won't freak out when I become lucid again. Reading these posts, I feel like I'm the only one who got scared the first time. Thanks!!