So Hi. I found this site yesterday and have spent quite a few hours on it since that time. I have been interested in dreams for years now, and have done research on lucid dreams over the years as well. I am so excited that I found this forum.

I have decent dream recall, remembering 1 dream almost every night, sometimes more than 1. I have just recently started keeping a dream journal. I have had a few lucid dreams in the past, though never intentionally, and I have not had any control in them that I am aware of.

Two nights ago I first read the steps to having a WILD. Without doing much further research on other methods, I attempted those steps. This is what happens:
I lie in bed, relaxed, but my mind is all over the place. Eventually, my body will start to shake a little and my eyes start to dart around under my closed eyelids. But then I'm aware of what's happening and I remember that I am awake and trying to dream. This happened a few times each night I tried (for the past 2 nights).

So this is where I stand. Is the shaking and eye movement a step in the right direction or what? I never feel like I was asleep. I know what I am doing the whole time. So, any suggestions would be great.

I look forward to learning a lot and soon having some LDs.

_Feynaro