just a brief introduction

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07-12-2006, 09:41 AM
englerj

just a brief introduction

Hi everyone, how are you?

just thought I'd introduce myself. I've been interested in lucid dreaming ever since I was a kid (chalk it up to overexposure to Alice in Wonderland XD), but I just had my first LD the other night. It was funny because I actually gave up on trying to get a LD, and then suddenly out of the blue, it happened. After I woke up, I kept wondering if I'd actually had a lucid dream or just dreamt I had a lucid dream because I wanted one so badly ;D V. mind-bendy.

Anyway, this seems like such a great and informative forum, so...yes. I'll just leave off there :3
07-12-2006, 10:24 AM
irishcream

Re: just a brief introduction

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Originally posted by englerj
Hi everyone, how are you? *

just thought I'd introduce myself. I've been interested in lucid dreaming ever since I was a kid (chalk it up to overexposure to Alice in Wonderland XD), but I just had my first LD the other night. It was funny because I actually gave up on trying to get a LD, and then suddenly out of the blue, it happened. After I woke up, I kept wondering if I'd actually had a lucid dream or just dreamt I had a lucid dream because I wanted one so badly ;D V. mind-bendy. *

Anyway, this seems like such a great and informative forum, so...yes. I'll just leave off there :3

Hey, welcome to the board!
that's what usually happens with lucid dreaming, if you try too hard, nothing happens. When you stop obsessing over it, it comes naturally.
07-12-2006, 01:15 PM
Tornado Joe

Hey Engler - congrats on your first LD :goodjob2:

Yup, stress is counterproductive when it comes to becoming lucid and it's a common mistake with newbies who just want to have one so bad. It even effects those who have experience with LDs as well, unfortunately :? Sometimes the best thing to do is take a little 'vacation' from LDing to let your guard down and have it just happen.

So anyway, care to share a little bit about the dream? What techniques were you trying before you actually became successful? :)
07-12-2006, 04:52 PM
englerj

Thanks for the welcome, guys!

Yeah, I guess I didn't think stress would be that counterproductive :X I guess I was wrong though :)

I posted an account of my LD at http://www.dreamviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34891. It was kind of entertaining, methinks ;D As for the techniques, I hadn't been actually v. well-versed in techniques since I hadn't done that much heavy research; before I had the LD I hadn't read about WILD or anything like that.

Actually, I didn't even believe that I would be able to have an LD :X Since my subconscious misbehaves (never gets me to wake up when I want it to :roll: ). So, before I had the LD, I'd just heard of the DILD & doing reality checks, and then just recently (read: 2 days before the LD) I had gotten into the habit of inspecting my hands whenever I went to pick something up or when I was washing my hands in the restroom. I guess it paid off somehow :lol:

I have a quick question actually: what exactly is the "pulse" that occurs toward the end of WILD? I was trying it last night and unfortunately I let it go away :? because I got to excited. But it felt really neat. XD Actually I aborted it so prematurly it stopped around my midsection, I think, like someone had turned off the scanner :lol: Anyway, I didn't want to make a needless other thread about this :o Though maybe I ought to, if other people have the same question. Thanks in advance :)