Hi everyone, i'm new here and I just wanted to introduce myself and to ask a few questions.

I've been trying to have lucid dreams for about a week now, and i'm really not getting anywhere. I've been keeping a dream journal, and the problem is that nothing too far out of the ordinary ever happens in my dreams. This makes it difficult for me to recognise when i'm actually dreaming.

I've been using the reality testing method, and it hasn't worked. Does anyone here think that it's worth buying any of the equipment that helps initiate lucid dreams? And is the WBTB method any better than the reality testing method? How long did it take for everyone else to have their first lucid dream?

I had one years ago, but that was before I even knew it had a name, and even before I really knew it was possible, I woke up instantly with the excitement and really never got a chance to do anything.