Hey all,
I discovered the theory of lucid dreaming from being a user of BrainWave Generator, and decided LD was an amazing thing to utilise and have fun with. I am not a very able person in things 'out of the ordinary'... for some unknown reason. I began to realise this when I remembered my dreams were not 'completely' first person, or as it so seems the best word for it... and when I dream it does not seem like any 'variant reality', just some random thought which cannot be controlled. I am a deep sleeper who cannot be awoken all too easily; my alarm clock cannot awake me up (lol), and I move a lot in my sleep.

Rarely I get a dream which can truely be called a dream, about once a week if I am lucky. I seem so unfortunate, though, I have only just found this site yesterday, and truly found out what LD actually is. My first try with the DILD technique, and any ILD method for that matter, was last night. I popped on an mp3 of LD test preset for BWG, laid down on my side and focused my thoughts on the line from a tutorial:
<div align="center">I must remember to recognise that I am dreaming </div>

I eventually fell asleep after a long time to try and get comfortable - I figure I was excited/anxious whatever, as it seemed all I had to do as remember that I was dreaming. I woke up late with my headphones by my thighs along with my PSP, my mind blank, and thought "Ah, crap. I knew this was going to be another of my failed ideas. *sigh*

I remembered later that day when I was in the car with my dad driving that I must have dreamt something, as I remembered myself driving a car down a country road with my friends inside... though I am too young to drive and do not know how.

Here I am now feeling pissed off, and have only other people to ask for guidance. I will try again, but is it hopeless? It feels so. I know it has only been a day but it felt like a lost cause from the start.

Thankyou.