Thread: New Dreamer

Hello everyone! I've been trying lucid dreaming for about 3 weeks now. I've actually had 2 so far, my first one was on my first night trying! Very cool, but I didn't have control in either one. Since I've started, I've mainly worked on my recall and my journal. I have it down pretty good, I can remember about 1-3 dreams per night. Only recently have I attempted actually inducing a lucid dream.

My first lucid hit me by surprise, I just happened to realize I was dreaming. It was quite vivid, a really awesome feeling, I tried to control but couldn't. My second came on the same way, lasted much shorter though.

For the past 2 nights I've tried the FILD technique but failed. I seem to not want to move when I'm trying to fall asleep. I will probably try some WILD and VILD next week.

I've noticed that my mind has to wander in order to sleep. I've tried visualizing as much as I could about what I want to dream about but it never happens. I rarely fall asleep if I'm concentrating like that anyway. So my goal right now is to try some of the techniques and see which one works for me. I usually spend some time reading through the forums before I hit the sack and it certainly helps my recall, but I have yet to induce a lucid.