Hi there. I just came across this site while reading up on sleep at www.howstuffworks.com. I read a little about it and was hooked right in. I first heard of "Lucid Dreams" from the movie Vanilla Sky. I thought it was made up by the movie because I had never heard of it before.

Anyways. I'm really intersteed because every once in a while I am able to realize that I am dreaming while I dream. I can control these dreams occassionally but I think sometimes I try too hard and it ends up waking me up and bringing me out of the dream.

I am really looking forward to finding out how to improve this technique and much more. I haven't gone through the whole site yet b/c i have to get to sleep (coincidentally), but I will definitely be hanging around.

P.S. Would you say I'm "a step ahead" by already being able to realize I am dreaming and being able to control the dreams for short periods of time? Or is this normal? Also, I will find myself sitting up in bed and actually talking while I am somewhere else in my dreamworld. I know I am really in my room sitting up, yet my dreamworld is still real to me. I love those dreams... but anyways. See ya around.