Intro & A Few Q's

[k3_d3]

I came across this site when I typed in something related to daydreaming in an internet search engine, and now I'm completely intrigued, if not obessed, with the idea of having lucid dreams. I feel like I've wasted so many of my waking hours daydreaming, when having lucid dreams for the the same reason seems so much more practical. I do have a few questions relating to LD's w/ a little bit of background for anyone who can relate... 1. Vibrations. I've had this a few times in the last couple of months when falling asleep but they've scared me to the point of being fully awake (although now I understand after reading through DV what might occur following them). I've been using deep breathing exercises simply to aid in falling asleep for the last 6 months or so, and that's when the vibrations have been felt. So my question is: is it normal to experience these when falling asleep for those who do breathing exercises at night for the same reason, and does this hold hope for having an LD that night? 2. Dreams documented over 10 years ago - will these still help me discover my dream signs? The night that I found this site, I thumbed through my old journals from when I was about 12-14 years old and found that I had well-documented some dreams that occured (including drawings) and found that almost every dream had included being in/involving a house. Can those coincidences be used as dream signs even though they were so long ago? I've restarted a dream journal now, but was wondering if I should let the old 'signs' go and see where the new journal takes me, or to go w/ the old ones and compile them w/ the new (which I originally planned to do)? TIA, Kay

[ExoByte]

Hey there! And welcome to the forum To the first, could you elaborate on these "vibrations" that you are feeling? Im thinking that they are normal sleep occurances called myoclonic jerks (Not to be confused with Hypnic/hypnagogic Jerk). Myoclonic jerks are commonly felt in the late stages of falling asleep, and are simply muscles twitching. Is this what your experiencing? To the second, use both! Old dreams can and could be vital to present dream signs, though a new dream journal will be more accurate on present dream signs. So use both as together they will be of great help. The fact that you already have dream journals from the past is good and gives you a head start. If you have any questions or need help with something be sure to ask. Many of our friendly and helpful community would be happy to help. Also be sure to check out the Tutorials Board for more help. Once again, Welcome. Happy Dreaming!

[k3_d3]

Thank you for responding. The 'vibrations' I felt were nothing close to anything I could relate to while falling asleep naturally (w/o deep breathing/meditation-type relaxation methods). My immediate thought, because of the intensity of the 'vibrations', was that I was a about to die, for lack of a better example. I felt it strongly thoughout my body. Something so strong, that I was fearful of what was about to happen. Perhaps it was a type of 'jerk' , but I can't be sure... just the feeling that I was about to 'go somewhere'. Does this make sense? Once I can differentiate the two feelings, I will better understand what was going on at that time. I actually felt that same thing when I was falling asleep the night I read through this site. I was doing my deep breathing, and rather than chanting, I repeated 'I will have a lucid dream and remember it' throughout. I did feel some 'vibrations' before I passed out, and I have some fragmented dream recall I think because of that (which is a step for me). The strange thing was, I had read in another post that one person mentioned that it wasn't uncommon for a newbie to read through the website and have a near-DL, which is what I felt in the waking hours the next morning. It may have been implanted in my brain after that, but is this really a normal occurance?

[ExoByte]

Ah, the meditation may have something to do with it. Which is completely normal, as meditation is similar to WILD in which these vibration feelings are common. Nothing to worry about They are a normal part of the body entering deep relaxation.