Like so many newbies, I felt the need to try out the shiny "New Topic" button and see what wonders it could evoke. I don't really have anything fun, or interesting, or even slightly meaningful to say, so I'll mostly just talk about myself.

I'm very new to the concept of Lucid Dreaming; I only stumbled upon it about a month ago by hitting the random article button on wikipedia (you see what clicking shiny buttons can do?). My dream recall was very poor until recently... I was one of the people who believed I didn't have dreams. Much to my surprise, it only me wanting to remember my dreams for me to actually remember them (good ol' placebo effect in action ), and I'm now up to at least one dream per night.

I actually had my first L.D. when I was eight or nine years old, but it was rather pathetic... something along the lines of:

*Hey... hey cool! This is a dream*

*I wonder what I could do? This is so neat! I bet I could do anything I want!*

And then I wake up.

Recently, however, I experienced my first intentionally induced L.D. It was only slightly better than my first one:

*Hey... that guy behind me is eight feet tall... and how did he get there? Wait! I'm in a dream!*

*Okay, okay, stay calm. Let's try experimenting. Hmm.... Fireballs in every direction, GO!*

Magic fireballs fly everywhere

*Oh, neat, I guess. Hmm... wonder what happens if I... kill myself? GO!*

And then I wake up. So... I'm guessing killing yourself in a dream is a bad idea for beginners (duh).

So basically, what this thread amounts to is a slightly pathetic attempt to get attention... but, aside from that, does anyone have any recommendations for what *not* to do the next L.D. I have? I'd rather not waste one again.