Hi, I'm new here and I thought I'd introduce myself: I'm 18 years old and I live in Belgium. I did one year of graphical design and am now trying to get into medschool.

I got my first LD some time after watching Waking Life (Linklater), I was happily flying through my house when I discovered that something was wrong. I decided to do a Reality Check, using the technique they talk about in the movie: messing with the light switch. I flew into my room, hit the switch and the RC worked... kinda (the lights did go out but there was some delay). I realized I was dreaming and instantly woke up, i thought. I got up and talked to some of my teachers who were in my room teaching me about LDing. Quite an obvious False Awakening but I just dreamt on.

Second LD: I just realized I was dreaming, no reality check or anything, and followed the dream without interferring because I didn't want to wake up.

Third LD: This morning I had my first good LD. I've been watching movies about dreaming (Waking Life, Mirrormask, Paprika, The Science of Sleep... I'm quite a film addict) and reading about LDing for about 2 months now and I've been trying to LD for a few weeks. This morning I dreamt of walking into my living room and finding 2 couches I had never seen before. I suddenly knew I was dreaming and started exploring the room histerically. I saw someone I know and started talking and eventually yelling at him. He just sat there, completely still, just a part of the scenery. I ran around a bit more, watched some weird paintings with demons on them and woke up after a couple of dreamtime minutes.


I loved it, so I made this account and I hope this forum will help me to get many more LD's.