Well Met!

Greetings.

Id like to start by saying thank you to all who contribute to such a wonderful website. I have overlooked and quite possibly would have missed it completely if it were not for some people voting good things about this website on stumbleupon.

As for myself I probably wont be a huge community member but will try and participate here and there. I just have a lot going on to check this site every day and take the time to post...(which is sad =( hehe)

My name is Jared but most call me Val. I am cruising through life after having an interesting couple years of a break after high school. I am 24 and gonna be starting college here soon. I just got out of the Army and gonna be going to school for nursing :)

I first learned about Lucid Dreaming actually when my friend and I took some psychadelics and he had one hellacious LD that night. This was back about 6 years or so ago. I almost didnt beleive him and we both had no idea this was possible through will power alone =p We looked it up and found some information on it, and I got into the groove of focusing thought upon it every now and then. Couple years went by and still nothing for me. I watched the movie Waking Life and started focusing harder on acheiving lucidity but alas, nothing. Then when I joined the military for 4 years I had no dreams at all. Nothing. I got kinda scared that maybe I would never have a dream again. I guess stress might have a lot to do with dreaming because the army is a pretty stressful job especially in combat arms with this war going on.
I got out in July 2007 and immediately started having vivid dreams again. So once again I've been trying to tell myself to have a lucid dream. Again nothing. I havent even had a dream yet that I even realize i am dreaming and wake up. lol So I am ultra new to this whole concept still.

After reading a couple things on your website I managed to get a dream journal going in hopes of starting on my dream recall as most of you say that is a good thing to do. And I am motivated enough to try and remember to ask myself if I am dreaming in my daily routines....I just need to pick that up as a habit anyways :)

Alright well....I suppose that will be my little introduction for myself. If anyone wants to know more about my life or have any questions on anything just ask away and I will try and answer.

Thanks again for anyone that it would be worthy at directing towards :)

-Validitor

Hi Validitor, :welcome: to Dreamviews! If u have any questions, feel free to ask. :)

Welcome Val
Good luck with the LDs :)

Thank you for your service, Val, and happy Veteran's Day!

There's a lot here, and it goes way beyond lucid dreaming. This is an amazing community - I hope you are able to find the time to get to know us!

Welcome to Dream Views.

Army, eh? It's always been a dream of mine to serve in the Air Force -- i've been obsessed with the military ever since i was young. Unfortunately that's not going to happen for me :(

I'd love to hear about your army experiences as well as your dreaming experiences. Welcome to the forum!

Thanks for your service, and :welcome: to Dreamviews!

Hey Val!!

You're correct.. stress can definately impact your dream recall but starting a DJ is a step in the right "lucid" direction! :D

You might want to review the Newbie Zone Guide for helpful information about this site: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=36723

You might also want to check out the Tutorials forum which contains information on the various lucid dreaming techniques: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...splay.php?f=25

If you should have any questions, please ask and we'll do our best to get you answers.

Welcome to Dream Views!

Thanks for the warm welcome :)

Update so far....I have only had one dream since I joined. It was actually kind of a neat one but not even close to becoming LD. Not a big deal tho....I have many more nights ahead of me and much more learning to do anyways.

Thanks again for the links and such. I do appreciate it.