Hello everyone I'm new here, and really excited. I know i've had lucid dreams in the past-but i'm pretty sure i forgot i was dreaming right away.Well i've been trying to have lucid dreams since Nov 13, which is when i stumbled onto this site and that night i started my dream journal. I've known about lucid dreaming for years because my dad is(or was) able to do it often, but i thought you either could or couldn't lucid dream, I never knew it was learnable. So I've tried WILDing 4 or 5 times so far, and only the 1st time was the farthest i got-where my legs were tingling and i could feel my heart then my head pounding, but then it went away. All the times i've tried WILDing after that have been mostly failures because i only get as far as the tingling, and its not from lacki of impatience because each attempt lasted 45 min to over an hour. So am i too excited, like too awake, why cant i get as far anymore??? Then when i do relaxation techniques or something(separate from wilding), when i start dreaming, like when you're imaginations turn into dreams-a few seconds into them i realize they are dreams so i wake right away-thius has happened at least 5 times. Well last night i was dreaming and out of the blue i realize i'm dreaming, then i think "oh no, i'm gonna wake up" so i spin(i read it keeps you dreaming) around, and i don't wake up, then i decide to change the setting and thats all i remember. So either i entirely for got i was dreaming a few seconds latrer or i just dont remember tyhe rest of the dream. So like how do you prevent yourself from forgetting you're dreaming right away??? I'm trying to do reality checks everytime i use a door(i read a post from someone here), but since i've done that theres been a very noticable decrease in doors in my dreams, lol, any help??? And i appreciate any advice