Hi all

I'm new to this place. Came across the website while googling for information on Lucid Dreaming.

And I guess i'm pretty new to the concept of Lucid Dreaming aswell. Even though I was introduced to it years ago and actually tried to achieve "Lucidity" I gave up pretty quick.

Anyway, now i'm getting back on that horse.

My initial problem first and foremost was my lack of Dream recall. I've never been able to remember more than fragments of my dreams. I've been keeping a Dream journal now for a few weeks, and i'm starting to improve my recall a little bit. I can now remember atleast 1 dream per night. But still pretty much only bits and pieces.. Mostly I only remember "half" of the dream. Like i've just missed half of a movie and stick around for the ending.

Despite this i've already begun experimenting a little with achieving lucidity. And i'm already making a little progress using reality checks, which leads me to my question...

Tonight when I was just about to fall asleep I found myself suddenly looking at my hands and counting my fingers to make sure I have all 10 of them (So obviously I had fallen asleep) and it turned out I had 6 fingers on my right hand. I questioned this immediately and realized this wasn't right.. Then I go "Uh, 11 fingers? What's going on here? Wait.. Am I dreaming?"And BAM! I'm back to being awake.

This also happens to me everytime I "sense" that i'm about to fall asleep and I notice myself drifting off into my thoughts and the scenarious that start building up in my mind.

All in all this has happened maybe.. 5-6 times up to this point. And i'm wondering if anyone has any idea why this is happening? Because everytime I get "pulled out" of my sleep like this i'm very tense and I won't be able to fall asleep again for another couple of hours