Just thought i'd say hi.

I have been interested in the idea of lucid dreaming for a while now but up until this point i have done nothing about it. Thats all going to change, i'm taking this seriously now and i hope to start a dream journal tonight, how exciting.

Anyway, i have had one lucid dream experience that i am aware of.
I had been talking with friends about lucid dreaming during the day, later that night whilst having a fairly dark and unpleasant dream, i thought to myself "i wonder if i am dreaming"

At that point i became aware that i was in a dream but i instantly felt a very strange, almost painful sensation in my head which woke me up. It was simultaneously quite a scary and exciting experience, but i haven't allowed it to put me off the whole idea.

I have no idea if this is a common sensation to experience during a lucid dream, if any of you guys can help me understand what happened as well as advise me about lucid dreaming in general, that would be great.