Hi. I am newbie here but I have lucid dreams really often...

[sirams]

so, I don't know, maybe it depends on my nervous system, but I have lucid dreams since maybe 10 (I am 25 now). And I heard about lucidity just a month ago and understood that that's what is happening to me! Now I have read some chapters from S.LaBerge book, it is really exciting. My experience? I do not use dreamsigns. I do not use MILD or WILD. Nothing at all. It just happens in my dream that it comes to me: "Maybe I am dreaming now?" even in really common scenes without any weirdnesses. Then I bend both my legs backwards. Wow, I did not fall down! OK, that means I am really dreaming. And lucid fun begins. Is there anybody with similar experience? I am really curious. I am here to try to figure out how I can use my abilities. How can LD help me in living? P.S. Hmm, I did not find the flag of Latvia in the registration form! Am I dreaming ? :-) Anyway I am from Latvia. Thanks for the great site!

[Tsen]

Welcome to the forum! I used to have natural LD's, but they stopped about a year ago. It was very similar to just waking up in the middle of a dream. Nothing remarkable would happen, I'd just be walking along and suddenly the dream would become lucid. Anyway, lucidity can be very helpful in every day life, especially in sports and the like. When you move in a dream, you build 'muscle memory', simply put, it becomes easier to perform that motion in real life. Like riding a bike, it's difficult at first, but after a while, it becomes second nature. You can harness this in a dream to master snowboarding, martial arts, pretty much anything. One guideline though; It's not going to help you if you've never done it before in real life. The mind needs an experience to build on, or it won't be realistic and won't help you. There's a few other applications as well, including overcoming phobias. Hope it helped! -Tsen

[sirams]

Sounds really exciting. I think I' ll read S.LaBerge book further to find out more how to make my lucid dreams longer and try to make use of them.

[Tron]

Awww man you're so lucky. You must be part of the 5-10% of the population that has an innate talent for Lucidity. As for what you can do: www.lucidity.com/LucidDreamingFAQ2.html#whyLD