I just finished reading the site, wonderful introduction to this... practice? skill? im not sure what to call it. However the concept is incredible and makes me question all my favorite dreams that i've had in my life. I've only gotten 10 hours of sleep (i think) in the past 2 days so while im really intrigued im going to type this then get a HUGE amount of sleep, and see what happens.

When i was young (4 or 5 maybe), i used to be able to sleep in my parents bed during the day cause i couldnt sleep well at night and i would have the same dream of being in a carriage pushed by a lady i couldnt distinguish. I would always wake up and just be bewildered that there was no way of explaining that to myself. There was nothing abnormal, it felt real. The dream would come back each time i would sleep in that room and i can remember almost wanting to just sleep in there for a week because it was the only way to trigger the dream it seemed.

In my own room a few years older, I can remember another where i was being chased by a man resembling the Undertaker of the WWF. I was really small but it didn't dawn on me that it was a dream sign. I was just terrified. I dashed through a enormous jungle-jim like they have in the McDonald's play-places and what not. But he was always almost within reach of me. I would wake up. I would just wake up and dismiss it as a nightmare.

When i was a preteen i can remember having very dark dreams. That honostly scared the hell out of me. Deaths occurred alot. Very bizzarre things to people i cared about, people i didnt know. Some with me acting out of line with no control. I can remember having a very disturbing "nightmare" and missing school the next day and asking my friends if so-n-so was OK, because somewhere i was afraid something had happened to him.

These things i believe created alot unwanted stress on my head and made me not want to sleep. So i simply havent given my body alot of needed sleep over the years. I stay up, I go out, stay busy. Parties, Friends, Work late, TV, Video Games, the whole works. My body runs on what it gets and its a machine. But i do have obligations that require more sleep, such as working, and i take a Melatonin to get a good nights rest.

At first this was great. I could get 10 hours of sleep if wanted. Watch some prime time tv and pass out in bed around 9. Not worry about what to do till all hours of the night. And i would have these incredible, extremely vivid dreams. Theres only 2 i can remember now and im kicking my self in the ass because i wish i could remember more now as that would be incredibly useful.

The first, im in a mall and the place floods from the ceiling like its just all of the sudden jumanji and i just fly through it and as i escape, i wake up. I really wish there was more to that dream, although ill never forget how incredible that dream was.

The Second, im with a girl ive had a crush on for years. Its very passionate and visual. Thats perhaps not a very good sense of what i remember from distortion but im sure you get the jist of it.

These are merely the postive dreams, and i believe the ability to control the negative dreams would lead to less stress in my body and allow me to sleep more sound with better results. Once i convince my self to learn the signs that im dreaming i can have amazing nights of sleep with incredible dreams periodically.

So, im confidently and honostly going to work with this because i think it will create positive vibes in my life. I would love to hear responses from others who have experienced success in a similar goal as encouragement to me.

Everybody have a good night.
-Strayed.