Thread: Hello everyone...!

I'm new this forum but I'm definitely not new to lucid dreaming, being able to control my dreams, or OOBEs. I’ve probably been able to control my dreams since forever, although I didn't attempt any control until I was about 8 years old.

I had been having a reoccurring nightmare from about age 5. I dreamt I was in a terrible fire and that I was in bed, just lying there as the flames closed in (there was a picture of Jesus on the wall at the foot of the bed that would never burn). It was really very scary for a kid that age…for someone at any age.

At age 7 or 8, I just decided that I didn't want the fire to be there and I made it go away. Since then, I've had maybe 2 nightmares because I always know I’m dreaming so as dreams start to go down the scary road, I simply change its course or “re-wind” and alter the outcome. My dreams are kind of like a movie and I'm the director. I’ve had thousands of LDs. One thing that I am not able to do is to decide that I’m going to dream. At least not yet!

Also, (I don't know how strange this is because I haven't read too many posts yet) depending on the dream I can awake laughing, crying...often if I fly or drop I awake with that feeling in my stomach like I just got off of a rollercoaster.

I have OOBEs on occasion, but I can’t yet “decide” to do it. I haven’t had the courage to travel farther than the room I’m in, but after looking through some of the post here I think I’m ready to travel a bit.

It’s amazing to finally know that there are other people out there that have had the same experiences. I was always hesitant to talk about my gift because I thought people would think I was nuts! I'm really, really glad that this forum exist.