I'm new to these forums.....HI!

[Loam]

Hello everybody, This is my first post on these boards, so i figure i will share a little bit about myself and my dream habits. I am currently 23 years old, and i'm about to celebrate my 24th birthday on the 12th of next month. I have always loved dreaming and having dreams. As far as i can remember i have always had vivid dreams. When i was a youngster, starting around 3 or 4, i remember always having nightmares. These presisted for many years and came in different forums, some reoccuring, some just different. I remember praying every night at one point so i would stop having them, and eventually i they stopped. During my teen years, i was plagued by deja vu. This occurance become such common place that i began dismissing them as just another deja vu. I blame my dreams for them personally, and i feel many of my unremembered dreams are related to my deja vu. As i approached my 20's, i have begun to have lucid dreams. I tryed to find out if anybody else has had similar experiences as myself, but many of my friends didn't know anything about it. Until tonight, i didn't even know that there was a term used to describe the experiences i was having during my dreams. I did a quick google search last night on dream interpretations because i was interested in finding information about some of my reoccuring dreams. While searching through the site i read mention about lucid dreams. I also found a link from the forums of that web site to this one. I read through this sight, and here i am on the forums as a new register. It's cool to know other's are having the same experiences i am within my dreams, and i'm looking forward to honing in on my abilities to become concious, and aid in the shaping of my dreams. see you around the forums.

[Taosaur]

Welcome Loam, Glad you found us . There are lots of resources here to learn more about LDs--dig into the main page and the tutorials. If you're looking for some quick inspiration, check out the movie "Waking Life." Good luck

[Andromeda]

Welcome! hope you stick around! good luck in dream control and lucidity x

[nightowl]

Welcome to the forums. Im sure a DG contacted you and welcomed you as well. Hope you like it here. Also i suggest looking through the tutorials and see if their's anything you like.

[docKnubis]

welcome to DV hope you will stay with us for a long old time though pOOp may drive you insaine just ignore him. this site has a lot to offer

[Truthbearer]

Originally posted by nightowl Welcome to the forums. Im sure a DG contacted you and welcomed you as well. Of course I did, silly!!! Once again, welcome to the board Loam, and no I won't be your girlfriend

[Damascus]

hi and welcome to the boards! be sure to read the tutorials,they're the main property of the boards! keep a dream journal too,they help out a lot!

[Loam]

when i found this site, i took several hours reading through everything before i posted my first post. i'm usually a night owl, so i stayed up on this site till like 10am before i went to sleep. Just because i had been thinking about it so much that night, i had like 50 lucid dreams. The main problem with all those lucid dreams is that i was so tired for lack of sleep that they were only lucid for a few moments, with very low lucidity. The other problem is my alarm clock was constantly going off telling me i had to get up for work, LOL. I am thinking about keeping a dream journal now though, just for the simple fact that most of my dreams, and dreams in general have fasinated me sense i was a young boy. It would be cool to have a log of all that i remember from my dreams, to look back at some time later. I suffer from insomnia at times, but being a night owl helps with the problem somewhat. As a result of those two conditions, i have irregular sleep habits. This might make a sleep journal somewhat harder for me then for most. Looking forward to reading and posting here.