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[CTMmike]

How's it goin' everyone? I'm new to LDing. I recently watched the film 'Waking Life' (if you've not seen it, please pick it up if you get a chance, it is one awesome film and will interest Lucid Dreamers) and it basically got me intrested. After a little research into LD's I decided to drill habits in to my head during waking in an attempt to achieve lucidity (flicking lights on and off, looking digital alarm clock). Well on my second nights sleep following this I flicked a light switch, the light didn't change. I became lucid and went for a lil walk and a lil float haha. Didn't last long (felt around 2-3 mins long or so) but I got a good feel out of the experience and have now dismissed any sceptical thoughts I previously had about LDing. Anyway I've manged to achieve this state on 4 occasions now, one of which was followed by sleep paralysis (which did infact make my heart beat pretty quickly after waking up, just like someone on here previously mentioned, so that kinda scared me). Well needless to say I'm really interested in exploring this whole world some more and sharing stories etc. Longest LD I've had seemed to be around 5 mins and I haven't done a whole lot whilst in them so I now want to try prolonging them (spinning, looking at hands etc) if I can. Having the complete conciousness and knowing that I'm dreaming perhaps gets me too excited and I think that's why I wake up fairly quickly. How long do most people's LDs last on average? I also found it interesting that I read most people record their dreams at first before they can achieve lucidity but I haven't done this at all. I have made more of an effort to remember my dreams and, as previously mentioned, attempted to drill habits in whilst in waking but apart from that, nothing. Seems to be working out for me. Lenghty intro, I am sorry Mike

[Chastity-Autumn]

Welcome to Dreamviews, CTMmike! =D I'm also quite new here but I can definitely say that this is just the right place for all of your Lucid Dreaming needs! It's a great place! : )

[CTMmike]

Welcome to Dreamviews, CTMmike! =D I'm also quite new here but I can definitely say that this is just the right place for all of your Lucid Dreaming needs! It's a great place! : ) Yeah, cheers :-) Had a quick scan, seems really cool. I'm really looking forward to experimenting. Nice pic btw, lovin the old skool DB

[Chastity-Autumn]

No worries! <D I've been experimenting with MILD, but I'm trying EILD tonight. xD I hope your experiments go well! And thank you! =D We all need room in our hearts to love something old school. xD

[Robot_Butler]

I love Waking Life. I love it even more, because it has introduced so many people to lucid dreaming. It sounds like you're having some great success, so far. I find that keeping a dream journal helps me remember my lucid dreams more vividly. You can also try setting yourself a simple task ahead of time to complete in your dream. This helps me stay lucid longer, because I have a goal I want to accomplish in the dream.

[CTMmike]

I love Waking Life. I love it even more, because it has introduced so many people to lucid dreaming. It sounds like you're having some great success, so far. I find that keeping a dream journal helps me remember my lucid dreams more vividly. You can also try setting yourself a simple task ahead of time to complete in your dream. This helps me stay lucid longer, because I have a goal I want to accomplish in the dream. Cheers for the advise pal. I haven't been able to achieve anything in the last few nights (not even a tiny bit of recall), and here's me thinkin it was gettin easier haha. Suppose it coulda been cause of booze though :/