Thoughts from a newbie

Hello fellow LDers !

First I must say that I am really glad I found this site. It's the best on the topic I've seen so far.

I am a rookie and so far I've only had 5 LD, but all of them were fully lucid and I was able to take control - at least most of the time.

The first LD I had about a year ago and during that time I didn't even have any idea what LDs are nor had I ever even heard the word before. I guess it was a lucky side effect of an insomnia problem I had back then. I had trouble sleeping a full night through, so I got up in the middle of the night, watched some TV and went back to bed after an hour or so. Now I realize that this is the Wake-Back-To-Bed technique, but I had no clue during that time. Anyway, in the dream I had I somehow realized that the situation was strange. I was standing in a bar talking to my buddies when all of a sudden I asked myself where I actually was and how I had gotten there. I didn't have an answer so I realized that I was dreaming. I can tell you: that was one of the most exciting moments in my life. After realizing I was in a dream I figured that everything around me was just taking place in my head and that therefore I should be able to take control. I tried to fly and it worked ! The next morning I couldn't stop thinking about my dream and when I talked to a friend about it, he told me that it was entirely impossible to be aware that you're dreaming while you're dreaming because your consciousness is inactive while you're asleep. But since I knew I wasn't crazy I went online and discovered the phenomenon of lucid dreams.
The following night I had another LD and this time I experienced 4-5 false wakings in a row which actually kinda scared me because I had a feeling to be caught in an endless loop of fake wakings and that I would never "really" wake up again.
Then I started doing RCs every day (as recommended on some web pages) and I had another LD in the same week. But despite 10-15 RCs every day for about a month, that was the last one I had for a long time. I gave up the RC routine and accepted the though that this was it for the LDs.
As I said, that was about a year ago. Now I had 2 LDs in the last 2 nights again. Both were pretty stable and in one I was actually able to spawn things.
Now I'm afraid to lose the LD ability again for a long time or forever. So what can I do to keep the momentum ? Should I worry if I go a couple of days without a LD ?

:welcome: To DV forums, sjones
Congratulations on having your LD's :D
Your lucky that you were able to control the dream, even though it was your first time. For lots of people, the first LD is hard to control.:)

You can never lose the ability to LD and dont be worried about it if you got a few days without one, its entirely normal, especially if youve only had a few LD's

Anyways, welcome, and good luck with future LD's:D

Welcome sjones! :welcome:
It sounds like you're already on the right foot with LDing although I must advise you to never worry when it comes to LDing. Being stressed and/or anxious never helps, it only hurts your chances of LDing. o my advice is to accept the fact that you will have some (possibly many) nights that you wont LD, so its best not to get all worked up about it.;)