Thread: Hi!! I'm a Newbie :]

Hi Everyone! My name is Anakaren and I want to learn how to have lucid dreams
Where do I Begin.....
A couple a months ago my best friend told me about lucid dreaming. So I said, "No way that sounds too amazing, it's impossible." Then she went on saying how you can take these pills to have lucid dreams. At this point I said there is no way I am going to take some foreign substances to harm my body. After that the subject was dropped.

A couple a days ago...
I was reading a story that metioned lucid dreaming. So I decided to do some more research on it. I read that I didn't have to take some weird "pills" to have these kinds of dreams. I got so excited about this I spent the last three days doing more research and talking to some of the psych teachers in my school.

I honestly don't remember my dreams at all when I wake up. Maybe it's because I only sleep about 5 hours on weekdays. Most of the times I don't dream. The only time that I do dream is during the weekends or during the summer when I sleep a lot. I want to fix that.

I made my first attempt of keeping a dream journal last night, but I also experienced a weird dream. I think it was lucid but I'm not sure. It happened after I got up in the middle of the night.

My dream...
I woke up in my bed and I looked around. Everything looked normal because whenever i wake up i turn on the tv and the lights. I tried doing a reality check. So I looked over the tv to check the time. I checked a few seconds later and it was a different time! I said to myself "I must be dreaming!" At this point I got excited and got out of bed. Then everything started to fade! I did two fast spins and everything got clear again. I walked towards the living room and I jumped/flew out of the window! I landed perfectly on the street and though "Cool". I then told myself, "I want to go to Florida." I suddenly started flying up towards the sky (superman style) and then started descending into an ocean. I start seeing fish everywhere! When I got out of the water I saw a colorful map of the US ( I was IN the map.) Then I woke up.
Was this a lucid dream? Or was it my mind tricking me in some way because i keep wanting and thinking to have a lucid dream?

Sorry for such a long post!