Intro post!

Hi there, DV forum people! I hope I've posted this in the right topic, it's the first time I've created one of these things before.

I'm Charlene, I'm a Pisces, I like reading, chocolate and long walks on the bea dreaming.
I've been lurking around these forums a while now. Since then, I've only had a few lucids - they were all fuzzy and didn't last for very long but it's a definite improvement over "one fuzzy, short lucid dream back in 2004".
Decided to join up on New Year's Day - a resolution of sorts - but haven't posted anything until now. New resolution: break old lurker habits!

Why is it the only reality check to ever work for me is "pinch me, I'm dreaming", no matter how many times I jab my finger into my hand? I don't think "breathing through a blocked nose" will work for me. Too many hayfevers and nose bleeds make me open my mouth to breathe on instinct.
That's it, I'm going to look for a topic on this when I stop typing.

Aims: a decent lucid. Hopefully through DILD. Maybe I'll try another method when I feel more confident with my LD abilities.

Pisces, eh? I like fish. Welcome to Dreamviews.

If "pinch me, I'm dreaming" works for you, then I won't rain on your parade. :]

Have you started a dream journal yet?

You'll love it. And who doesn't love chcolate?

Hey Charky :D You sound very motivated! And I for one am excited to see someone who prefers DILD :shock:

I too like dreaming and chocolate. You should try some dream chocolate!

Anyway, I don't have much else to contribute... or anything really. Let me know if I can help with your resolution in any way :)

Aw, thanks for replying! :hug: <- First emoticon post!
I don't know how to reply to three people at once, so I decided to answer everybody in a reply to myself... Here's hoping you look at this topic again!

- In response to what was probably a rhetorical question, I don't know anyone who doesn't love chocolate. My mother eats it occasionally but that's not the same as hating it outright.
And dream chocolate is an idea! I don't remember ever eating in a dream, maybe it's something I can put on a Lucid Dream To-Do list.
Note to self: Make Lucid Dream To-Do list.

- Yes, I've got a dream journal. I just need to get into a habit of writing in it when I wake up, and not several hours later when I've forgotten most of the dream...
And I want to post in that Dream Journal topic! I love reading in there!

- All my fuzzy lucids have been DILDs. Since starting the journal, I've had no entries on sleep paralysis and maybe one involving hypagogic imagery so I think WILD is out... for now.
As for the other acronyms, I can't remember what they all stand for at the moment. There's a lot.

:welcome: if you have any questions, feel free to ask me, or any of the staff. :D

Hey, yea eating random stuff is a good fun task, try it out sometime :)

If you need to respond to an individual post (like, 'yeah eating random stuff sounds fun!') you can click quote, then delete out what you don't want to respond directly to. You can quote one person, or +quote multiple people.