Thread: Just starting to become Lucid

Hey guys!! I just regisgtered to this site today, and I think it is AWESOME that there is a lucid dreaming forum where you can find people interested in these things..

I think dreaming is such an important part of our lives ( well it is like half our day) and so many people choose to just ignore it or forget about it.

In the past year or so I have become very interested in dreaming, and lucid dreaming. My brother graduated from neuroscience, and he started getting me really interested in everything about dreaming.

I started out writing down my dreams for a couple months or so, and just really starting to try to have lucid dreams.

I experienced my first lucid dream after about a month of recording my dreams.

Every time I would start to experience that I was lucid, I usually get really excited or rush into things too fast which make me instantly wake up....

Last night I had my first truly amazing lucid dream, I became really relaxed and I was doing truly amazing things....

I always do reality checks... like checking time is one that always works for me. But I always go too far like asking my dream characters stuff about dreaming , and they usually either dissipate or ignore me... Is anybody able to do this?

Anyway.. so my question is... when I first realize that I am lucid, how can I be calm and not awaken myself? Any hinters? It seems like I can become lucid, but it usually goes away pretty fast!!!