Thread: My first lucid dream :)

Congrats on your first lucid! Even more impressive is that you didn't wake up from it right away. I wouldn't worry too much about dream control for now; it will come naturally as you keep practicing. A tip for flying: If you've ever flown in non-lucid dreams, think of how you did it then and try to mimic the feeling when you become lucid. For me, jumping off of a high place or getting someone to give me a boost makes flying easier.

However, I regret to inform you that you have been doing something terribly, terribly wrong. I can't stress enough how important it is that you KEEP A DREAM JOURNAL. Seriously. Will. not. budge. on. this. Chances are you've already had several lucid dreams before this one, but have forgotten them. Keeping a dream journal is relatively simple, and it will improve your dream recall dramatically. While you may have a few LDs this way, you can have so many more if you can remember more dreams. Not only will you be more likely to remember any lucid dreams you do have, you will become more familiar with your typical dream, meaning that you'll be more likely to recognize when you're dreaming and you'll have even more LDs. Besides, just remembering dreams is rewarding in itself. If you don't want to take the time to write down every minute detail of every dream you have, you can just write down the main points of what happened, what stood out to you, etc. I know it can be a pain, but it really is worth the effort if you're serious about LDing.[/rant]

Anyways, aside from that HUGE detail, you seem to be doing everything right. Read the tutorials, experiment with different techniques, and... Did I mention you should start keeping a dream journal?

I know I really should have one.

I can't use my computer...I never use it in the morning because I only have one hour before school. >.< I guess writing down the main points won't take that long. As soon I woke up in that dream I jump out of bed and grab a folded sheet of paper and wrote:

room
hands cracks
door?
cold place
icy lake
can't fly
people
die

Then I ate breakfast thinking easily on that dream then cut on the computer and type it down after I made a forum account.

Of course when writing in a real dream journal I will have more room for details...I guess I will do it. I keep hearing that it a biggy and needed. I will copy everything from my first post into a notebook once I find one somewhere around my house.

Good good. You can always fill in more details after school if you run out of time. You might want to wake up 15 minutes earlier to recall dreams and/or train yourself to wake up in the night to write then down. As a side note, it's much easier to dream if you have excess sleeping time.

Oh, and also, you said you jumped off a cliff into water? i.e. you went cliff diving? The basic April lucid task of the month is to go diving; I'm pretty sure this counts.

Yea, I saw that. Not sure if it really count or not because as soon I hit the water I woke up. (Or at least all I can recall)

I think diving is the act of going underwater not just hitting it. I never had that feeling of swimming.

-shrug- No harm in asking. Not that it really matters.

The badge only last for a month...I don't really care that much to get it so yea...Unless I feel like I truthfully earn it I not going to take it like that.

A good, honest citizen.

A question, The more the day gone by the more it seem to be just a dream...I kinda have a feeling that I was not lucid in the dream now that I think about it. I know for a fact I was lucid or otherwise I would have been scare to death when my body just jump into that icy lake.

Is this natural to think this way until I get used to the fact that I indeed became lucid in one of my dreams? Do lucid dreams seem like a normal dream after a while? It could be because I was not 100% lucid to the point where I was able to fly or anything like that.

Well... -thinks back- Sometimes some of my lucids just seem like regular dreams even though I remember knowing I was dreaming, but those usually had a pretty low level of lucidity, low enough that I mostly just went along with the dream. But I can remember being lucid clearly in all of them except one, which I only halfway recalled.

Being lucid just means that you're aware that you're dreaming during the dream; you don't even have to be able to control your own actions. So as long as you know you knew it was a dream at the time, you should know that you were lucid.

If you mean is it normal to doubt whether you were actually lucid until you get used to the feel of being lucid... I don't know. When it comes to dreaming, most things are considered normal.

I haven't had that many lucid dreams, so I don't know if they start to feel like normal dreams. My guess is that they start to feel normal, but not like normal dreams. However, I have noticed that over time lucid dreams have become more like normal dreams in terms of my ability to recall them. A couple of times I've almost forgotten to remember my lucid dreams.

I wouldn't doubt that you were lucid if I were you. From your dream's description, you clearly knew it was a dream, and were in control of yourself. Don't be too disappointed that you weren't able to fly on your first lucid; dream control takes time, and most people just wake up immediately after becoming lucid for the first time.

Ok, thanks.

A dream is a dream, lucid or not. I guess that just how dreams are in common. I never going to doubt that I became lucid, It just that the memory of the dream is so common with a normal dream. I guess I was amusing that lucid was so special that you remember them differently. Thanks for helping me so much. You the only one who post in this thread. I guess my first post scare a few. lol

Don't try to take all the credit. My rant about dream journals was pretty intimidating... Possibly even as intimidating as growling puppies.

I have never had an actual lucid dream usually my dreams are like i just believe i can run superfast and that it mustn't hurt. Idk my reality checks are terrible and i forgot to do them all the time. Like if i see a plane flying i pinch myself and ask is this real. But in dreams i just don't think it like that more like, wtf? who am i, who is that, etc... It's so annoying especially when instantly when i woke up i lay down in the exact same position and try to think reverse what did i do before waking up. I've recovered 2 dreams like this and i get rem dreams when i listen binanular music or somethn'