Hey!

Been reading through these boards for a couple weeks, and finally decided to join.

I've always been a skeptic, and didn't really believe in LD, hypnosis, etc. I've tried meditating, and trying certain techniques, and even hypnosis over the phone from a friend who's licensed, and it all led to failure.

Upon reading some of these experiences, they brought back memories of three different situations.

1) When I was a child, I had this very loose front tooth, just about ready to fall out. I remember waking up in the middle of the night, and noticing that it had fallen out, I put it on my table next to my bed and went back to sleep.

The next day, once I started brushing my teeth, did I realize that my teeth was in fact, still in my mouth and still lose. I guess this was a false awakening.

2) A few months back, I was trying different meditations to help enter lucid dreams. After about an hour of focusing on my breathing and not moving an inch of my body, I felt vibrations run all throughout my body and then a sudden feeling like I was spinning in circles extremely fast, when I knew that I was still laying still on my bed.

3) A month or two ago, I took an afternoon nap on my couch with some Brain Entrainment music playing on my headphones. I woke up from the nap and saw a shadowy figure from my peripheral vision. It was slowly coming closer towards me, I got scared and tried to move but couldn't move at all. I then tried screaming and noticed I couldn't scream! I started to panic and tried hard to move with no success. After about half a minute, I closed my eyes hard and tried my best to move. When I finally opened them, I was standing in the middle of my room. Sleep Paralysis?

These 3 experiences gave me the confidence and motivation to continue practicing with LD, and see where it leads me. I started a Dream Journal a couple of days ago.

Hope to see you guys around!

-Tap