External Sound -> Lucidity

Hey, I haven't been around these forums very much but I was excited by a lucid dream I had today. I get a lucid dream every few months or so. So I was really tired from studying and decided to take a nap. It was 7:30PM when I climbed into bed. I'm in a dorm so I could hear my other roommates watching TV and shouting about the basketball game in the next room over.

I had a false awakening; I dreamed I woke up in one of my roommates beds instead. I was really confused because I remembered falling asleep in my own bed. Then I heard shouting from my roomates (in real life) who were still watching the basketball game, so I realized I must have been dreaming. I was excited but kept calm, and even though I could still hear my roomates shouting in real life I was still dreaming. I walked around in the dream world for a short while, then woke up at around 8:10PM.

I've never had anything like this happen before, having an external sound make me achieve lucidity. :)


Edit: Sorry this might have been better placed in the Lucid Experiences section.

Well, it's good if you can get lucid from external sounds. They always just wake me up :(

Nice, you found one way to use the EILD technique :D

I've just had one of these recently: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...12&postcount=9

Pity, I only got to enjoy a few microseconds of lucidity, owing to the fact that external sounds have a habit of waking me up. (And yet I sleep through thunderstorms.)

Oh thanks, never knew about EILD. Normally I'm a light sleeper but I fell asleep with the sounds in the background so I guess I was tired enough so they wouldn't wake me. It was weird, I had this dual consciousness, of being in a dream and yet knowing I was dreaming because I was heaing my roommates shouting.

That's awesome!

Congrats! Hope this happens more often =]