Thread: New to site today - finally know whats happening - lucid dreams

I've wondered for years what this is... looks like I've been lucid dreaming.

It happens probably once a week or so, I'll be having a dream - most of the time it's a nightmare - and I'll realize I'm dreaming. My mind is completely awake but the dream is still going on, I still have the fear associated with the dream and I'll want to wake up - to stop that fearfull feeling.

I know that I'm dreaming and the dream seems to slip further and further out of my mind while I'm trying to wake up. I'll try to move my legs(in real life, not the dream) and I can't, I'll try to open my eyes and I can feel my eyelids trying to open but they are paralized. Finally I'll try to make a sound as hard as possible and eventually I'll let out a sound that either wakes me up, or wakes my wife up and she will wake me.

I've known I was dreaming the whole time, but the fear is still there and all I can think about is waking.

Do you think if I could controll the fear I'm feeling I could turn the nightmare into something good and contine to have a lucid dream that I would enjoy?

Thanks for the help, I'm glad I found this site.

YES! Yes you could control that feeling, and that's the beauty of it
Welcome!

Originally Posted by 44CalibreSunlight

YES! Yes you could control that feeling, and that's the beauty of it
Welcome!

Thanks, I've been reading a lot on the site today - it's very interesting.

I think initially I'm so consumed with trying to wake up, I've never thought about trying to control or change anything in the dream. Now I'm going to be trying to get this to happen so I can see what happens. I have such a hard time waking myself up, I'm hopeful that I will be able to stay in the lucid dream as long as I want.

I'm so glad I found this site - it all started last night in Psychology class – we had a very brief section on dreams and I told the instructor what was happening to me and asked what it was – he just thought I was dreaming that I was conscious and trying to wake when I really wasn’t. I knew this wasn’t the case and started searching Google this morning…

Best of luck with that then! you've already got a headstart on me.
If you ever feel like you want to prolong the dream you could always try rubbing your hands together or spinning around, as I hear they work well.. somehow.
happy dreaming

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