Hello! I am new to the forums here. I learned about lucid dreams about two months ago and became fascinated with them. I immediately researched the best methods to begin lucid dreaming, and have worked with them for a while now. The problem is I have yet to have a lucid dream. I have very good dream recall now, and my dreams are much more vivid, but for some reason I can't reach lucidity. One time I did realize I was dreaming but the next second I was awake. I heard that you can overexcite yourself the first couple of times. But I just feel like I've been trying so hard for so long. The only thing I fail to do are reality checks. Please let me know if reality checks would greatly increase my chance of lucidity, or any other tips you might have for me. Thanks! I'm glad to be apart of this forum.