Hi!

My name is John, I'm a student living in England and a couple of days ago I read the wikipedia article on lucid dreaming and became very interested in the subject.

I'm a biochemistry student and I have no trouble becoming enthusiastic about and interested in most of my projects at university, but this is the first undertaking I've come across in a long while that has gotten me really excited.

I've only ever had two lucid dreams in the past and in both instances the realisation that I was in a dream caused me to wake up. I hadn't realised that these dreams could be extended or that greater degrees of control were possible. My dream recall is unfortunately very limited at the moment; I can only seem to remember fragments of dreams at best. Then again I havn't made the effort to remember until now so hopefully things will change.

I don't have any specific intentions other than exploring this process and seeing what is possible. I will go to the 'Dream Journal' section now and record my recollections from last night. I'm looking forward to a long and fascinating experience on this site :)

John, welcome to the forum and congrats on the lucid dreams you've already had! LDing is a fascinating concept and process that you will undoubtedly find quite rewarding once you get into it.

A great place to start is the Tutorials section - there are many techniques for honing your dream recall, attaining and sustaining lucidity, and learning to control your dreams.

Dream journaling is a great way (actually the recommended way, I think) to improve your dream recall and bring more awareness to your dream activity, which makes it more likely that you will become lucid AND remember upon awakening that you had done so. The Dreamviews journal is great for recording and keeping track of your dreams over time, and I would also suggest keeping a notebook by your bed so that you can jot some key points down right when you wake up (I think they talk about that in the tutorials too).

Good luck and enjoy!
-t

Thanks for the advice, toucantango :) I will definitely go with your notebook suggestion, they do fade so quickly.