Hi, I am new to the forums, and - Fairly obviously, I have some here because I am interested in Lucid dreaming.

Had a look through some of the posts and it looked like a really great site.

Anyway, time for the questions your all probably sick of answering:

I am interested in lucid dreaming, firstly because it sounds like great fun and I am really open to new stuff. But also because your dreams are direct access into your subconcious mind, and being a fairly complex person, understanding myself, and what I really want from life would be helpful.

I have managed to get slightly lucid dreams before, especially 8-9 years ago, when I was 6-7, when i was going through my childish nightmare phase, and I had learnt to take controll of my dreams by submitting to the ultimate problem.

It seems fairly straightforward to do, but the little bits like paralisis and hallucinations - (which I have had before in RL [with terrible outcomes])
are bugging me. Could someone please help me out to get me started?