Strange dream - maybe lucid?

[md322]

I know very little about dreams so I'll try to explain this best I can. Yesterday I found this site and did a little reading and found it all interesting and maybe worth a try. I also read some stuff on Wikipedia about dreams. One of the things I read was about reverse blinking, so I gave it a shot last night before going to sleep. It made me feel very heavy, almost like my limbs were being pulled downward. I also saw a lot of swirly blue colors that seemed to get more vivid as I stared past them. I don't know what that was about. However, someone was watching TV downstairs and the noise kept snapping me out of the whole reverse blinking thing. I ended up moving (I felt strangely numb) and falling asleep like I normally do. One of the things that I read on Wikipedia was a statistic on how many people dream in black and white. I never really noticed what the colors in my dreams looked like, so I suppose that stuck in my mind. As I was dreaming, I suddenly thought about how I saw colors in my dream - which made me realize I was dreaming. I began thinking about how lucid dreams could start that way, but the dream faded away or something. The next thing I remember was my alarm clock going off. I would appreciate it if someone could explain what happened, or point me in the right direction to find out on my own. Sorry for the length of this.

[marwanin]

It's very fine, as a start man. congrats you got lucid at least for seconds . Just keep in mind the LD stuff, and you'll have more LDs. Try Realit checks, and DILD thechnics. maybe WILDs Too. Have A Nice LDs

[Hermes|]

You were pretty close. All sound can get pretty annoying when your trying to sleep so try to invest in some ear plugs. But keep on trying it usually takes a while to get it. =] don't give up.

[Robot_Butler]

It sounds like you were right on the edge of becoming lucid. It is a good step in the right direction. I'm so excited to see so many having success with reverse blinking. I always push it as an easy technique for beginners, but few people ever seem to take my advice.

[md322]

It sounds like you were right on the edge of becoming lucid. It is a good step in the right direction. I'm so excited to see so many having success with reverse blinking. I always push it as an easy technique for beginners, but few people ever seem to take my advice. It defiantly seemed to do something for me. If nothing else, I fell asleep faster. I'm going to try it again tonight, hopefully without the distracting noises. Completely unrelated, but this site has a pretty cool community compared to other forums I've been to.

[slash112]

The swirly stuff you experienced was SP. If you had been doing that using WBTB (wake back to bed) or a nap, you could have used it to WILD. But the dream itself, it seems to me like you did become lucid for a short amount of time. So, well done on your first LD... At least, that is if I read it right... which I am sure I did.