Thread: Hello! Excited to figure this all out!

Thanks Tamidoll! So, how long does it take to get to the point of being able to control your dreams? Reading around it seems like a month or two is about average. How long did it take you? Or have you reached that point? Last night I became lucid for a split second, where I suddenly new for sure I was dreaming, and I was instantly awake. Frustrating. Lol. But still, I guess it's a start. Then a few nights before that I was semi lucid, I guess you could call it. I dreamt my front teeth were falling out, and I was horrified, lol... But when I pulled the same tooth out a couple of times, I was thinking something is not quite right, but I didn't really realize I was dreaming until after I woke up. I've started keeping a dream journal... This will be my second night keeping one. I'm hoping it helps me remember what I was dreaming, and helps me realize when I'm dreaming while I'm still in the dream, so I can start to play around with dream control. Anyways, it's nice to meet you! Thanks for the welcome!

Cool @ your experience and progress. Unfortunately I'm not a very good lucid dreamer. I've tried practicing it but quit after a terrible mishap. (Made a mistake and my body shut down while I was still awake with my eyes opened so everything blacked out and I couldn't move). Also cause it's too tiring for me to practice it (I have trouble falling asleep as it is).

Whoah, I've never heard of that happening before... How did you get out of it? Was it like a trance or something? So what is it you look for here? Ways to avoid having that happen again? Just curious.

After a few seconds I just snapped out of it and my body woke up I suppose. So I guess you could say it was somewhat of a trance. I was suppose to have my eyes closed while I tried it (and eventually my body would fall asleep but my mind would be awake), but my eyes were open, hence the mishap lol.


Ah, I joined this forum when I wanted to learn more about lucid dreaming. It was cause of this forum and my lack of knowledge and impatience that made me experience that.

I actually just returned and started posting again after months of absence lol. No harm in posting in threads that have nothing to do with LD.

Woohoo! Sounds like me! Impatient and little knowledge... Trainwreck here I come! Was there a certain technique that you used that caused your mishap? Something I should avoid? I remember one time I was dreaming, but I swore I woke up, and there was this black shape over me, and it felt like it was looking down on me. I was completely paralyzed. It was scary as hell, but then the fear turned to rage I guess. I began struggling hard, still completely immobilized, until I roared and shot straight up in bed. The thing was gone and I was awake. Scared the crap out of me but fascinated me at the same time... What the hell was that thing? Just a dream? Something else? A ghost of some sort? It seemed incredibly real whatever it was.

That sounds scary. x.x

Yeah, I tried the technique where you lay there, very still (and avoid moving cause that's a way for your brain to test to see if you're awake). Eventually your body's suppose to drift off into sleep mode cause it thinks you're really sleeping but you're fully conscious. You're suppose to do that with your eyes closed, but stupid me tried it with them opened lol.

Originally Posted by Josh77

Woohoo! Sounds like me! Impatient and little knowledge... Trainwreck here I come! Was there a certain technique that you used that caused your mishap? Something I should avoid? I remember one time I was dreaming, but I swore I woke up, and there was this black shape over me, and it felt like it was looking down on me. I was completely paralyzed. It was scary as hell, but then the fear turned to rage I guess. I began struggling hard, still completely immobilized, until I roared and shot straight up in bed. The thing was gone and I was awake. Scared the crap out of me but fascinated me at the same time... What the hell was that thing? Just a dream? Something else? A ghost of some sort? It seemed incredibly real whatever it was.

That would be SP. Your body is completly paralyzed and the black thing you saw was part of an extreme HI. This happens to many people who don't know anything about Sleep Paralysis and it freaks them out.

And as a beginner I suggest going for a MILD or DILD first as these are the easiest to accomplish. You can find a tutorial Here for DILD and Here for MILD. Eventually you can move on to WILD or you may wish to try WILD at any time you like, there is nothing wrong with trying techniques to see what works for you.

Originally Posted by Conzo

That would be SP. Your body is completly paralyzed and the black thing you saw was part of an extreme HI. This happens to many people who don't know anything about Sleep Paralysis and it freaks them out.

And as a beginner I suggest going for a MILD or DILD first as these are the easiest to accomplish. You can find a tutorial Here for DILD and Here for MILD. Eventually you can move on to WILD or you may wish to try WILD at any time you like, there is nothing wrong with trying techniques to see what works for you.

What is an extreme HI? I don't know that acronym. Thanks for the advice. I havnt had too much success with going lucid yet, but I'm getting quite a bit better at recalling my dreams. Dream journals definitely help. It's wierd how you completely forget dreams sometimes if you don't write them down. The brain is a crazy thing!