Thread: Hello! Excited to figure this all out!

Hello all,
I've always been fascinated by the idea of lucid dreaming and being able to control my dreams, but I always assumed this was something you could either do or couldn't do, or was something that happened by chance. It has just been recently that I have discovered that it is a skill that can be learned and practiced. I have always had pretty vivid dreams, and can often recall them when I wake, though often I know I had an interesting or exciting dream, but can't quite remember it, like it was just barely out of the grasp of my memory. I think I'll be able to catch on to all this somewhat quickly... I'm just impatient to get started! Anyways, I'll be looking for all the helpful advice I can get here, and am looking forward to getting to know all of you and hear of your experiences. Talk to you all soon!

Hello and welcome to DV.

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.