Hi, I just joined a few minutes ago! I've been interested in the concept of lucid dreaming for a while and I've just begun to seriously consider learning how to do it myself!

I tried to have a lucid dream last night, it was my first attempt so needless to say I didn't get very far! I think I got a little too "over-obsessed" yesterday, doing constant reality checks and looking at my hands every other minute. By the time I got into bed, I was so excited about it I couldn't sleep for ages!

However, I woke up earlier than usual, at about 8:30, and I must have been half way through REM because I remembered four dreams! I've written them all down and I'm going to remember more tomorrow morning.

I have had a couple of lucid/semi-lucid dreams in the past, when I was about five or six.

Do you think I'm doing alright so far? Am I trying too hard?

I'm going to have a look around the forum now, great site by the way!

(Oh, and I read somewhere that lucid dreaming becomes more difficult during puberty and into adulthood, is this true?)