Hello, i am new to this world of dreams, and i recently started to improve my dream recalling and dream journal, also i have been trying to do the WILD technique for some days, still no success.
But i have some questions:

1- How real does a dream feel? i ask this because, ALL the dreams i have are just like small abstract movies , i mean, i dont feel anything but vision and sometimes my dreams are about A and then suddently it's about B and i find no realism in it :S do i have any Problems or is it normal? and if so, how do i change that?

2- I have a small feeling that i once had a lucid dream, but now recalling the situation i guess it wasnt really a LD, if it was, then i am disappointed :

I was in somekind of village or something i cant remeber very well it was a long time ago. Then a friend (in dream) asked me if i was dreaming, and i said i were, and i started flying like a crazy and went to a big city and start killing every one, At that time i only knew that LD existed, but didnt know anything at all about them, and at that time i thougt i had control over the dream, but , now analysing the situation , i guess it wasnt really lucid, because it didnt feel any real at all, i mean, i couldt use any sense but vision, and i guess the 'control' i tought i had, was indeed very linear, and it wasnt really me controlling.
Was it a lucid dream, or was just a normal dream?

3- And about SP, last night i tried to reach SP, i guess i almost reached that, but i needed to swallow. I could see a face of a monkey and a Gun and some Dots over my eyes, i guess it was awesome, and i guess it was Hipnagogic halucinations, so i was probbably almost there no? my question is, do swallowing saliva difficult the proccess? and another thing, as i read somewhere in this forum, The trick for you not to lose your Awareness during SP is to stay counting numbers in your head... Is it right? any better idea?



Lastly, sorry my bad english , it is not my native language.