Hi! I'm new here. I just joined yesterday. I had heard about lucid dreams a while ago and came to this forum, but never got into it. I did have one lucid dream that I could and still remember partially, although it was very short.
I wanted to actually give lucid dreaming a try before I posted anything; however, I failed on my first attempt. I had downloaded all of the audio aids that are posted here and at first I thought that would be enough, but I decided to try a WILD.
I was listening to the audio aids while trying to fall asleep while lying perfectly still, but after 45 minutes, my whole body was numb and I was still awake. I decided I would just try to fall asleep normally, but that didn't work either.
I probably got 3 hours of sleep last night in total and I didn't notice if I was having a dream or not. Has this happened to anyone else? Could it be that I was just too excited? Or should I not listen to the audio aids until I'm in REM?
Thanks for your help. Hopefully tonight I will be able to at least have a regular dream or at least sleep.