Thread: My Introduction

Hi, I thought I'd introduce myself.

My apologies if this topic is disorganized; I'm working on a computer that I don't feel comfortable using, so it kind of throws me off when trying to post messages

First off, a bit about me; I'm refuge. I'm currently 20 years old, and in my third year of college for Computer Security.

I first started studying dreams about three years ago in college, when I had a paper to write on the subject. Since then, I wrote an article on Lucid Dreaming (it's here, if anyone wants to read it), and I am always trying to find new ways and methods in this subject.

It's funny; after all the things I have "discovered" before venturing out into the internet, I came here to find that those things have already been mentioned here, and even have their own acronyms

For instance, my first Lucid Dream is an example.
By this point, I've already read some books on Lucid Dreaming, and have been trying to get lucid for a few weeks. Now, have you ever had a morning, where you wake up from a dream, and you're still half-asleep? During this time, you may be able to even close your eyes, and still "see" the dream, and maybe still hear the dream; if you managed to get back to sleep, you can usually re-enter that dream.
One morning I woke up from a dream where I was in a race car, on a NASCAR track. When I woke up that morning, I was still half-asleep; I could close my eyes and see the racecar though my POV. I carefully tried not to "wake up" all the way, and started working on getting back to sleep, while trying to hold onto my consciousness (so-to-speak). Well, eventually I was back in the race car; I knew I was fully in the dream, because I went to move my arm, and it moved in the dream, and not in the bed (if you know what I mean). I was lucid, but I wasn't sure what to do exactly, so I did the only thing I could think of -- I made the car I was driving, fly. By this point, I could feel the car flying, I could see it flying, I could even steer it, but it only lasted a few seconds, as the "shock" of the lucid dream woke me up
Actually, it was my only lucid dream that didn't induce a "False Awakening" -- something I'm sure a moderate amount of you guys are probably familiar with.

Earlier today, I realized this is a common technique

Anyway, I've had a moderate amount of lucid dreams since then, but they were all dreams where I managed to become lucid within the dream (via triggers); it mainly happens when I see a loved one that passed away, or when I remember to question if I'm dreaming (and maybe, look at my watch).

I don't want to bore you guys with the lucid dreams I've had, so I think I'll end my introduction here.

Anyways, glad to have found this place.