First lucid experience... and a question about it.

**Haerodiel** · 03-09-2011 07:18 PM

So my friend and I just recently started getting really interested in trying lucid dreaming. This past Sunday, actually. We'd read only very little, but decided to try a few things. I drew X's on the palms of my hands to make me question, mantra before going to sleep, but that was it. I didn't really expect a whole lot to happen right away. But anyways, Monday night before going to bed, I looked at my hands, asked myself if I was dreaming... no I wasn't. Went to bed, mantra, and that was all.

This was the dream. If there was something before this, I don't remember at all. Nothing. It starts with me asking "Am I in a dream?" Major WOAH moment, because just by asking it I realized that I was, and that made me very suddenly quite aware of what has happening.. I was sitting on the edge of my bed. I looked at the palms of my hands, then went over to flip a light switch. The lights were on in my room (though in reality they were off) and of course the switch did nothing. I thought it was awesome. So some spinning and more light switches later, I find myself very abruptly awake. My alarm was going off.

So now that I've done more research, I'm wondering what caused me to go lucid. There was no DILD, I don't think, because I have no recollection of anything at all before that. Just the question, and boom, there I was. I find it hard for it to be a result of repeating "I will be aware in my dreams" before going to sleep, since that was at the very beginning of the night and this dream was clearly at the very end of it. Could it just be that it happened because I'd just gotten interested and excited about it, so it was in the forefront of my mind? Luck? Should I not count on it happening this simply again?

**MischiefManaged** · 03-09-2011 07:59 PM

I had my first LD not even asking questions. I was walking down the staircase, next thing I know - I'm dreaming. I also didn't proceed to do RC or anything else

I think it's better not to count on that anymore. It could have been just beginner's luck. For some people it's enough to hear that there is at all such a thing as lucid dreaming - and they got their first LD the same night. Lucid dreaming has influenced my non-lucid dreams - the content of dreams has changed. So it depends.
Welcome to DV, btw

**~~MasterMind~~** · 03-10-2011 07:13 PM

Most of the people who starts to read about lucid dreaming get lucid dreams by only thinking about it, because only then they starts to be aware at all =)

**Rawracookie** · 03-11-2011 04:31 AM

Mine was a DILD, I had to RC. I did it just this morning.

**silver2k** · 03-11-2011 07:57 AM

Whenever someone first finds out about lucid dreaming, there's a big chance they'll have one pretty fast, sounds logical right... But after your first it will probably not be as easy again, but who knows, maybe you are a chosen one or something =D