Thread: First LD!

Wow, it feels awesome to say this, but I had my first lucid experience last night. I would consider it a DILD. I don't remember what made me hold my nose, but I did, and then I gained a sort of semi-consciousness. I did it again, and I could breath through it perfectly. The air felt cold, sort of like I had been outside. But...it worked. I have some questions, but first, the experience.

I was walking in to my dining room, and saw my cat. I paid no attention to him, but instead I tried to put my hand through a chair. I don't remember what happened there. I walked around the large table in the room, and started rubbing my hands together. It felt kind of tingly/ticklish when I did this, but it must have worked. I then walked over to a mirror, and saw myself. Interesting. I then moved on to another mirror and saw another unusual image. I then started rubbing my hands together again and spinning around. But I think I wanted to change to a different setting and that's when I lost lucidity...

The thing is I didn't feel 100% in the dream. Meaning I realized I was dreaming, but I couldn't really control what I was doing. I knew to rub my hands, spin, look in mirror, try to put my hands through stuff, but I wasn't really...there. I want to know how to get the feeling I feel right now. Real.

If someone could help me with this, it would be greatly appreciated. Overall it was an awesome experience, and weirdly enough it came after I had kind of given up again. (I've given up twice now.) The whole week I hadn't wrote in my DJ or really thought about Lucid Dreaming. Last night I really didn't think about anything when my head hit the pillow because I was so tired. So I guess I need to think about LD'ing but not let it become a priority?

Anyways, thanks for reading.