First (very short!) Lucid Dream!!

[Slashcat]

Woooo! I know it's possible now. I wasn't trying for it in any particular technique, it came as a DILD, brought on as far as i can tell by reality checking and mantras. I was in a strange house with my family that looked scarily like my grandad's house. We looked around it and i was a lot more aware of my surroundings and thoughts than ususal (perhaps due to raised awareness in real life?) and had independant thoughts as well as what i was saying in the dream. I thought i'd already done a reality check and found out i was awake, so i dismissed the possibility i was dreaming, and carried on with the dream. Later i was sitting with my grandma at the table, and i said 'God, how weird is this? It's just like your house!' and she said 'Well have you done a reality check?' And i said 'yeah, but i'll check again' and i looked down at my hands and i had seven fingers! and i tried the breathing thing, and it's true! You can breathe. Realising i was dreaming was this amazing buzzing feeling through my whole body, but i tried not to get too excited. I realised i had to get out of here and do something fun, so I bounced to the door (bouncing was easier than walking, which was a bit stiff) and opened it and looked outside, but it was all blurry, so i tried opening my eye's wider to see better, but i opened them in real life I wish i'd done a reality check at this point, as i'm pretty sure it was a false awakening, because it was all dark, too dark to write down my dream. I dropped back off and woke up what i instinctively now was a few seconds later and it was light, and i wrote it down. I know it happened in the morning, and there's no way it could have been dark. So oh well, quite annoying, but a massive step for me! I think i might be ready to start on WILDing, as i'm recalling a couple of dreams everynight, and my waking efforts are obviously getting through

[Ekyu]

I'm really happy for you! Probably gave u a big motivation boost aswell i assume. Hope u will get ur second one really soon!

[isthisit]

Well done! I recently had my first which was so similar to yours, in that someone asked me if i was dreaming!

[ace55]

Just curious...is your grandparents still alive or are they deceased?

[Slashcat]

Thanks guys! Yeah Ekyu, i'm ramping up the effort now that i know it is really possible. I was so surprised that those reality checks really worked. I beleived you all of course, but seeing really is beleiving! Ace55, they are still alive

[Ekyu]

Let us know about ur future progress btw. Hope ur second one will last longer!