First (very short!) Lucid Dream!!
Woooo! I know it's possible now. :banana:
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 :D
