My first ever lucid dream. Unprepared, jarred

Hello everybody.

I'm 33 years old, and I had first heard of lucid dreaming about 10 or 11 years ago from a former co-worker. He explained the basics to me, and though it definitely sounded at least somewhat intriguing at the time, I never really looked into it further. The concept slipped into the back of my mind, buried somewhere and all but totally forgotten.

Fast forward to about a week ago, a half hour after I take a small dose of a certain nutritional supplement (not entirely sure of the rules regarding these matters, so I will leave the supplement unnamed) used as a sleep aid. Quite literally, less than a couple minutes after I laid down and closed my eyes, I found myself somewhere else - in the kitchen of a house a relative used to live in, and it was almost every bit as vivid as waking life.

In a weird way it felt almost as if I had never fallen asleep, but I knew full well that I was indeed asleep, and dreaming. I'm not sure what caused me to realize that, but I very clearly remember thinking to myself "I'm dreaming!".

In the span of what seemed like the next few nanoseconds, I remembered the gist of what my co-worker told me a decade ago - and then I unintentionally turned my dear Mother, who was standing in front of me in the dream as I made the realization, into a demon. I flinched and recoiled, eyes clamped shut... disturbed over both that vision that was so horribly wrong, as well as the fact that I created it for some inexplicable reason. It just popped into my head, I couldn't seem to help it... next thing I knew, the transformation was in its full grotesque progress.

When I opened my eyes I was looking at the wall of my room, almost totally unable to move for a few seconds. Sleep paralysis, it seems like after some reading. It wasn't horrible unlike some other accounts of it, or really even that unpleasant. Just annoying. But if it lasted longer or came with the waking visions I've read about, I could see it being different.

I'm pretty sure I let inexperience with lucidity, and fear and doubt get the better of me there, at least as far as the demonic transformation nonsense. I'd like to go lucid again sometime, but it's troubling... that horrid thought incubating in my head, almost by itself seemingly. I'm worried if I find myself lucid again, I'll find it hard to keep negative thoughts out of my head. Has anybody had experience with anything similar?

Also, the manner in which I started dreaming was one of the most odd (but pleasant) experiences I've ever had. Has anyone ever found themselves in a lucid dream immediately after laying down and closing their eyes?

Again, I've never had a lucid dream before this. And certainly not a wake-induced lucid dream, I've read those are very difficult to induce, especially for beginners. But the more I read, and the more I think about the experience I had, and how that transition from laying there with my eyes closed to suddenly being in a dream world felt ... the more it feels like I may have had a WILD experience, without the wake part. Is that even possible?

Any and all thoughts are most welcome... thank you guys for reading.

A WILD without the wake is pretty much a DILD. SP doesn't necessarily mean WILD. Anyway, good that you had a lucid dream. Have a bit of a look into the different techniques and stick with one of then for at least two weeks. And have a look at nightmare control with lucid dreaming.

Congratulations friend! Many Lucid Dreamers have gone through things similar to what you have. One of the first things you learn about Lucid Dreaming is that ANY thought that you have is subject to becoming "real". Not only that, but the amount of confidence behind certain ones can boost them. Lack of confidence leads to a lack of control and ultimately the end of the Dream. I certainly hope that you do not give up on Lucid Dreaming. Although I can't imagine why you would.

Btw, what supplement did you use? You can feel free to discuss things like that. Even mind altering agents that are prohibited in certain areas can be discussed. Just don't name sources.

Congratulations on your first ever lucid dream, it is one of the most exciting things to have in the world. And I wouldn't worry about negative thoughts because it is a dream, I have never heard of anyone getting hurt in a dream.

I realize that SP doesn't necessarily mean WILD... the reason I made reference to WILD is because I didn't seem to have the usual lapse in consciousness in the time between falling asleep, and the start of the dream. I started dreaming very soon, if not instantly after falling asleep, and it truly felt like the conscious part of my mind was awake throughout. There wasn't any sort of reason for me to know I was dreaming - I didn't do, and haven't been doing any sort of reality checks or anything like that. I wasn't making an effort to become lucid in any of my dreams, I think the only reason I knew I was dreaming is because I might have been consciously aware when I actually entered the dream.

Thanks for the grats, PlanesWalker and elucid7 :) It truly was one of the most extraordinary experiences I've ever had, even though it only lasted all of what seemed a few seconds or so. And even though I wasn't trying for it, I'm glad that it happened, and no, there's no way I want the experiences to end there. I just need to figure out how to minimize the negative crap, that's all. (I think)

The supplement was GHB PlanesWalker. It's probably a stretch to call it a nutritional supplement, even though in the past it was sold as such. It's more a (unjustly demonized) medicinal product IMO.