Hey everyone,

I've been consciously focused everyday to induce lucidity for the past month by reading books on the subject, applying the techniques and also self hypnosis.

Last night, I went to bed at around 23.30. I was saying suggestions in my mind such as "tonight in my dreams, I will realise I'm dreaming," I kept saying it until I drifted off to sleep. Then, next conscious moment, I was all of a sudden in my car with my wife and daughter sitting in the back seat. The car suddenly powered off and I couldn't start it (battery flat), from what I can remember the scene outside looking through the car windows appeared to be pitch black. I thought "hold on, this is a dream," so I looked at my hands and I remember being told by a Lucid dream expert to pull one of my fingers, so I pulled my index finger and it stretched!! Then, I thought, stay calm, by saying “you're lucid dreaming” every 10-20 seconds to stabilise lucidity. So, I decided to get out of the car, opened the door, yet, the area was pitch black (weird). I was a little overwhelmed, excited and woke up! The time was around 12 midnight.

As I type this, I’m confused, was this a lucid dream? I didn’t even reach the REM stage.