I have a question about my first Lucid Experience

[SigurRos]

I'd been asleep for roughly five hours, when I woke to the sound of my alarm clock. I decided I'd just try and get to sleep again, pretty much straight away. The next thing I knew, I was holding my nose to see if I could breath, since that's what I'd been doing all the previous day. To my odd suprise I could still breath, and that felt weird as anything. Any way, I knew I was conscious and asleep, but was well annoyed that I couldn't see anything. Then suddenly this overwhelming shaking/vibrating sensation came over me. I'd read something about that happening when you're in the transition stage between waking and dreaming. I got pretty excited, being lucid for the first time, so told myself just to calm down a bit, thinking the vibrations were a symptom of my excitement, and the shaking stopped. But still I couldn't see anything, and got worried I'd lose consciousness because nothing was happening, so I thought **** it, and tried to think of flying. The vibrations started again, and I felt this awesome sensation of accelerating, the vibrations grew sharper and sharper, as I got faster and faster, and then I woke up. The whole experience never felt like a dream. All I could suggest to myself was that I becamce conscious just before seeping into a dream, which is why I felt the shaking. Any ideas? Is it possible to do a reality check before actually experiencing an actual dream?

[Forsaken Exposition]

Im no Expert around here or anything, But I suppose you won't mind my Two Cents. To me it sounded Like an Out of Body Experience. Im really into that kinda of thing. A lot of times, you can't see in a OBE, but rather, can "Mind Sense" In which you could kinda get a "feel" for where you were, in other words, you could navigate a completely Crowded room blindly, yet not bump into a thing. As for the vibrations, I know they came In lucidity, but I first experienced the Vibrations trying to Astrally Project, but who knows?

[jhk]

You should have tried spinning or rubbing hands, perhaps it would help your mind to create some images or environment, I had a similar experience (although probably less intense) and rubbing hands gave me false awakening, which I recognised and got lucid. Good luck on your further experiments!

[SigurRos]

I should probably have tried spinning, you're right, but at the time I presumed I was asleep, but not dreaming. It was the vibrating that really confused me.

[StickFigure]

wierd, when I did my RC last night all i could think about is the EXTREMELY intense feeling in my chest. and like you, it just got more and more powerful 'til I woke up. The only explanations I could come up with are, it was my lungs restoring themselves from a long day of harsh smoking, or, just the very powerful feeling of liberation. Whatever it was, it made my day. It was like, Happy smilies bursting out of my heart. , :finger: :happygolucky: :vibes:

[BillyBob]

theres two explanations for what you experienced: 1) you werent yet in a dream but you had already surcome to sleep peralisis thus making your dream body existant and able to reach for your nose (note: dream body not "OBE" body) 2) you were in an LD but it was just an LD of darkness.... most likely number 1

[SigurRos]

I just had my second (turd) lucid dream. I was chatting to a woman in the car behind me on a the phone, arranging where we should meet. She wasn't hearing me properly so I got out of my car and went to tell her in person. After agreeing a meeting place I started walking back to my car and thought to myself, 'shit I must have looked really stupid with this band tied around my eyes (before sleeping i tied some material round my eyes to keep out the light). So I looked in the car mirror, to see how stupid i looked and saw there was no band, and it triggered straight away - I'm dreaming. At that point I lost all imagery, I couldn't rember what I should do. I tried spinning, but couldn't move prperly, I tried rubbing my hands - I had the sensation but I couldn't actually see my hands. I had the feeling I was floating round a very vague place, but it was like a cartoon, and when I saw someone they were coloured in...then I woke up, sat on my floor thinking to myself, this room is an absolute sh** site, I should really clean up. And then I woke up...For real...in my tidy room.

[wombing]

i've had similar experiences. the most recent was when i felt the onset of sleep paralysis (attempting a WILD about 5 hours into my sleep). i felt my dream body float up, and stand facing the foot of my bed, grabbing both sides of my closet door with my hands. everything was black, the only sensory input was the sense of being 'present', and the hardness of the door my hands were grabbing. as i have been conscious in such a state a few times, i tried to open my eyes. a blinding flash of light forced me to shut them. i tried twice more, straining to see anything through the light, but lost consciousness, and slipped into a non-lucid dream. Its tricky, this is one of the obstacles i am trying to learn how to overcome in my efforts. i'll let you know if i find something that works.