Finally Became Lucid!

[Snakecharmer1222]

I had a lucid dream last night. And just like this post, it was short. I remember looking at my hands and seeing something strange. They were really elongated and had less fingers. Then I said "Gasp! I'm dreaming! I'd better do something before I--" I suddenly woke up "--wake up..." One thing I noticed during those 3 seconds was that I didn't feel as hazy as I am in non-lucid dreams.

[Leixor]

I had a lucid dream last night. And just like this post, it was short. I remember looking at my hands and seeing something strange. They were really elongated and had less fingers. Then I said "Gasp! I'm dreaming! I'd better do something before I--" I suddenly woke up "--wake up..." One thing I noticed during those 3 seconds was that I didn't feel as hazy as I am in non-lucid dreams. [/b] Yeah... the traditional excited yourself awake type phenomena. Nevertheless, you succeeded so congratulations! Try to get it in your head to take it slow. I have had 5 lucid dreams, of those 4 were less than 1 minute long each because I got in a rush. The long one (10 minutes) was because I was very set and focused on taking it slow. I gotta get that in my brain again... Last night I had a lucid dream where I pretty much decided to jump out of a moving car (through the roof) and go where I wanted to be. Problem is, I forgot to decide where I wanted to be... hehe I jumped through the roof into blackness... and woke up. Woops.

[John Updike]

I've done something similar, I saw the image of clouds and mountains in the rear view mirror of a car, and decided to travel through it as a mode of transport into the clouds, but when I went into it there was nothing, only haze and blackness, and I started to awake so I went back out of the mirror and continued the dream for another 10 minutes or so.

[Burns]

Congrats on the LD, SC! The important part is that you were lucid - nevermind how long it lasted. With practice, you'll be able to maintain lucidity for longer periods. There are a lot of threads about maintaining lucidity, and different methods people us to do it - use the Search function and see what you come up with. Anyway, way to go, and keep up the good work!

[Hippie]

Congratulations ! I remember my first lucid dream was similar. I woke up because of the excitement. But hey, now you know that your capable of doing it, and with more practice and experience you'll be able to keep'em for longer