I had a recurring dream as a young boy that I was drowning in a muddy pond by some woods. The last time I had the dream (about 20 years ago), I realized I was dreaming and didn't worry about drowning.

A few years ago, I did some research into dream control and even kept a dream journal for a few weeks. I was recalling a lot of dreams, but didn't have any lucid ones. I was taking a lot of credit hours and working full time and got too tired to keep up with it.

About six months ago, I got put on Prozac for my OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder). This medicine facilitates some very good dream recall and very vivid dreams. I have very strange, epic like dreams in stores, streets, homes, and cities that don't really exist.

Since the medicine was making it so easy, I started keeping a dream journal again a couple of months ago. I have been enjoying the recalling and recording of my dreams each morning even without a lucid dream. But last night I did have one.

It was my second dream of the night (that I can recall) and I was shopping in a store with some dude that I don't know. All of the sudden, it hit me. "I'm dreaming!" I looked at my hands and they looked very real. I grabbed an item off the shelf at the store and held it. I don't know what it was supposed to be, some plastic thing.

Then I said to the other guy "Lets go watch women try on lingerie." We made it to the ladies undergarments section, but a store worker wouldn't let us into the changing rooms. I pushed him away, but another guy came and then a lady tried calling someone on the phone. I ripped the phone wire out of the wall.

The weird thing about this lucid dream is that I knew I was dreaming, but only had limited control of my actions. I was very excited to know I was dreaming while it was happening. I thought about spinning to stay in the dream, but I didn't seam to need to. I could tell that I had to use the restroom (for real), so I tried to make myself wake up.

I had a false awakening and thought my wife was talking to herself very loud in the restroom. It turned out that she was laying next to me asleep. When I woke up, I asked her if she was saying something. She said no and told me to be quiet. I went to the restroom, but know one was really in there.

I'm sorry to make my first post here so long, but I am very excited about the lucid dream!

Adam Drake