Has anyone heard of a child that can LD?

[Ivy]

The reason I ask is because when I was about 7 or eight I used to have alot of nightmares, actually I still do, but back then I remember a dream where things kept changing alot and made me realise I had to be dreaming, so I ran to hide under a bed, closed my eyes and kept on telling myself to wake up, it didnt work, so I ran in fron of one of the ghost in my dream so that it would kill me and maybe then Id wake up, that didnt work either, instead I just saw myself laying there, it took me a while before I was able to figure out how to wake myself up, after that every so often Id realise in the middle of a fream that I was dreaming, sometimes Id realise it right away, but I didnt know I could control thins around me, only myself, so if nothing was going on, id be like in a ghost town, the only one there was me, so id just fly around, I used to LOVE that even tough I wasn't very good, but if something was going on id run as fast as i can and try to find a spot where I can take a few minutes to wake myself up, cause it would usually be something sacarry... oh and about that flying thing, usually id go to high up, if I kept myself low i would hit the ground and could not go up again, but going that high up was kind of scarry sometimes, is that normal?

[Lord Toaster]

I had my first when I was 12 or 13. Dunno if that's childish enough for you, but yeah. That was after I read about it online though.

[Ivy]

I've never heard about it till last week, I just knew it would happen to me.

[Out of the Blue]

Well, quite a lot, if not all of my dreams as a child were lucid. Now, I didn't know I could control the dreams, but I could always wake up at will. I dunno how, I just decided to wake up and I did. I was also able to be aware of my physical surroundings while I was dreaming. I actually think most children lucid dream occasionally or even often. It's easier for kids to lucid dream than adults.

[Magical Dreamz]

I'm 13. Does that mean it should be easier for me to get lucid dreams?

[Lunalight]

I had my first LD when I was either 7 or 9. I was being chased and forced myself to wake up. Seems like nightmares are a common window into LDing. I've been having them on and off since then, but I didn't learn what they were until a couple of years ago. And my LD count has skyrocketed since I joined DV.

[LucidDreamGod]

I'd say a good 50% of kids have lds at some point (not to say they remember them), it's very common, specualy at younger ages, when the brain is developing and you have extensive REM.

[Out of the Blue]

I'm 13. Does that mean it should be easier for me to get lucid dreams? Well, compared to the average adult, yes.

[KuRoSaKi]

I had my first LD when I was about 4 years old. And I still remember it quite well there are quite a few LD's from when I was very little that I can recall.

[NatureBoy93]

In 2nd grade my friend said he controls his dreams... and he asked me if i wanted to have a shared dream, i couldnt do it though.

[BeSomebody]

Same with me, except that when I had a nightmare I'd try to get out as soon as possible. I'd use my lucidity to return to conciousness and open my eyes.

[Xei]

I used to WILD as a CHILD. ^^ I'd make images in my head until they formed a solid dream. Must've been about 5 or 6. Not bad, eh? Unfortuantely I can no longer remember how to do it. >_<

[Lucidbulbs]

Lot's of kids LD... it's just that they don't know what it is and what the potentials are usually so they slowly lose the ability... or at least, that's my theory

[feverins]

I used to WILD as a CHILD. ^^ I'd make images in my head until they formed a solid dream. Must've been about 5 or 6. Not bad, eh? Unfortuantely I can no longer remember how to do it. >_< is that VILD or is it really WILD? anyway i used to LD alot when i was younger - i used to tell everyone i could control my dreams and no one would believe me. my first one would have to be when i was about 6. there was this giant lava creature in our yard and i realized i was dreaming.

[Leumas13]

I had similer experiances to you when i had nightmares when i was younger. i would try to force myself to open my eyes to get out of the dream. i don't suppose it was true lucidity since i wasn't able to do much else, but still, kinda neat.

[~Erin~]

I remember this one moment when I was I think maybe 8 that I knew that I was dreaming in the dream. It was on and off . Because I never thought anything of it that it was actually an event called "lucid dreaming"