Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhh!!!!!!!
GUESS WHAT???? Can't guess????
I DID IT!!!!!! Finally, all this work and determination and long nights have finally paid off!! I FINALLY LUCID DREAMED!!!!
It was a really wierd experience though, so Im going to need you guys to clarify what exactly happened. Basically last night--like every night--i tried to WILD before bed. Of course it didn't work. So I went to sleep normally. My alarm goes off at 1:30am like I have it go off every morning (Because that's when my REM stage is) and I turn on my bedside lamp. I sit up for a few moments, feeling SUPER tired as I was just interupted from the deepest part of my sleep. I'm determined to WILD properly though despite my tiredness. So I lay down on my bed and try to remember what I read earlier on the "How To Lucid Dream" thread by BillyBob_001 and I must thank him for my success last night.
I followed the basic guidelines, lay down on your back, think about what you want to accomplish in your dream beforehand and then concentrate 100% on your breathing and nothing else. It started out well, I was in SP in a matter of seconds, but then I sort of hit the normal roadblock. I probably laid there for a good ten minutes or so in SP without anything. After a while I was so tired and fed up with waiting that I just gave up and rolled over on my side. I was still wide awake but I figured that I was more tired than willing to LD so I just decided to sleep normally. However I found that laying on my side was so comfortable that I might as well try it again. I ended up falling asleep.
I sat straight up in bed and immediately knew that I was dreaming. It was strange because I didn't remember feeling a dream coming on, it just sort of happened. I don't know if it was hours later, or seconds from when I was just trying to WILD. I looked around the room, the lights were on, and I was starting to get pretty excited becuase I knew for a fact that I was dreaming. Just for good measure I decided to perform some reality checks. I looked down at my left hand and noticed that I had six fingers. I found that funny. I plugged my nose and felt the oddest sensation that I could breathe. I looked up toward my light.
"Dim." I said, and it did until it turned off.
"Turn on" I said, and it did.
I was finally lucid dreaming!! I started to get really excited and could feel myself starting to wake up. I grabbed the nearest object. (I think it was my bedside lamp) and started to rub my hands over it. The dream stabilized and I mentally told myself not to get so excited again.
I climbed out of bed and opened my bedroom door jumping head first into the hall. I knew for a fact that if I did that, then I would fly, and I did. I flew down the hallway and into the bonus room, where I landed and thought to myself, "Wow, everything DOES look like I'm still awake."
I then flew back up the hallway and then walked up the stairs. For the heck of it, I told myself that as soon as I reached the top of the stairs, this character from my favorite book would be there. He wasn't, sadly. But that didn't matter really. I remember thinking to myself that I should probably wake myself up on purpose so that I can remember the details better. But I wanted to stay longer and trusted that I would remember everything in the morning. I flew around upstairs for a while, until I remembered that I wanted to go this meadow that I had imagined earlier. So I walked to the bathroom door and told myself that when I open the door I will see the meadow. I opened it, and all I saw was my bathroom. I closed it and opened it again, telling myself that the meadow will be on the other side. I see my bathroom again. I get frustrated and walk away. Again, I feel my dream lose stability, so I rub my hand along the banister.
The next thing I know Im waking up in my bedroom. I'm assuming that the dream ended hours before because I don't remember having it at all. But I don't get out of bed just yet becuase something is nagging on the back of my mind. I could have sworn that I lucid dreamed. After a few moments the entire dream comes flooding back to me. But the details and feelings are more like that of a memories. As if I wasn't really lucid at all. Are you supposed to remember them that way? I don't remember if it was the best thing I've ever experienced. Maybe I was only semi-lucid? Or is it possible that I wasn't lucid at all and my mind was making me do all of those things, and think all of those things and it was just a normal dream?? It sounds far-fetched, but I think it might be possible.
I think I actually did though, and that all of my emotions are dull memories because I slept hours before waking up to remember them. (Plus I have really bad dream recall). But all in all, I FINALLY DID IT!!! :D
