Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhh!!!!!!!

**iwishicouldld** · 10-04-2007 12:40 AM

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!!!

**DeadDollKitty** · 10-04-2007 12:48 AM

Oh sheesh congratulations. I think youre the most excited Newbie I've ever met

**iwishicouldld** · 10-04-2007 12:49 AM

Seriously??? Wow, that's pretty sad!! Oh well!!! JUST SO HAPPY!!! And Ill do it again tonight!

**Xox** · 10-04-2007 01:00 AM

Yay!
vooooot.

**Phydeaux_3** · 10-04-2007 01:02 AM

Originally Posted by DeadDollKitty

I think youre the most excited Newbie I've ever met

Man, you musn't remember when I had my first. I was gushing about it.

**mylucidworld** · 10-04-2007 01:02 AM

It sounds to me as if you had a false awakening after your lucid ended. If you don't wake up straight after your lucid it can feel like a distant memory, it can be very hard to recall the dream vividly and replay it in your mind. This happens to me alot because i don't reality check after waking because i am too tired, so i know how this feels. Sometimes i wake up and i don't recall being lucid but i have this strong feeling that i have had a lucid dream and then it usually comes back to me, this sounds to me like this is what occured.

Congratulations. I'm really happy for you, you deserved it.

**Moonbeam** · 10-04-2007 01:09 AM

Congragulations! I'm sure it's the first of many!

**Estatica** · 10-04-2007 01:32 AM

Great Job!

I had two Lucid Dreams Last night, both DILDs

great to see you with success too!

**iwishicouldld** · 10-04-2007 01:51 AM

The only thing I don't quite get is what did I do???
I was trying to WILD, but I don't remember seeing any HI or anything. I was just sort of asleep. Then dreaming.
So it could have been a DILD except that RIGHT when I "woke up" in my dream I knew that I was dreaming! I didn't even have to perform the reality checks.

**iwishicouldld** · 10-04-2007 02:17 AM

So does anyone know why that is??

pj · 10-04-2007 02:28 AM

Originally Posted by iwishicouldld

The only thing I don't quite get is what did I do???
I was trying to WILD, but I don't remember seeing any HI or anything. I was just sort of asleep. Then dreaming.
So it could have been a DILD except that RIGHT when I "woke up" in my dream I knew that I was dreaming! I didn't even have to perform the reality checks.

It sounds like MILD. You went to sleep thinking about it and sort of "remembered" once you got there. It is a form of DILD.

By the way... congratulations!

**iwishicouldld** · 10-04-2007 02:31 AM

so I MILDed then. That's pretty cool. Ive never intended on trying that but if it works right? Maybe I can get really good at it!!!

pj · 10-04-2007 02:33 AM

Originally Posted by iwishicouldld

so I MILDed then. That's pretty cool. Ive never intended on trying that but if it works right? Maybe I can get really good at it!!!

Yes, maybe you can. I've had some luck with it. Many times failed WILDs will turn into MILDS, as I am going to sleep repeating a mantra anyway.

Rock on!

**iwishicouldld** · 10-04-2007 02:34 AM

Thanks!! Yeah that's exactly what happened then. A failed WILD turning into a succesful MILD!! Hopefully I can make a habit out of it!! Im doing it again tonight!!! Thats for sure!!!

**Caradon** · 10-04-2007 03:27 AM

Awsome! good job remembering to do all that stuff in your dream. Yeah, I never once became Lucid because of a reality check. But I've used them to stay Lucid when starting to doubt if it's still a dream. I normally either notice dreamsigns, or get Lucid spontaneously.

**iwishicouldld** · 10-04-2007 03:29 AM

Yeah I told myself pretty much everything I was going to do right when i was falling asleep. So it was really easy remembering.

**Wavefunction** · 10-04-2007 04:02 AM

Finally! You FINALLY got lucid!

Congratulations, you really deserve it. I hope you get a lot more

Your title is awesome btw!

**iwishicouldld** · 10-04-2007 04:05 AM

Originally Posted by Webmaster

Finally! You FINALLY got lucid!

Congratulations, you really deserve it. I hope you get a lot more

Your title is awesome btw!

Hey!! You posted your 1000th post on my thread!!

I feel special! And thanks I love the title too!!!

**Wavefunction** · 10-04-2007 04:06 AM

Originally Posted by iwishicouldld

Hey!! You posted your 1000th post on my thread!!

I feel special! And thanks I love the title too!!!

Sweet, 1,000th post!!!
I was looking at the Dreamviews Forums index, that title really stood out.
Then I saw who started it, and then I knew why it was named that...

**iwishicouldld** · 10-04-2007 04:07 AM

Originally Posted by Webmaster

Sweet, 1,000th post!!!
I was looking at the Dreamviews Forums index, that title really stood out

Yeah that was pretty much the whole point!!

I wanted the entire world to know of my success. So does it get easier from here on out???

**Menthol** · 10-04-2007 04:26 AM

It started getting easier to have lucids after my first time. I spent I think 1 year trieng to get a lucid, now I get them on average twice a week.

**Wavefunction** · 10-04-2007 05:04 AM

Originally Posted by Menthol

It started getting easier to have lucids after my first time. I spent I think 1 year trieng to get a lucid, now I get them on average twice a week.

That makes sense... now your body knows what a lucid dream feels like, so I'm sure that's got to help you do it again.

**EvilTemplar** · 10-04-2007 05:11 AM

Hey, grats on finally getting a LD!, just make sure you keep your hopes up, reality check often, and keep at your DJ, When i first had my LD i had 4 more the following days, and then i started doing less reality checks and i stopped writing in my DJ and i basically forgot about lucid dreaming for a few months. Now im back at the start and its taking me longer to get LDs again than when i first started, so dont end up like me! =(