Thread: First "Real" Lucid Dream!

Ok, i'll try the alphabet. I don't have much faith though.

WILD are really hard to me, because i have trouble getting to sleep. Insomnia all of my life.
I've learned to control it somewhat, by thinking nothing. If i try anything, i don't fall to sleep. If i wake up in the middle of the night (to go to the bathroom, for instance), i have to think nothing while i'm awake, or i might be unable to sleep again that night. So getting up and reading about LD would be to no avail.

This morning i've been trying to get a WILD, and i actually got several, totally unrealistic, totally weak, short (about 1 second each), unstable, no control... I don't count those.

I used a method that worked for me once, a year ago. While being awake, laying on my back, with my arms to my sides, i imagined passing my hand in front of of my face, till it looked real. When it did, i started clapping my hands till it felt real. When it looked and felt real, i was already dreaming. A landscape had appeared, and i remained lucid. It was cool.

Originally Posted by Tsunami

After a while I did Clarity's alphabet method and it worked. Last thing I can remember before being lucid instantly in the dream in getting up to E the second time round.

YAY.. I'm so glad it worked for you!

Originally Posted by wisp

Ok, i'll try the alphabet. I don't have much faith though.

Ah.. ye of little faith!

Originally Posted by wisp

I used a method that worked for me once, a year ago. While being awake, laying on my back, with my arms to my sides, i imagined passing my hand in front of of my face, till it looked real. When it did, i started clapping my hands till it felt real. When it looked and felt real, i was already dreaming. A landscape had appeared, and i remained lucid. It was cool.

That sounds like it really worked for you! Have you tried it since?