I just had my first-ever lucid dream about one hour ago, and I got so excited I realized I had to tell everyone. I haven't been on this forum in a while, I got somewhat discouraged at my lack of success about a year ago but now — I started trying it again, along with some meditation practices that I have picked up just a week ago but I've been trying everyday. I FINALLY had a lucid dream so I thought I would share it with you all!

Okay, so, I was having trouble sleeping because my roommate was snoring (we're still in reality), I put in my earplugs and laid in bed picturing things in my head. All of a sudden, I was like.. hmm, what time is it, and I awoke in a dark room. My unconscious mind thought, "oh what the hell, I'll perform a reality test" so I tried breathing through my plugged nose and... I could?!

All of a sudden I sort of lifted up off the ground and flew into this huge living room, and my entire family was just sitting there hanging out. I got so excited I almost got out of the dream but I tried that spinning technique I remembered reading about and it worked! I couldn't hear anything though (could this have been due to the earplugs I had in in real life?) I even tried to sit there and say something, but no words would come out. Not letting that stop me I flew around the room and tapped my little sister on the shoulder and... I actually felt something! Like she was real or something! So... I then proceeded to fly through a wall, into the open air (do you normally feel the air brushing by you? I didn't.) Anyways, I conjured a friend of mine into a car that was driving by and swooped down and grabbed them. As I was going to try and fly up into a mountain the dream faded and I woke up and was WAY too excited to go back to sleep.

I tried the reality test just in case

Wow, there were times before when I thought... hmm.. maybe I had a lucid dream. Now I know —*they weren't even close! I'm definitely going to stick with that meditation stuff too now, I did it for 12 minutes or so before I went to bed last night, just nice and calming, maybe it helped me.

Again, wow. I just started a dream journal for myself this morning too. I feel like a kid in a candy store!