Possible first LD?

[ripple]

Quick question. I dont know much about lucid dreaming, but enough so that it can happen. So *right before going to sleep* On another forum-wrote a question, and went to bed. zzzzz I was dreaming i got lots of answers, then I was thinking, 'Is this is possible??', it was hundreds. Suddenly I was thinking wow, this as to be a dream, before I have never been sure. But this time I was really sure, I was even aware about my surroundings in bed by then(the dream had twindled away), and thinking, 'careful so I dont wake up'....Then the next idea popped into my head, to try to leave my body(as i've been thinking about this before when awake)when I now finally had a chance. So I tried to go straight up, with all I had. Then the strange thing happened, it worked but i felt hard shacking going trough my body, and suddenly i didnt feel my body, I was going straight up with incredible speed, towards something blue(I didnt have any destination, just wanted to leave the body), then it faded away, and i could sense my surroundings again. Slowly drifting towards deeper sleep. Not sure if I really woke up. So can someone explain to me, was this a lucid dream? or just a dream in a dream? What was the shaking about? 'have decided to read up more about this,only wanted to get this question of my chest* Hi,btw

[FreeOne]

welcome to dv and yes it sounds like a lucid dream. any dream that you know you are dreaming while you are dreaming is a lucid dream.

[ripple]

Thanks, more info would be appreciated. Is the body shaking normal, did it really happen. For me, what happends just before I wake up and after is usually mised. Reality doesnt usually kick in before the breakfest table.

[Tornado Joe]

Is the body shaking normal Yup, that's usually attributed to the SP (sleep paralysis) procedure. This is your mind shutting down your body's ability to move. I believe it's more of a sensation that you're experiencing rather than physically shaking. Some feel it as a vibration or tingling. Feeling this sensation is a welcome sign that you're on the threshold between wake and dreaming.

[ripple]

Yup, that's usually attributed to the SP (sleep paralysis) procedure. This is your mind shutting down your body's ability to move. I believe it's more of a sensation that you're experiencing rather than physically shaking. Some feel it as a vibration or tingling. Feeling this sensation is a welcome sign that you're on the threshold between wake and dreaming. Great, yeah, that could be it. I've had sleep paralyzes several times before. I didnt like those, Slowly waking up, sensing there is something wrong in my room, but unable to move my body, for a long time, maybe 10 minutes, feeling fully awake. In the end I manage to move a finger. First time it really freaked me up. Thats the reason I started searching for dreams, and came here. But this sensation, as you accurately described above was different. The lucid experience was very short, the flight up towards the blue. I was also somewhat frighten by the somewhat violent reaction my body went trough when I reached straight up. But I was able to move my body at once when I returned. So this was different the SP i described above. Well I guess I have to read up about this. I see this post should be posted in LD experiences, maybe a mod would like to move it?