my first Lucid experience

yesterday i had my first lucid dream, that i can remeber! I am so happy! It was a DILD, but i realized i was dreaming not from a RC, but i simply knew i was dreaming, well here is the dream. I am lucid throught this expereince.

I just remeber being in a store similar to a Walgreens or something like that, and realize i am dreaming, i was fairly excited and decided to rub my hands together to try it, and then i spun the dream to just try it, the dreram was laready fairly vivid so it did nothing, anyway as i was buying my things, i saw Arnold Swertsunagar, and i thought i am going to get his autograph, i dunno i just felt like it. For some reason he ran away from me and since i was determined to get his autograph i ran after him. He went in his car and drove off down an urban road. I ran after him determined, and i had super human abilities to run, and ran about 2 miles per hour slower than his car......

i came to a park and looked for him so i climbed a tree looking for him, a kid was bothering me so idecided to freeze time, i yelled "freeze time" the moment froze/slowed down, but the kid in the tree with me, bothering me did not freeze, i awoke.


i think that a part of the dream i lost my focus and lost lucidity, but i re attained it when i froze time.... what do u guys think?:D

Hahah sounds cool :D
The freeze time thing sorta acted like it would in real life if there was a random near you and you shouted FREEZE TIME, they'd just look at you like You're joking right..? lol
Haha anyway congrats on your first LD =D

This morning I found out that I've been lucid in my dreams my whole life (well, for as long as I can remember). I never knew that not everyone could do it or even that it had a name or people who wanted to achieve it.

Thinking back on my lucid experience, I remember as a very young child, whenever I had a nightmare, I told myself I would have a password. If I said my password, no matter what was happening, my dream would change for me. During that phase in my life, I hadn't yet realized I could change the outcome or people as well. I only knew that if I was scared, my password would save me from my dream.

As I got older, in my dreams, I started to realize not only could I switch my dreams, but I could control it more. Such as time of day, people and what they did/said, abilities, such as flying, etc.

Now that I'm older, I've realized one thing that's always the same about my lucid dreams: I can't decide how my dreams begin. Only after I've started dreaming, then I can change things.

I think that being lucid comes easier if you don't try so hard or don't think on it too much? Because all my life, I've never realized that I dreamt differently from other people. I never thought of it when I went to sleep, etc. It just came. But I think it might also be the type of person you are? I like to control my life. I need to control it. I don't like anyone else trying to control anything of mine- so maybe that could be a factor, too? That I control things too much, so even in my dreams, I control that, too.

Another thing you might want to try is that I've noticed I don't get enough sleep. I wake up at 6:30am and go to sleep around 1 or 2am because of my lifestyle. So I suppose going to sleep, you're exhausted from lacking sleep, but aware that you'll have to wake up soon, as well. So, you're asleep, but still aware. Maybe that will help you achieve lucidity easier?