First Real Lucid Dream

[HarmonicMelody]

About a month ago I was lucid for maybe half a minute, but last night I was able to actually have my first lucid adventure!!! My dream began with a train trip to Iowa. I didn’t know that’s where we were headed until we crossed the Mississippi and ended up in Davenport. I was ecstatic when I realized where we were. Everybody I was with kept asking me to be the tour guide, but I had to admit that I hadn’t been back to Iowa in the seven years since I moved, and that I hadn’t really spent much time in Davenport; I'd lived in Bettendorf, a suburb of Davenport. I started to look around to see if I could find any old friends. Suddenly, it occurred to me that I might be dreaming. I looked at my hands, and there were six fingers on one and four on the other! I was like “Wow, I don’t remember ever actually noticing this before, I just read it on that dream website!” Then, to test my dream state further, I jumped. I hovered a bit. I was excited that I finally achieved full lucidity, but didn’t know what to do first. I was kind of mad at myself that I hadn’t thought that step through. So I was like “What the heck, I’ll go find Kyle and see what it’s like to kiss him.” I saw a little room and decided to ask whoever was in it to help me find Kyle. To my surprise, Kyle himself was in there. “Wow, that must be what they call passive control.” Before I went in, though, I was like “Wait, why would I spend this precious time with Kyle, who I don’t like anymore, when I could find Aaron, who I actually do like?” So when I opened the door, Aaron was in the room with Kyle. Apparently it was Kyle’s room, though, so when I asked him to leave so Aaron and I could have privacy, he refused. So then Aaron and I left to go find a place in private. We went to a few different places, but there were always people there. (I guess I’m such a people person in real life that my dream world is quite populated.) Finally we found a spot in a forest. He leaned down and we began to kiss. I heard someone a little bit away, but at this point I didn’t care. The kiss only lasted a few seconds before I woke up. Then I went back to sleep and had another dream. I wasn’t lucid in this one, though. I was backstage of a talent show. I wanted to watch another act that had lots of dancing and acrobatics in it, but the stage managers were all fussy and being like “No! The audience can see you!” even though I knew that they couldn’t. But I moved to where the stage managers said I could. I couldn’t see the stage from there very well, so I gave up and went backstage. There my friend and I were trying to design our makeup for our talent. We came up with this ridiculous design that painted almost our whole faces blue and looked like a butterfly. It would’ve been pretty for face-painting, but not for normal makeup. We laughed and started another, more realistic, design. Then I was in a swimming pool. We were training animals. Mine was a dolphin. He performed very well, so when the keeper led him back to his living pool, he was splashing with joy. The water kept raining down on me, and I kept laughing. Then Aaron came over and started to kiss me, while we were both still standing in the pool. I wrapped my legs around his waist and he carried me. Then I woke up. So does anybody have any tips for remembering what your goals are so when you achieve lucidity you don't waste any time?

[ultranova]

Congrats on your LD Anyway it was nice dream

[Psychotherapist]

I haven't had a real lucid in awhile, but stabilizing your dream would probably help you remember. Not sure of the other ways, but to help stability you can spin around a little - try not to get too excited or you might wake up.