Was I Lucid?

[OrangeStar]

I have been trying to LD on and off for about a year. I had completely stopped trying for about a month because I was to busy with school, work , etc. So last night when I had 2-3 dreams when I was completely aware and was able to change things, I was quite happily suprised. The weirdest part was that I didnt even think to do an RC until the 3rd LD of the night. I was just kind of immediately aware. I was walking around with my friends, and I just became lucid. I was suprised that I dididnt have to try spinning or anything to keep it there. I walked around with my friend for a while, and whenever I entered a building it was a change of scenery that I had chosen. At one point I tried to wake myself up to see if it was really a dream, so I repeated to myself "Wake up in real life" and closed my dream eyes. I woke up in real life. At this point I was very excited, but fell asleep almost immediately. In the next dream, I was in the same place, with the same friend doing the same things. I lost lucidity for a while... The 3rd and final dream was when I finally tried to do an RC. I did the finger-thru-the-hand and it worked, then just to make sure, I closed my nose and breathed through it. It worked wonderfully, and I walked around for another 5 or 10 minutes until I woke up naturally one minute before my alarm clock went off. So with all of that ^ you're probably wondering why Im questioning whether I was lucid. It just didnt feel as great as I expected. It was cool to be able to change the scenery, but it just wasnt as vivid, and I feel like it was in black and white. Maybe I just had low-lucidity... either way, I felt like I needed to post my exciting experience and get some opinions on it! sorry about the long post

[Hate]

Hello, OrangeStar! First I'd like to say that your dream was definitely better than my first LDs. I had very little control and the dreams were pretty short. Anyway, I think it's normal that LD doesn't feel as vivid as you expected. I remember thinking about that too. My LDs are normally a bit foggy and I kind of feel the dream. I think it goes more vivid when you get more experienced. At least I hope so

[Clairity]

If you're in a lucid dream that isn't as vivid as you'd like, try stating "INCREASE LUCIDITY NOW!" or "INCREASE CLARITY NOW!".. this has worked for me. Also some have mentioned that focusing intently on an object in the dream (or grasping an object in the dream) intensifies the scene and/or stabilizes it. Hope this helps and congrats on your LDs! '

[OrangeStar]

Thanks for your responses! The thing that worries me is that since this was my VERY FIRST LD, that maybe I was just dreaming about LDing...if that makes any sense? I would think that doing the RCs would make me definetly sure, but is there any way to know for sure if it was a real LD or just a dream that I was in a dream? weird. lol

[Hate]

Well, if you fully realized that you're dreaming, you was in a lucid dream. On the other hand, if you were just doing all fun things in your dream, you were most propably dreaming about a lucid dream. It doesn't necessarily require a reality check to make sure that you're dreaming. So, the question you have to ask yourself is: Did I fully realize that I was dreaming? I hope this helps even a little.