Hi all.

I'm very new to lucid dreaming and was wondering if I could have a little help with it...

I had a few lucid dreams a while back (all of which were very very brief) and then nothing until just recently when I woke up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom. Upon going back to sleep (and without any intention of becoming lucid) I had a lucid dream. This time it may have lasted a few minutes, I'm not really sure. It wasn't very clear.

Then just the other night, I did the same thing (waking up in the middle of the night) and I had lucid dreams on my mind this time. This time, after falling asleep, I felt a floating sensation - like I was floating out of bed! The next thing I knew, I was at my window. I remember opening it and jumping outside. I then remember flying around for a bit until I somehow ended up in a shopping centre... after that the dream faded and I lost consciousness.

Well... sorry to make you read all that. Basically, the issue I've been having with these dreams is that it doesn't quite feel like I have proper self-control (like I would in real life). Maybe I'm just overly excited and can't help doing these things, but it seems like I lack the control and the patience I wish to have if I'm to make anything out of this opportunity.

Is there some way that I could increase my awareness of myself within the dream as well as awareness of the dream itself? Would increasing the clarity of the dream result in me having better control and actually feel more like 'myself' (closer to how I feel in reality)?


Thank you for taking the time to read this!