So to begin, let me say that I've never had a lucid dream before. I've been recalling my dreams since I was a little girl, and writing down my dreams in detail since I was 11 (I'm almost 27 now). The past few days, I've been doing reality checks every day, throughout the day, in hopes of someday FINALLY having a lucid dream. I've known what LDing is since I was 14, and have always wanted to experience one, but never have.

Well, I took a nap today around 3 pm, knowing that I didn't need to wake up any certain time, that I could just enjoy my sleep and try to have an LD. As I drifted off to sleep, I told myself that I would know I was dreaming. While asleep, I experienced some weird things in my dream, and also had a false awakening.

I remember dreaming that I woke up, got out of bed, and was standing over by my closet. I looked down at my hands, and they were weird looking-- I couldn't see any of the lines on my hands, and they looked kind of webbed, in a way. I remember thinking, "I must be dreaming!" I then went outside of my bedroom, and I was trying to summon David Duchovny, because I've been telling myself the first thing I'm going to do if I ever have a lucid dream is summon him, because I've had a major crush on him for 11 years, LOL.

Anyway, so I was trying to make David Duchovny appear, but I don't think he ever did, and I was frustrated. There was some other guy there, though, but I don't know who it was.

Then, in my dream, I woke up, and was telling someone (I think my mom) that I'd had a lucid dream.

So, I'm really seeking some opinions/feedback-- was this a lucid dream?!?? I'm so confused! You see, when I think back on it, I don't feel like I was truly lucid... I don't feel like I was able to control what I was doing, it all seems like just another dream to me. Does that make any sense?

Oh and also, I remember dreaming that I was experiencing sleep paralysis-- and I thought it was a dream, but maybe it was real? Then, I remember dreaming that I could tell when I entered the lucid state, too-- all of a sudden, I would hear this noise in my head, and then everything else would fade away, and I'd be in the lucid state.

It was all really weird, and again, confusing, because I've never had a lucid dream before so I don't know if this was one...