Hello everyone. I am a new member as of yesterday afternoon. I just wanted to say hello and tell you a little bit about myself. I am 35 years young..ha and I have been having lucid dreams since I was 15. I never realized what they were until 2 years ago. Its an unfortunate thing that I had to spend almost half my life being scared of what I only needed to embrace. Over the past two years through much research and some experimentation, I have learned to overcome the fear that one may feel while in the lucid state. Unfortunately, there are some exceptions - gut instinct. When I am in a lucid state and my gut is telling me to wake up - I do so without any question. Those are for reasons of my own. I have two things that I feel that you might be interested in - especially if you have never experienced it before. The one thing that USED to scare me more than anything in a lucid dream - was not being able to wake up. I have finally learned how to wake myself up and it works every time. I find something close to me - such as my hand or even a mirror. I tend to look into mirrors alot in my dreams. I am not quite sure why, but when I do and I focus on the reflection whether it is me looking back at myself or not - which is sometimes the case - I will wake up every time. Focusing on ONE object - something close is a guarantee for me that I will wake up. I use my hand more than anything else, becuase my hand is always with me!
So if you are ever interested or if you would like to know more about how I was able to establish this ability please let me know. I will be more than happy to discuss it further. I am looking to learn so much from this site. I want to learn as much as I can.. It seems as though I just can't get enough! Nice to meet you all! - shonda