Thread: Newbie's Observation

Wow I said something nice and people actually responded nice back? Excuse the pun, but am I dreaming? Hahaha sorry, I had to do it.

Thanks for all the feedback though fellas, I saw some good suggestions above. Now Stranger, I hope what you said about keeping dreams/ld's on your mind is true, because that's all I've been able to think about lately. My girlfriend and I will sit down on the couch ready to cuddle a little bit and I'll go ahead and be like, "Hey Em, I almost forgot to tell you something about lucid dreaming!". Haha she's so patient.

Anyway I'll go ahead and update where I'm at in the process. I have kept a dream journal starting two days ago and had recalled 2 dreams the first night, and 3 the second...some more vivid than others. I tried to remember to do reality checks throughout the day, but couldn't really bring myself to consistently remember to do it. I tried to look at my watch (non-digital, no numbers, only one word on it :/ ) a few times to make sure it stayed the same, but honestly I don't know how effective that is. Also I spoke to the person who started me on all of this: my 1st hour teacher. I e-mailed him a long message with a bunch of questions. I figure direct help is going to be the best bet here, but as soon as my two weeks are up, I'm going to look to be adopted, haha.

I was wondering what do you guys do for reality checks. What do you find works and what is really just a waste of time? Now I'm obviously not so ignorant to even expect a LD on the third night, but I feel like I've got a good start, or jump if you will(you baseball players know what that feels like ). What does everyone think?

Whats crackin Steve

I am 18, soon turning 19. I just graduated HS a year ago.

I too have always felt I had a step up above everyone when it came to creativity and awareness, as well as an overall interest in the mind.

I heard about LD'ing through a friend, and immediately came home and stumbled upon DV.com

That night I had my very first LD, and have never looked back. Look foward to your first one, it will be an amazing experience in the least bit.

As for trying to compare and get a gauge from everyone else as to when you'll have your first LD; Don't focus too hard on others success. Use it for motivation, and realize everyone seems to be different when it comes to LD'ing.

You are doing all the right things. Make your stay here long and eventful, and soak in as much knowledge as you possibly can. Put what you learn into practice, and success will only follow!

Happy dreams!


** Some reality check tips: The watch text is a decent one. The easiest two ones I like to do:

Nose checking- Plugging your nose and trying to breathe. If you can breathe, your dreaming. If not, it's reality. Make sure to focus on the outcome after each one.

Some sort of suggestive text- I wear wristbands. I would often put text on them such as "Is this real?" or "Are you dreaming?" I would check that as often as possible to form a habbit, and make sure to look around and take in every detail to feel if I was in reality or not. (I also had a friend that wrote it on a card and would check it every hour on the hour.)


These are some basic ones to make good habit of. Start off slow and steady. (Wins the race, right?)


Best of luck!

You're doing great, don't get obsessed about it and it'll be easier. As for which RCs work better, I suppose it depends on the person, and keep in mind that any RC has a non-zero chance of failure. My favourites are:

- plugging my nose and trying to breath. If you can, you're dreaming. This one has never failed to me yet.
- looking at my hand and counting how many fingers it has. If they look blur or difficult to count, or you have any number of them other than 5 (in my case ) then you're dreaming.
- Reading a text twice and checking that it reads the same

The last two have failed to me from time to time, but you can do any of them without people thinking you're crazy :p Do more that one check each time, because I suspect that subconscious mind tends to learn those tricks and improve the simulation of reality. Texts in my dreams are becoming pretty readable and make sense.

Remember, be patient because it's worth the effort. Chances are that your first dreams will last a few seconds after realising that you're dreaming because of the excitement and lack of control, but the sense of awe the first time you do a RC "just in case" and discover that the whole world around you doesn't exist is priceless. It's so... matrix

Welcome to da thing

If you have any questions, keep 'em to yourself :p