Thread: Hey guys.

Hi.
My first lucid dream happened when I was 5 or 6. I'd had a horrible recurring nightmare about being bounced out of bed by the springs, and there was a clown in there too. Not too great.
But after months of having this, I finally realised when I felt the "bouncing" out of bed, to just lie there and know this was a dream. It happened only once again and didn't cause me any trauma.

Since then, I haven't had too many lucid dreams but over the last few months I've gone lucid a few times each month, always a DILD.
I've decided that going on a forum like this will give me new insight into how I can go lucid more often.

I'm going to start a dream journal and all that business.
The other night I tried the MILD technique but didn't sleep because (I think) was concentrating too hard.
Last night, I read before I slept, put on the "Relaxing music" playlist on my iPod (not ambient music which is something I might try), and told myself that I would recognize a dream when I have one. No dice.

Thanks for having me!
Have you guys got any quick list of links to tell me where I should start?
I'd also like to try WILD at one point, I can feel sleep paralysis occuring (twitches in legs and arms, eyes being tightly closed without me actively shutting them) but never have fallen deep asleep while still awake.