Hi All

Just a greeting to all of you, as I'm new around here and wanted to drop by and at least say hello. It's also nice to find a forum focused soly on the facets of Lucid Dream and dream control, and taking things further and with some twists. I have a horrible habit of getting too excited during a Lucid Dream and forcing myself awake before I can really play around with my mind's constructs. In the past 5 years of conciously trying to increase my chances of having Lucid Dreams just to play around with, I can count maybe 5 or 6 out of the 100's that I actually was able to fully explore my worlds.

I've been familiar with the concept for years, having had my first real Lucid Dream, (before I knew what they were), when I was about 16 years old. In that dream I was walking through London during a nuclear war. I was walking along a cobble stone street and just realized I was in a dream and started exploring, and remembering the feel of the radiation as it went through my body, (tingly pinpricks), but not being afraid because it was my dream. Also remembering how real it was that I could feel the cobblestones under my feet, and the texture of the wood in some of the surrounding buildings...

I was so changed by the experience I started some research and began inducing Lucid Dreams about 5 years ago, with differing results, all just opening up my curiosity that much further. I don't know anyone personally that actively tries to Lucid Dream purely for the experimental fun, (most people have had one but don't really put alot of stock in the phenominon).

And here I am to further that exploration. Hope to have some interesting conversations and share some neat experiences, especially help in teaching folks how to turn nightmares around. (I've made it a fun practice).

-Chris