First let me say that I only learned about lucid dreaming about a week ago and was an instant skeptic. Sure, it sounds plausible, but I knew from my personal experience with dreaming that no matter how weird any of my dreams ever got (and trust me they can get pretty unrealistic) I thought that it would be impossible to know I was dreaming during the dream. After this experience though, mark me down as a believer.

After two failed WILD that lasted all night, I figured I'd take a break last night and just goto sleep normally. The dream I had started out very vivid so it was easy to remember (this was probably the most vivd unconscious dream I have ever had). It started out as a party at my best friends house which was extremely fun at first but soon turned wild and out of control. After a full riot broke out, I decided it was best to beat it out of there and headed to my car only to find out it wouldn't start! I get out and head back to my friend for help, only to find him heading towards me with a gun in hand! Now because I know how close I am to this friend and the fact that I didn't do anything for him to try to kill me, it hit me like a bus. In my head, I instantly think, "Holy s*** I must be dreaming!". Once my mind catches wind of this possibility, things from here on get a little fuzzy. My current environment slowly "melts" away and next thing I know I find myself cruising in my car (which is now a 2012 BMW ) down an incredibly beautiful road. From here on, I can't really remember much else (which sucks) but next thing I know I'm back in my bed in the real world. But when I try to move my arm, I have a force pushing back on it. I can't move at all; not one muscle. Surprisingly, I actually am able to conclude that this is sleep paralysis and try to stay calm. Now I'm not sure if I got lucky or not, but this part wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. The not being able to move seemed to make me panic a little so i tried not to think about it. I did hear voices kind of whipsering to me telling me the weather outside and that I had a busy day ahead of me (the weather was completely wrong). Finally, I was soon able to move again and back to reality as the sleep paralysis slowly faded away.

Overall, I felt this experience was eye opening. Now I see how it is possible to question reality during a dream, something I thought I would never be able to do. My next step is to try to have some control in lucid dream and making it last longer.