I only found this website 2 days ago and thought I would give it a go.
First night nothing, but I remembered the dream.
Last night - I can’t remember now what I was dreaming about but I do remember suddenly thinking “I might be dreaming now” and remembered reading on this site about looking at a clock. Luckly, there was a clock on the wall which I looked at and then looked away and looked at again and the hands were in completely different positions. I thought “Ok, I’m dreaming”.
Well, that was about it. It was quite strange as it was very grainy - like trying to watch TV with a bad reception or a very old black & white film. After this realization I kind of lost it - I drempt all night but I had forgotten that I was dreaming (by now the grainy effect had gone).
Was this really a LD? How can I continue the LD without falling back into normal dream mode?
Yes that was a LD, congrats! It might have been very short, but we all have to start somewhere you know. The clarity and length of your lucids will increase with time once you get used to it, but ofcourse there are also methods you can actively use to engage in longer and clearerLD’s. A few very common methods are the “rubbing hands” technique and the “look at the details in your LD” tech. Both are aimed at stabilizing your LD and keeping you aware that you know it is a dream. Another thing you can do is to keep thinking about the fact that you are dreaming, this will obviously avoid slipping back into a ND. Well these are just a few possible ideas, there’s a lot more to it, if you read the sticky threats i’m sure you will discover other interesting stuff. Good luck with it!