I’ve been interested in lucid dreaming for quite some time now. I’ve never done reality checks but I’ll think about it on occasion. Before I go to bed mostly but during the day as well. I’ve had a few dreams where I’ve explained to someone what a lucid dream is, or told someone that I wished I could have a lucid dream. But it never actually clicked. However…I went to this site and was reading stuff here and there and then suddenly remembered a dream I had last night. I was talking to someone and then suddenly “relized” I was lucid dreaming and started freaking out and telling myself to be calm. But it was all too fast and went away and I woke up. But the thing is, I’m not completely sure if I was ACTUALLY lucid dreaming or if it was a fake one. Wouldn’t I have remembered it as soon as I woke up if it was real?
If you know you are dreaming, then it is a lucid dream. Sounds like you had your first. It’s pretty normal for people to have very short first LDs.
you freaked out because you realized you can do anything you want. the gift you have been striving for for quite some time as you say has just been laid in front of you, and you did the equivalent of fainting in unbelief when you realized it- you woke up.
don’t worry, happens to me time to time. look for more info about how to prolong dreams and all, and you’ll be fine. just keep your cool next time.
and congrats on your first LD
It was certainly a lucid dream.
I had as well a bunch of dreams in which I talked to people about lucid dreaming 
Yeah, they are called Prelucid Dream, it’s a good sign^^
Thank you! I had another one last night almost exactly like the one decribed above. I am getting exited to have my first REAL lucid dream. Thanks again for all the great info! 
Haha don’t worry. I’ve been in dreams were I’ve actually had a person come up to me and say “You’re in a dream, Lauren.” and I’ve been like “Whatever! You can’t fool me.” Seriously, how stupid is my subconcious? And then I remember going on LD websites (during the dream) and reading about LDing still without realising I was in a dream!
Congrats on your first two lucid dreams! I think most people have had those dreams where they cant believe they didnt realize they were dreaming. Also, I too have had the same kind of experience as you. I woke up, was thinking about the night and slowly bit by bit recalled my dreams and then I suddenly realized that WOW I just had a lucid dream; I cant believe I forgot it! Now we know why most books and guides suggest increasing dream recall first.
I’ve been dreaming my whole life, until this year I began to put more attention 2 my dreams because I had few dreams where everything just feels to real to be true, I began to analyze every dream. And ask myself If dreaming is were you actually live, slight mod edit - read the rules concerning substances I’ve praticing MILD/WBTB for 3 day (I even stop smoking less weed) but last night was my first time me asking the people in my dream if I was dreaming but fail to do reality checks, so its my first pre-lucid dream which I’m really happy that I’m on right track
the dreams in which you dreamed about a lucid dream or dreamed about telling others something about lucid dreams were NOT lucid dreams. they are fake. but the one where you realized it… this was your first lucid dream^^
congratz ;D
There’s an easy way to tell whether the dream was lucid or not:
If you know that what you see, hear, and feel around you is not real, but a dream, you are lucid.
If you are thinking about lucid dreaming, talking about it, or even browsing LD4all but you still think that reality is what is around you, you aren’t lucid.
Last night I had an LD (5th one!), and in the previous dream someone was holding a book called Lucid Control. I’ve always noticed my normal dreams that happened in the same night as and LD were very real and questioning-like.