So a few months back I found this site whilst reading up on Lucid Dreaming and I must say, I found it fascinating and was determined to give it a try - however I never got round to doing it.
But! Last night I came back here and thought to myself, heck, I’ll do it, and I’ll do it properly! I knew I’d have to work on my dream recall so I got myself a notebook and pen, put it by my bed and told myself that I would, most definately, remember my dreams!
At some point I must have fallen asleep, because I remember waking up in the morning (another thing, I always seem to find myself bolt upright when I wake up after a dream - is this normal or have I been watching too many movies! ), reached for my notebook and managed to write down the last 2/3 scenes I remembered before waking up.
After this I was still tired, so I lay down again and got to that stage where you’re sort of dreaming but still awake, like, day dreaming, but you know you’re still awake - it’s hard to explain. Sort of inbetween awake and asleep.
Anyway, I must have fallen asleep again, because I remember looking at the noticeboard in my room and there seemed to be some kind of bugs/spiders coming out of it towards me - I started swatting them away with my pillow.
Then! For some reason I looked at the far wall, realised it was different - thought “Hey, I’m dreaming!” - got really excited then everything started to fade and I woke up.
It only lasted a few seconds after I realised I was dreaming, but I was pretty chuffed all the same, especially since it was only the first time I’d tried and I actually only planned to work on dream recall first! (I was LD’ing right? IIRC LD’ing = knowing you’re dreaming?).
Am I right in thinking this was brought on by something similar to WBTB? Just, without the whole getting up and doing things first?
Can’t wait to see what happens tonight!