i just found out about ld… and realized i have doen it but woke up right away… and i was wondering with the steps and all… ah nevermind i can’t explain it… i know how after reading it over and over but i tried and didnt work… how will i know and is there any suggestions?.. im hella stoked about getting this down right because im known for a crazy cool imagination and i just want it to happen… lol… please… some help…
being creative does not mean necessarily having a good visualisation power(imagery) - i think
i’m pretty creative but i can’t concentrate on visualisation very well!
as far as i know LDing has a lot to do with trying a lot! then if you think you tried to hard and got nothing then you should forget for a while and then comeback again!
but i’m not the most experienced and indicated guy to give you advice!
If you haven’t seen it yet, I would suggest THIS site as well as these forums. Just keep trying!
and another question i have is… are you actually witnessing it… and can you feel… etc. …im just so determined and im dying for it to work ya know… and i also reallllllly appreciate this forum’s kindness with everyone 
… and with the dreamstate how long does it normally last?.. liek does it feel like a very long time in the dream and in reality or what?
I haven’t experienced a lucid dream for several years, but I’ve never actively tried until last night. BUT, from what I’ve read on the forums, they can be extremely realistic and even more vivid than real life. You can feel and touch and taste and see everything as if you were there. You can do ANYTHING in your dream that you can imagine.
Most people seem to report their lucid dreams last a few seconds to a few minutes. Some people, with practice, can get their dreams to last 30-40 minutes or even several hours.
I think you are having the same problem as I am, and just trying too hard. I would suggest practicing Reality Checks all the time through the day and then just relax and work on remembering your dreams. Eventually you’ll start remembering themes and styles in your dreams that will help you realize it’s a dream. Once that happens you may remember to do a reality check in your dream and actually become lucid.
That’s what I’m working on now. Good luck to you. I can’t wait to have good lucid dreams either!
so with reality checks (such as the nose pinching… finger through hand… etc…) … even if i know i am awake… i should do them? thats where im confused
yeah, because if you do them every so often while you’re awake, you’ll do them out of habit while you’re dreaming, then they’ll work and you’ll know you’re dreaming.
oh yeah, and you NEVER know you’re awake. EVER. there were times when i was POSITIVE i was awake and skipped a reality check, then I woke up four minutes later with a disgusted look on my face.
well i really appreciate the help… i hope everything goes well with this… because this has got to be the most fascinating thing i discovered… and being only 16 this should be quit a trip if i stick to it the rest of my life… haha…
The point of doing reality checks is to develop a habit of questioning your reality, what Labarge calls your critically reflective reasoning. When you do a RC truly consider that you are dreaming. Then prove you are not. Put effort into proving you are not dreaming don’t just say, “of course I am not dreaming” because you will do the same thing when you ARE dreaming.
Also, I can not stress enough the importance of keeping a dream journal. The dream journal will help you understand what your dream life is like and will also help you improve your dream recall.
I think you will have a lucid dream out of desire alone. 
Believe me, lucid dreams are everything you expect them to be and more, so don’t give up.
Good luck and happy dreaming
dude, don’t worry, i’m only sixteen too. for the record, it took me about four weeks of practice for the LD i got a couple days ago, and before then i’d never heard of this site (or Lucid Dreaming, for that matter) at all. It’s not something you get first day, of course, but it’s not nearly as hard as you think. just keep at it and don’t give up, and you’ll be fine.
Nice sentiment; wouldn’t it be nice if only it were that easy for all of us? 
I wonder if younger people have an easier time with learning to have lucid dreams, as in “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks”? The older people get, the more junk is already in their heads, as in more preconceived notions, beliefs, facts, assumptions, etc…hmmm…or maybe it’s the opposite and it’s easier for more experienced, wiser people, or maybe age doesn’t matter one iota. I wonder if LaBerge has done any sort of studies on this. I guess that’s another topic though. 
Well Labarge did not master lucid dreaming until after he did his PhD dissertation at Stanford. I don’t think age is a barrier or an advantage. I think the important thing is that you have a mind that is open to the possibility. After I had my first one, lucid dreaming became easier and easier. Yes, I am sure that practice had a lot to do with it but, once I had my first lucid dream I knew it was possible. I knew it was real. I think that is what finally opened up the door for me.