I’ve officially had my very first real lucid dream. And by real, I mean one in which I DIDN’T immediately wake up the second I realized I was dreaming.
Okay, so it started like this. In my dream, I was sitting in my living room, bored. Everything looked totally normal. Nothing was out of place; nothing looked out of the ordinary. There was absolutely nothing strange that would even give me the slightest hint that it was a dream.
But suddenly, out of nowhere, something in my mind told me to do a reality check.
I hadn’t done a reality check in forever, so needless to say, I was skeptical of this little voice in my head. It was really random. I’d pretty much given up on lucid dreaming a while ago, and suddenly I got this urge to do a RC. Weird, huh? But I shrugged and, not having anything better to do and certainly not believing it would work, pinched my nose between my fingers.
And that’s when I realized that I could still breathe.
“Huh?” I said to myself in disbelief. “No way. That’s crazy. This can’t be a dream!” So I tried it again…and I could still breathe through my pinched nose!
Needless to say, I was in total shock. “I’m dreaming!” I yelled. I started jumping up and down in joy, screaming, “I’m dreaming! I’m in a dream! I’m finally lucid!”
Unfortunately, though, I don’t remember what happened after that. My dream recall is all fuzzy after that point for some reason. I have a vague memory of excitedly telling my family in the dream about my newfound lucidity, but I can’t remember any details.
I do, however, remember how the lucid dream ended. It was that one thing that everyone in lucid dreams always wants to do: fly, of course. And so I tried. I unsteadily stood up on my couch in the living room, took a deep breath, and leapt into the air.
And…
It didn’t work.
I came crashing down, and the second I hit the floor, I woke up instantly. Anticlimactic, huh?
So, my question is…
How the heck do I control the dream once I realize I’m dreaming? I knew it was a dream, I was completely lucid…but I couldn’t do anything!
Some constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!