Wow, is it normal to get an LD first try?

Quest for Lucidity
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I’d been reading a lot about LDs in the past few weeks, and every night I’ll tell myself I’m dreaming a few times but other than that I haven’t really put any effort into having one. Last night I woke up around 4:00am and decided to stay awake for half an hour and read posts on this forum, eh what the heck, I might have some luck with this WBTB method.

So after reading I went to bed and tried to do the WILD method, but that just kept me awake for 20 minutes so I said a few of the MILD lines and just let myself go to sleep. I’ll spare you details but I got completely 100% lucid, and I can remember my thoughts too. I had complete control of the dream but it was prematurely ended, I think because I was worrying that I hadn’t set my alarm and I didn’t want to be late.

Anyway, what I want to ask is:
Could I be a natural LDer or is this just luck? I can remember my dreams quite well every night without using a journal or anything, and now getting an LD first try seems like I may have it easier than others. I’d like your guys’ opinions on this.

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I had one the first night I found this site as well.

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You’re probably not a natural, because you wouln’t have to do any methods. As for beginners luck of =r just naturally skilled, I don’t know, have you had any LDs since?

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Well this only happened last night, but I’ll do the same thing I did and update tomorrow.

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Well I’m a natural, so I can’t really tell, but I think knowing what you’re after—and having this knowledge fresh in your mind—helps a lot. Your chances go from this:

To this:

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Could be luck or nature. A lot of people find that once they stop thinking about LD they suddenly come, so who knows. Keep going the way you are going though,

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It’s not very common but some people have LD’s at their first or second tries.

If you were a “natural”, you would have had LD’s without trying. But I don’t think it’s just luck. You are probably more gifted than other people.