Have you ever experienced lucid dreaming?

I remember when I was a little kid, I used to lucid dream a lot, even though at the time I didn't know what it was. I started trying it again about six months ago. The trick is to try and keep your mind "awake" as you slip into the dream state. Try counting numbers or thinking about something from the day when you feel that "passing over." That keeps your mind awake when you enter the dream, letting you remember it more vividly and control it. It's a lot harder than it sounds, very frustarting too. But I reached the state of lucid dreaming only a few nights after trying it again. Little by little I gained more control, from realizing I was dreaming, to staying in the dream, to actually controlling what happens. I have to say though I havn't done it in a while since then. Laziness, I guess. It takes a lot of work when you're so tired. I enjoy lucid dreaming. It's like being in your own video game. Good post by the way, I think I'll try it again tonight. -Duck and Cover

I had the opportunity to experience the first "levels" of lucid dreaming, that is to have conscience that you're dreaming. It's funny tho, because the dreams I was aware I was in a dream were all bad dreams. And my active participation there was "Wow, this dream is getting very nasty, I'll wake up now." and then I was awake again. They say it's the natural way, you start being aware you're dreaming, then you can control your actions and only then that you're able to do such things as leaving your room for far places. People say that, when you start, you can only walk in your bedroom, then at home, in your street, so the possible "scope" of lucid dreaming gets bigger everytime. Have you read something about it?

I've had many lucid dreams, and you can teach yourself to enter a lucid state as you are going to sleep. I did this a lot when I was a teenager and experimenting with it. What I find the most comical about the lucid dreams, is that others in the dreams and I mean everyone would try to convince me that I'm awake and that it wasn't a dream. Eventually I would get confused and that's when the lucid dream would end, and more normal dreams would begin.

I've experienced lucid dreaming for quite a couple of times. Sometimes the dreams are too real that 'you' in the dream feels that it's not a dream. I've watched dramas where the actor/actress pinch themselves and if it hurts, it's not a dream. My very first lucid dreaming experience is that I actually tried pinching myself and trust me, it's does not hurt at all. So I know that it is just a dream so I can do whatever I want in that dream. It's a fun experience but my lucid dreaming is always very short.