At least, i think it’s a reality check…
I work at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey. Since I’ve worked there, I’ve had a dream about the place every single night. I have pretty good natural recall I suppose, I remember at least one dream every night, and there has only been one time this summer that I don’t remember dreaming about a theme park.
So yesterday it hit me: fall asleep while telling myself “next time I’m in a theme park, I’m dreaming” ! I haven’t tried it yet, but I probably will tonight. I’ve never done any real work towards lucid dreaming (not yet at least), but I might start.
My only lucid dream ever was pretty boring. I realized I was dreaming for no apparent reason. I got excited, but I told myself to stay calm because I knew people tend to wake up. I think I looked at my hands, which helped for some reason (possibly only because I knew it was supposed to!) Then I found something to do. It was night, and I was outside. I crossed the street. Then I jumped very very high a few times - probably about 3 times. That’s all! There was one other dream that was very close. The situation was irrelevant: I simply exclaimed for no reason “HEY, I’M DREAMING!” Then a few seconds later I realized, “Oh, no I’m not. It’s a shame, I really was hoping to get lucid too.” I actually said all this aloud. So close! Oh well.
I don’t know why I threw that all together. It is my first real post here, though I’ve read the board on and off for a year now, so I guess it’s all just by way of introduction. Hopefully this theme park thing, which does seem to be a surefire plan, will help me have some more lucid dreams.
-Mike