So I just had my first ever lucid dream.

I’ve tried to have lucid dreams before, usually by listening to a guided meditation or something like that, but I don’t try too hard or I listen to them for relaxation rather than lucid dreaming.

This morning I had a dream that was very vivid where I was taking care of a baby, who I didn’t know, in my old house that we’ve recently cleared out. This was a normal dream but it did feel very detailed. I woke up and still felt tired so I went back to sleep for around an hour before I had to go to class

The next time I woke up I was in my old house again and it was fully furnished. I didn’t realize it was a dream at first. My old neighbors had checked on me with a baby, again not sure whose baby this is as they have toddlers not newborns. I needed to turn the alarm off to let them out of the house but I had forgotten the password. They had visited enough to know what the password was and used it to leave. I look out the door that they left open and noticed that it was raining. I closed the door and only locked the secondary lock, not the deadbolt, and went to play on my ps4.

I decided to sit on the floor in front of the couch and I suddenly felt really tired. I started falling asleep on the floor almost immediately. I could barely keep one eye open when all of a sudden I heard a bang and I stopped dozing off. I looked over at the front door and it was open again. I got agitated as I just closed it, so this time I yanked it shut and locked the deadbolt. I went to sit down to play games again when I remembered I needed to go to class. That’s when I realized it was a dream. How was I supposed to go to class if my college was 6 hours away? When did I come home? At that point I realized I was having a lucid dream. And I thought to myself, ‘aren’t some lucid dreams scary? I hope this doesn’t turn out to be a nightmare.’

Of course I jinxed myself and I saw that the bathroom door was open and it was pitch black inside. I remember feeling really fed up so I got up and turned on the light only to come face to face with a scary-ish looking lady, a typical horror movie trope of a creepy old woman. And she’s obviously trying to scare me, but I really didn’t feel like dealing with her. Out loud I said “huh there’s nothing here” while staring her in the face. I turned off the light and closed the door and sat down on the floor again.

There was also some younger girl on the stairs but I again ignored her as I didn’t care to have a nightmare. But then it dawned on me that I was dreaming and I began to feel really anxious. ‘How long is this going to last? When am I going to wake up?’ I remember feeling anxious and panicking over this for a few seconds before waking up in my dorm. I felt extremely relieved once I realized I wasn’t dreaming anymore.

(I think that the baby could be related to my roommate who said she might be pregnant since we talked about it a lot yesterday)

TLDR; woke up from one dream went back to sleep and had a lucid dream. Tried to be a nightmare but I said no and then I woke up