Hello humans of the internet
This is my first post so let me know if I'm in the wrong area for this topic please
Im hoping someone here can give me some insight into lucid dreaming. First of all ill let you know a few things about myself so this story will make more sense. I am currently in my late 20s living in the Republic of Ireland. I moved to Ireland as a child from England and stayed there until the age of 17 when my family then decided to move back to England. At 20 I decided to move to the U.S where I lived until the age of 25. At 25 I decided to move back to Ireland. Anyway now that that's out the way I can talk my one and only lucid dream.
When I was about 20-21 while in America I fell asleep like any other night. There where no drugs or drink involved just a regular nights sleep. At some point while sleeping I had an experience that felt like waking up. But when my eyes opened I was not in my bed. I was standing in the street and it was day time and I knew where I was instantly . I was back in Ireland in a small village about 10k from where I grew up. I remember thinking about my cousin (Franko) because he lived their and when I turned my head he was there. Looking at me as if I had two heads. He said something like "Are you ok dude?" I said " What's going on Franko? How are you here? Am I dreaming or something?" He is like "Yeah man your dreaming". At this point I start getting really excited and am looking around in every direction dumbfounded by what's happening. Everything looked exactly how it should one thing I noticed was the contrast of colors in the world was turned up really bright. I then say to Franko "This is nuts man how is this possible? We should call to Sarah's house (our mutually friend who lived close by) before I wake up!". So off we go waking down the street I see cars, buses and birds as we make our way to Sarah's house about 5 minutes away. I get to her house knock on the door she opens the top window and says "Il be down in a minute". I'm thinking right now " shit I can feel myself waking up soon she better hurry!" and poof I wake up!
So I wake up and think "Huh that was cool" and that's that years go by without me thinking about it again. Fast forward 7 years I live back in Ireland in a house right next to where I started me lucid dream. I have a six month old daughter named "Ruby" with Sarah my childhood friend and the girl from my dream. I Recently remembered the dream I had 7 years ago and cant understand how all this has came to be. I also want to mention that I did not have contact with Sarah from the age of 17 to 25 so there was no reason for me to think about her during that time. If anyone has an insight into what this could be it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks