I need help with false awakenings

Quest for Lucidity
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Hello All.

So for the past 3 nights, I’ve been using my WBTB, binaural beats, and WILD…I’ve been successful…I’ve had 3 very short LD. The reason they are short is because of FALSE AWAKENINGS. The first time, I woke up in my bed thinking I was woke but soon as I knew I was dreaming I was sucked into hypnagogic state. The 2nd time, was almost the same but I woke up fully. The 3rd time, I was being chased by an alligator and then it finally hit me I was dreaming. I even said “Hey, this isn’t real, its a dream!”. Then I woke up in ANOTHER dream telling a DC that I just had a LD :eek: :eek: :eek: .

How can deal with these false awakenings?

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From personal experience, you’ll definitely need to do reality checks more often. A sure-fire way that has helped me is literally every time I wake up, whether it be from a nap, or the daily night of sleep, I ALWAYS reality check by squeezing my nose and trying to breathe. It’s become a good habit and has (again, personally) reminded me of a few “attempted” FAs, and got me into Lucid-mode.

Now if I can just get better at WILDing…

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I figured RCs was needed. I always forget to RC :sad: :neutral: . I haven’t come across any that I like and I found that sometimes it don’t work. I tried to put my finger through my hand in my dream but it didn’t work :help: :grrr:

Try using WBTB with WILD. I’ve been successful the last 3 nights of trying :content:

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Yeah that’s the daily routine. I just get so sidetracked trying to keep my mind awake that 50% or so of the time I fall asleep lol. I’ll get it nailed with more practice.

As far as sticking your finger through your hand…I’ve also, strangely enough, had that fail on me before too.

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I’m sure you’ll get it sooner than later :wiske:

Humm, ok so its not just me. What are some RCs that you do use besides holding your nose?

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  • The holding my nose one is definitely my favorite one.
  • Another one I use is I pinch a piece of skin, and pull. For me, it gets very rubbery, easy to pull very long, and doesn’t hurt like a regular pinch. Although, I’ve heard of some people actually feeling pain in dreams before so proceed with caution lol.
  • I don’t know if others would recommend this, and it’s not really a reality check as much as it is an accident. If I look into a mirror when I’m dreaming, the image is never clear. For whatever reason, this knocks me into the lucid state. I’m like “yeah this isn’t right,” followed by a RC.
  • Another accidental one, I’m assuming it has a term, is whenever I see a tornado, I immediately do a reality check. I tend to have lots of tornado dreams. Not sure why lol. :confused:
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Thanks, ill try those. I had a dream about a mirror not to long ago. I questioned how clear my skin was on my face but I didn’t become lucid. Almost :smile: