I started a Dream Journal a few weeks ago. It’s been sporadic, sometimes I remember a dream vividly and can write a page or two, sometimes I go two to three nights remembering nothing. Anyway, last night I was having a dream that was slowly turning into a nightmare. It wasn’t really bad yet but I was expecting something to happen. I thought “This is probably just a dream, I wish I could wake up…wait, let’s do a RC!” I stuck my fingers of one hand through my other hand. It worked. I got really excited and for some reason let out a loud piercing scream in my dream which promptly dissolved. I woke up with my heart beating and a headache, I assume because I woke up in the middle of REM sleep.
So, was this the beginnings of a LD? I assume I became conscious but got too excited. Is there any way for preventing this in the future? I wasn’t expecting this to happen so soon.
Thanks for all the help.