I’m not great at lucid dreaming by any means, but I have done it several times over the years. Generally it happens from time to time quite by accident, but of course keeping in mind the intention to have them, is helpful, when it comes to doing this. I’m interested in dreams, I think about dreaming a bit and I make a point of trying to recall them even if i don;t always post them in my journal on here. Because the subject is one i think about, it seems to get through to my subconscious mind.
Anyway, about a month ago I had my latest LD, again quite by accident. It was kind of a small goal fulfilled in away, because I had not long before intended to use a strange situation involving driving as a dream sign, and I finally got it right! A situation involving a traffic accident, a mixed up road in the city that i knew was wrongly named, and a tow truck towing my car, which was not actually involved in the crash, finally started to strike me as odd. It all seemed over the top and unlikely. I realized for sure it was a dream. Haha, I’d done it! The thing is though that after realizing i was indeed dreaming, still I just stood on the side of the road dumbfounded and confused. I always just kind of stand there baffled for a couple of minutes until I just wake up, typically laughing to myself over the whole thing. A couple of times I’ve actually ended the dream on purpose and woken myself up, simply because I do not like the situation, and exiting the dream seems the quickest way out.
Of course I know that in theory I don;t have to end a dream to get out of a bad situation i don’t. Also I know that instead of just standing confused and wondering ‘now what?’ I could learn to do a bit more. But where exactly might one begin?