I was dreaming last night and I noticed someone from my town in a very unusual place with me. I thought this is too much of a coincidence, it must be a dream! However for some strange reason I decided (and I am pretty sure it was a conscious decision) to open my eyes instead of doing a reality check. Has anyone ever had this problem before? Any thoughts?
Well, might just be a matter of low lucidity. I remember doing so once or twice when I was little and realized I was in a nightmare… I opened my eyes really wide in the dream so I’d do the same with my physical body and wake up. However, what you did in your dream I’d consider something similar as to what I’ve done before, like deciding I don’t want to be lucid at the time, or once I actually changed my environment, but ended up in a dream I didn’t like, so I just woke myself up instead.
Might have just been an annoying reflex that couldn’t have really been avoided in low lucidity. 