Im not too sure what you are saying here. You started to think about how you would not remember the feeling or your feeling in the dream, and this created a barrier? One thing about trying to pull a lucid dream is that it is a lot easier to do it during a random awakening or in the morning, cuz at those times your body and mind are in full dreaming gear.
Sometimes when im trying to pull a WILD, my abstract mind starts to act up and i get all these weird thoughts that dont make no sense but i remember once thinking some irrational thing that put fear into me and just messed me up. (I think it was akin to me going into a coma somehow and not waking up). But yeah, fear is not good for LD. I dont know if you can relate to all of the above…
I oftentimes have weird dreams where stuff happens (w/ DC’s or otherwise) but i am not in there whatsoever, but more like an observer. Dont be discouraged by these - we all get them, and sometimes they are quite interesting and insightful into ourselves.