# The BIG "Was this a LD?" topic - Part II **URL:** \ **Category:** Quest for Lucidity\ **Created:** [June 26, 2005, 11:33am UTC](https://community.ld4all.com/t/the-big-was-this-a-ld-topic-part-ii/14125 "2005-06-26T11:33:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Aodnait](https://community.ld4all.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Aodnait](https://community.ld4all.com/u/Aodnait)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2005, 11:33am UTC](https://community.ld4all.com/t/the-big-was-this-a-ld-topic-part-ii/14125/1 "2005-06-26T11:33:40Z")
Part I of this topic can be found [HERE !](https://community.ld4all.com/t/the-big-was-this-a-ld-topic/11083) I had the most frustrating night! I was successful in recognizing I was dreaming on numerous occasions, but it must have been at a very low level. My dreams were mostly unpleasant, and my level of control over them was nil. In one, I was running through a house with the feeling of being pursued when I realized I was dreaming. But this weird evil cartoon-like creature kept popping up next to me laughing, shaking me, and yelling gibberish. I wasn’t afraid, just really angry and annoyed that it kept bothering me, and I couldn’t get rid of it. I tried willing it away, but it didn’t work. I tried focusing on something in the dream (like a floor or object), which usually increases my lucidity. At one point I yelled, “Go away! I’m lucid right now!” Still didn’t work. But tonight, every time I developed a degree of lucidity, there was some weird creature bugging me or chasing me. I just had to vent. I’m pretty sure I was lucid, albeit at a very low level, but I have a little bit of doubt b/c I had absolutely no control. Also, something else frequently happens to me if I lose lucidity and a dream fades: everything goes black and I have the sensation that I’m floating kind of upside down and curled up in the fetal position above my body. I just float in the darkness, and it’s the most relaxing feeling. Could this be a false awakening of sorts? I’m mentally fully aware, but it feels different from sleep paralysis (my body always feels tingly and heavy in SP) --- _[View the full topic](https://community.ld4all.com/t/the-big-was-this-a-ld-topic-part-ii/14125)._