Tired while Lucid

Lucid Adventures
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Yay, I’ve had my third Lucid Dream…but just like the others I didn’t get too far. This one seems better, however.
The first time was in June; someone broke in my house in a dream, and I went to go beat them up (Which I’m pretty short…beating up a robber would probably get me killed, so I wouldn’t do it). When I was beating them up, I realized I was dreaming! Then woke up…

Another time was back in July, I got lucid and woke up immediately. The only part of the dream I remember is actually being lucid for about… five seconds. Nothing else…

And then last night was the longest I’ve been lucid, but it wasn’t even that long! It’s still the farthest I’ve been. I was dreaming I had to catch this Double Decker bus, and it came right in front of my house to pick me up (we have no Double Decker buses here in Texas, by the way :tongue: ). Then all of a sudden after a short ride, I was back at home, and decided to take a nap (in my dream…kinda weird). It seemed immediately after “falling asleep” I woke up in my dream, and said “That was a weird dream…wait, this is a dream!” I try to stay calm, and think about spinning to keep the lucidy. I don’t, because I was scared ‘what if this isn’t a dream and I just start spinning? I’ll be crazy’. I stand up, and touch my dream hand with the other. It felt very numb and tingly, so I concluded I was dreaming. I opened a door, hoping it would lead to a pretty forest, but with no luck it opened to the hallway. I started to walk and then WHALLA- lucidy gone. I continue to walk, then go down stairs without being consciousness of my dream state. My mom is downstairs on the computer, and then says to me “Why can’t you have a stable lucid dream?” I then woke up.

I think during that dream I could have been a little bit more consciousness of the fact that I was dreaming. I could control my actions, yet I felt drowsy from just waking up for a dream nap. Thought I’d share that. Feel free to explain anything to me because I still need alittle help with Lucid Dreaming and…sorry for the longness.

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Well, you can always rub your hands together instead of spinning. Nobody will think you’re crazy because of it :slight_smile:

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LOL “why can’t you have a stable lucid dream?” How typical of mothers. And I really did Laugh out loud not just wrote it like usually.

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For me, the spinning doesn’t stabalize dreams very well. It actually wakes me up. Using the “Increase Lucidity!” command thing works most of the time, but I find the most consistant one is the hand rubbing. Try all of them, some work better than others for each person. I like paying attention to my breathing as well, that works.

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Wow! Lots of interesting stuff in this topic…

If I got Lucid while facing a criminal, I would probably start jumping around and screaming “END LUCIDITY! END LUCIDITY,” even though I would have the power to turn them into a cupcake.

Another thing I was interested in was this passage:

You suddenly realized you were lucid after saying “dream,” and you weren’t even absolutely sure if you were dreaming. THIS is what I’m most curious about in LDing: How can you be so sure you’re dreaming? I’m not talking about “RC, oh that’s not possible, I’m dreaming,” I mean like what makes you sure that the world you’re in is actually inside you’re mind? It’s a strange question, and a lot of people probably might not get what I mean. It’s something I have to explore myself.

The mom comment was hilarious! Thank you very much for sharing this, it was great to read!