was I lucid or did I dream I was lucid?

For an unexplainable reason the past year the few LDs Ive had have been very uninspiring…I didnt get that rush of being lucid.
So last night I had another “LD” I realized this is just a dream and that felt kindof cool. I studied my hands to get some more detail in the dream but not with much result. I held my nose and blew out air, this is my most common RC when Im awake. But I could not blow air out! (with closed mouth) I thought that was weird cause I know this is a dream. I tried running really fast and see if it got me anywhere interesting. soon after this I slipped back into a normal dream.

It felt like a LD but after realizing im dreaming It seems normal…im starting to doubt the LD and maybe somehow It was a normal dream in which I dreamt I had a LD. (a dream within a dream - how far can I go? :wink: )

Anyone with similar experiences or any thoughts? I think I need a super RC or something that shakes my counciousness. Maybe if I try to remember my waking self or think about where I went to bed. Something to really “wake me up”

I had a LD in which i thought quite the same:
“I’m dreaming so I’m lucid. But… it is not real because…”
And then you can read the sentence again… and again…

Actually… that kept me from getting very excited, which wakes you up. So i was able to stay in the dream.

But, indeed that thought made me doubt my LD as well.

Theres this thing called A FLD (false lucid dream) and its when you dream of having an LD but you didnt. This is most likely what happened to you.

No, I’m not sure it’s an FLD since Cc did realize at one point that it was a dream. It just sounds like a quick lucid moment that wasn’t very high lucidity. Low lucidity can lead to certain RC’s not working, doubt, lack of control, and, of course, the tendency to turn back into ND’s.