Thread: always in such a hurry

I would say don't worry about it. I think its common that your excitement actually gets in the way of doing what you would like to, at least I remember that for my part. I even woke up many times due to overexcitement. Just relax and it will pass, you don't have to do everything at once in the first experiences.

You say you read about dream control, thats great, because you show yourself that you have the intention to improve on this. I am sure you will get good at this very soon.

Also, I think that fear/panic is a nice (well, at least beneficial) dream sign, because it forces your attention to focus, i.e. more awareness. Thats why nightmares often are so vivid.

Originally Posted by raffifish

Aren't I interesting.

Yes! Each one of us is a unique manifestation of life. You are one of the most interesting objects this universe has ever come up with!

Originally Posted by raffifish

Then, when I realized I was lucid, I was so eager to use it before waking up that I started telling myself: Fly! Fly over the city!

But reading some dream control tutorials which I've done this morning I now know that's not the best way to start flying. You have to jump and envision wings and that sort of thing. Just telling yourself won't do.

Needless to say I woke up shortly after, having flied nowhere.

For what its worth, I have lucidly flown thousands of times without ever, even once, sprouting wings or jumping first. Tutorials are fine things, but they are by no means the law. Your inability to fly was probably more related to your own experience, expectations, and level of self-awareness, and had nothing to do with your lack of dream feathers.

Give yourself some time to build experience and confidence, and perhaps think about not being anxious come dreamtime during the day. Before you know it you will be flying just fine, and maybe will be a little less interested in (or anxious about) flying away from your dream scene in the first place.

Originally Posted by raffifish

It's like fear/panic is one of my dream signs now. I rarely RC when I'm content in a dream, because when I'm content why would I want to escape?

Thats a big dream sign of mine too! For example: I walk through a forest, a dog approaches me and bites me in my arm. Probably in addition to the no-pain factor and probably several others, mostly the fear of the dog accompanied by the hopelessness of the situation made me hope that this is a dream and so it was!
Work on your Self-Awareness and memory (read through Sageous posts, the guy above me) and you should be spotting these and hopefully other dream signs also, soon!
Good Luck!