Sine I started getting involved in LD (months ago), I have had some experiences with a common basic pattern:

- False awakening + RC = failed RC --> No lucidity

That is, when I dream that I wake up from a dream and I do a RC, the RC always fail (in my case, my hands look pretty normal).

Ok, my questions:

- Does anybody observe this pattern in his/her false awakenings too? (in theory, the "wake up + RC" thing is a common practice that supposedly works, so, the major part of answers to that question should be NO).

- Is there any explanation, or do you have any ideas about why this happens? Maybe it's as simple as that in deeper "dream layers" the "fight for control" between consciousness and unconsciousness is easily won by the latter (as if in this kind of dreams you are in a deeper sleep?)

Thank you very much for your replies!

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