Im new to lucid dreaming and just need some pointers to help get me started. I have a dream journal which i stopped for a while but recently started again this week. The problem im having is realizing im in a dream when im dreaming.. Because when i wake up, theres so many oddities that shouldve be screaming out to me "HEY! this isnt normal, become lucid!" But it never works for me. It doesnt click in my head that im dreaming until after i wake up, and im like "damn, how could i not have realized im dreaming if i was doing so and so.." So any help would be greatly appreciated
-Thanks in advance