Hey sorry guys I just joined so if this question is somewhere in the forum I'm extremely sorry!

Last night I had a lucid dream for maybe 3 seconds then I got too excited and woke up. I've been trying to lucid dream for a while now and only recently I had that one.

Butmy biggest problem right now is FALLING back asleep. I would go to sleep for about 4/5 hours and then wake up. I'd get up and I would read about lucid dreami and recite mantras like "when I sleep I will know I'm dreaming" or "ill remember to do a reality check". But then when it comes to going back to sleep I'm stumped. I don't even stay up very long, maybe 10-15 minutes. Then I would try to WILD(wake induced lucid dream) where I go through sleep paralysis.

And nothing. I don't end up going through paralysis so I try to just fall asleep normally but by the time I want to sleep, my frustration of failure has already kept me up.

Someone, anyone, have any suggestions??? I'm losing sleep becuse of this and it's not fun lol

And a big mistake was me asking this question on yahoo answers cause honestly there's no help there on a subject like this lol no one knows anything there.

But if anyone can help, it's very much appreciated!