WILD False awakening problem

**Skafish** · 07-22-2014 06:02 PM

So last week i started to practice WILD again after taking a long break from lucid dreaming. I think i finally figured it out! The last 2 nights I've had lucid dreams! Both times I started to feel weird tingling in my hands and legs. And i started to see lights and patterns and faces with my eyes closed. Then i sat up and opened my eyes and i was in my room. I new i was dreaming because the poster that i have on my wall was moving. It was dark so i tried to turn on some lights but they didn't really light the room they just gave off a glow. so i opened my curtains and shouted increase brightness and it worked. Then i went outside and it was raining so i decide to turn it into snow. Then i turned all the puddles to ice. I found a hill that was covered in ice and i slid down it. Then i went off a jump and when i landed the impact woke me up. I sat up again and looked around. My poster was moving again so i knew i was dreaming still but this time when i walked out of my room my parents started talking to me and i got distracted and i started talking to them so i lost lucidity. The next night i tried to make sure i wouldn't get distracted again. I had another false awakening but this time i tried to leave my house as soon as possible. As i was leaving my dad came in the room to say my alarm was going off and it woke him up. Before he could say anything i left the room but i started to doubt if i was really dreaming. Then my mom was in the other room and she told me to say goodbye to my cousin who i never see. I started to doubt it was a dream and i dint want to be rude so i said bye. Then i lost lucidity again! How do you deal with FA during WILD? Is there a way to avoid them? Maybe it's because I'm new but they really mess with my head and confuse me so i usually lose lucidity. Especially after 3 FA's in a one dream it's really disorienting. Any advice?

**LouaiB** · 07-22-2014 07:07 PM

Usually FAs help induce LDs, but they sometimes make us lose lucidity. Well, you should start RCing each time you wake up, because next time you would have a FA, you would RC and become lucid! Now it seems your problem is that FAs make you feel that you really woke up, even if after the FA you stayed lucid. What to do is to keep saying to yourself that you are dreaming during the LD. Thus helps remind you that you are inside a dream, and RC from time to time during the LD.

Hope I helped! Ask me more if you want, and welcome to DV

**Skafish** · 07-23-2014 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by LouaiB

Hope I helped! Ask me more if you want, and welcome to DV

You helped alot! thank you for replying. I'm gonna start doing reality checks every time i wake up so i don't get tricked by all the false awakenings. I used to repeat i was dreaming when i first started lucid dreaming but i took a break and forgot. Thanks for reminding me haha. I'll update if i have any problems tonight.