Quote Originally Posted by InvisibleO View Post
- Also I am pretty sure that i do wake up, but I will keep my eyes closed and just wait to fall asleep again - it might have been a problem that on the other side I want to remember my dreams so i make myself wake up fully when I feel the dream has ended.
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- I just have a small epiphany: Yesterday when I had the 3 dreams, 2 of them occurred **at the beginning** of the morning core. I know this because I always look on the clock after waking and recording a few bits. So You are absolutely right, these are most likely no natural awakenings in the sense that the sleep is over, I am waking up myself. I think it is a combination of wanting to record them + getting excited + being not fully relaxed when I go into sleep
It sounds like the usual recall vs. DEILD dilemma. Always choose DEILD. If it fails, you can still record later. If it works, you get something much better than what you are waking from (while still remembering something from the previous dream, maybe not everything, but still a lot, probably, because the subsequent lucid dream for some reason helps with remembering the previous non-lucid or pre-lucid dream).
Focusing on your dreams (including the work on the recall) should help you get lucid, not prevent you from it.