It's amazing, these last two nights I've had my first two semi-lucid dreams, each lasting less than three seconds or so. What happened in both cases was that a dream character (the same in both dreams, actually. It was this friend of mine) told me to do reality check, because 'this is a dream!'. I then very excitedly did so, concluded that it was in fact a dream, felt an amazing rush of freedom, as if I'd been chained all my life, ran around a bit. It was so real, it was amazing! Then suddenly I became SO aware that it was a dream, that I though to myself 'if this is a dream, I must be in bed sleeping, not actually here running around'. After thinking this, the whole dream enviroment gradually (but quickly) became less realistic and I woke up in bed. This happened both times, last night, and the night before. It's so annoying! Last night I tried the 'spin around whenever the dream seems to fade away', but it didn't quite work. I was so close! Any tips? Thank you!
