Hi,

I've been trying to LD, keeping a dream journal since about January, doing RCs throughout the day, and the like. For a few days I'm so hyped about the thing that the dream idea carries over to my dreams, but I don't realise I am dreaming.

For example, cats are a common dream sign for me that I do RCs when I see cats in real life. Some days before, I had a dream that I was in my room, looking through the window. A cat was outside it. I had a vague idea - "Oh..this would be a dream like others I had (I have a lot of dreams about my cats, who all are, unfortunately, dead. )..so I'll try inviting it in. If it's a dream it won't come."

Now, this consciousness I had wasn't very good, meaning the way I thought it would be a dream wasn't like "let me do a RC now", I was just sad about the idea that the cat could be a dream. Anyway, I invited the dream cat in, and it came. That's when I "decided" that it was for real. (Aaargh!!)

Yesterday, I had a frightening dream about somebody I know (who is, in real life, a sweet person). Now what happened is, after sometime in the dream, I wondered why I was scared of that person, and decided that I was having just bad dreams, not even considering that this could have been a dream. This wasn't a false awakening; all of it took place in my house - I just came down and decided whatever happened upstairs was a dream.

Ah well...should I consider these as signs that my dream awareness is increasing? Isn't this (thinking about dreams inside dreams) a good sign?