false awakening

Last night I had a ton of false awakenings, and a lot of them involved math homework that I had forgotten to do IRL the before I went to sleep and me scrambling to get it done in study hall before class.

So the first time I remember I was in the car and one of my parents was driving (although I usually drive myself to school). Anyways, then I can remember frantically scrambling to get my homework done in the car. I can even remember what the problems were! I had to do like, 20 problems involving dividing polynomials.

This was the only dream I vividly remember, however as the morning proceeded I kept having all of these false awakenings where I was really nervous about going to school since my homework wasn't done. It was like repeating the horrible waking up process to go to school OVER AND OVER. I am already not a morning person, and this certainly didn't help. It almost felt like a relief when I finally ACTUALLY woke up... until the moment where you get out of the shower and it's 6 AM and you are freezing, and realize you have to go to school for 9 hours and... yuck...

Anyways ya... that's it from last night.

See ya

Before I get to the lucid dream, here are some others I had from last night as well...

#1. I was dreaming I was playing for a professional basketball team. We then did this weird coin toss to determine which basket each team was to shoot in. I can remember the other team forgetting we were supposed to use the side baskets, leading to me being able to surprise them and drive down for a full court layup!

#2. mumble grumble... something about a sports stadium I can't understand over my voice recording from 4AM this morning

#3. I had a false awakening that I had woken up and turned off my .mp3 player. Then I actually woke up, recorded my dreams, and shut it off

Lucid: There was a bad dude in the gym where I was working out. I overheard that he had plans to murder someone! hnoez: I then returned home with the uneasy feeling he wouldn't be far behind. I decided the best course of action would be to grab my Benelli Super Black Eagle II (that is a hunting shotgun for those of you out there wondering) However, before I could get to the basement to grab it, the guy showed up! Yikes! However, I guess my fear caused me to become lucid, as at this moment I realized I was in the dream. My fear also had the nasty effect however of making me focus soley on the present situation... totally forgetting I could just change the scene if I wish... -_-

Anyways... I then just wished myself that my shotgun was there and lo and behold, it appeared right in front of me, all zipped nicely in its case. I removed the gun, then wished that I had some shells and poof! A couple rounds of ammo appeared in my hand. I then loaded my gun and moved in on the bad guy. I got the drop on him and told him to stay right there till the cops arrived. They then showed up and I can remember them handcuffing the bad guy and hauling him off to jail. However, by this point I had lost my lucidity and I can't remember really doing anything cool. :/

Well, I am finally back from the big ol' family reunion, which took a few more days than I thought it would. Honestly I am quite glad to be back to normal so I can focus on dreaming. However, I did end up having a lucid dream last night.

This dream started out as a false awakening. I actually had a couple of my friends spending the night so I had crashed backwards on my bed after a long day of boating. I think this unfamiliar position is what caused my false awakening. Anyways, when it first began I remember that I dreamt of waking up at 3:30... PM! I was appalled, and immediately got my friends up. I remember then sitting on the floor looking at my watch (which I don't normally wear), and seeing the numbers growing harder and harder to read. At this point I was pretty certain I was dreaming, and did a quick breathing test by pinching my nose and inhaling. I was pleased to see this return a positive result for being in dream land. However, during this entire I dream I was very tired, and really was just focusing on staying in the dream. Pretty much all I did was go sit in my chair with my nose plugged to keep myself re-assured I was in a dream. This seemed to go on for quite some time actually, and I was hoping I would wake up more, but I never really did. I then felt my actual body waking up from some noise coming from downstairs (breakfast I believe) and then I let myself wake up, cause I personally don't enjoy SP.

This dream while nothing special was still exciting because it was lucid, and I found a way to keep myself quite aware really, despite being tired in the dream. I guess now when I have my next lucid I will be able to just plug my nose for a minute to stay in the dream, and hopefully I won't be as tired since I won't have been wakeboarding for 3 hours the previous day

See ya

The first thing I remember is that I got out of bed and started on my way down the hall to the bathroom. I remember it was still pitch black outside. This was probably caused from waking from a previous REM cycle and noticing hwo dark it was. Anyways, I made my way to the bathroom and as I got there this feeling that I was dreaming grew and grew.

I then looked into the mirror and although I already knew I was dreaming somehow, told my reflection that I was definitely dreaming, just for reassurance I suppose. I then remember immediately deciding to work on my major dream goal. I started downstairs and decided to search outside. I knew it would be cold outside (I was still in my pajamas), but when I went outside, it was slightly chilly, but not really that bad. I figured my dream powers were finally working for me, not against me, and then I felt nice and toasty. I proceeded barefoot down our driveway through the snow, on a search for them.

I can't recall at this point if there were any DC's, but I believe I may have come across some, however, learning from my previous experience, I simply ignored them and they went away. Finally, I came across a ton of cars all lined up on our driveway. I started running to try and get through them all and get back to my search, but whenever I ran the dream faded. I had to resort to walking through all these cars instead and hoping no one bothered me.

As fate would have it however, some random idiot just had to jump out of his car and start following me trying to strike up a conversation. I turned around to tell him to get the heck away from me (cause he was just an annnoying DC), but around this time the dream faded and that is as far as I can remember.

Sadly... in this dream I had perfect control, remembered my major dream goal immediately, got started looking even, but in the end another stupid DC ruined it all!! Grr... Why... can't... I... just... complete.... this.... goal!?!?!!?!

Last night I had a false awakening and another fragment.

False Awakening: In reality I had been woken up by my alarm clock to go to school, but I managed to hit snoozw and go back to sleep. In the dream I was very tired and dragged myself out of bed. I remember looking in the mirror and I was only able to see my legs for some reason despite the mirror being on my dresser. I can remember thinking that this was very strange and began to wonder if I was dreaming, but decided against it and went to take a shower.

When I got to the shower though... it was gone! There was a sign saying Death had taken my shower (similar to the Pardoner's tale) and so I went into the hallway outside my room. Then their was this other random shower there but for some reason it was really creepy, just the lighting I guess. Despite this being a dead giveaway I was dreaming, I was too out of it in the dream to realize and then I was awoken by my alarm clock again.

Dream Fragment: I was at my grandma's house and I was in the basement watching tv. I think I was watching History channel or something about tanks from WWII.

So last night I was able to get to bed around 10:00 which was nice. This allowed me the full 8 hours of sleep a teenager is supposed to get.

Anyways...

This dream started out as a false awakening, and a very vivid one I might add. The first thing I remember is lifting my head up from the sink after brushing my teeth. I then reached for my razor to shave. The wierd thing was... it was dead! Now, in the dream I remembered plugging it in the night before (which I actually DID do) and thought it most peculiar it was dead. I don't rememebr exactly how but this somehow made me lucid.

Ready to go have some fun, I went out of my room and headed upstairs, only to be confronted by my math teacher in my house! She started asking me why I was headed upstairs. After one too many times of my DC's ruining my lucids, I had learned, and completely ingonred her and proceeded upstairs. Even though I was fully aware and lucid, I felt the need to go put my contacts in. It was very realistic, and blurry just like in real life. I went back to my room to put my contacts in and my math teacher again asked my what I was doing. This time I told her to can it and go away and she promptly evactuated the house.

After my little victory over my DC, and now actually able to see after putting my contacts in, I then decided it was finally time to accomplish my dream goals! I recounted how the night before I had been reading about summoning characters and decided on a technique to try.

I went and stood in the corner and just closed my eyes. I then reached behind me and envisioned that if I reached my hand out, they would grab it and be there when I turned around. Well... I reached around, desparetely grasping for them. I did this for about 10 seconds, focusing intently on them being there. After a few seconds more... I felt someone grab my hand! I was elated. I opened my eyes and began to turn around. Time seemed to slow down as the adrenaline started pumping. It seemed to take forever to turn around. Maybe 10 minutes?!?! But, i still had ahold of them and I was fine with it. I just envisioned all the adventures to come and finally made my revolution. It was then REALLY upsetting though because... as I was finally able to see them, they started to vanish, just like a ghost. I called out for them to come back but we were helpless to stop it. I was only able to see them for a few seconds when this happened. Feeling very setback and upset about this, I went and climbed back in my bed and woke myself up. THis dream was very intense and emotional. I woke up feeling this rush of happiness and sadness all at once. I was breathing pretty hard too from the excitement I guess.

However... this is one step closer to my dream goals!!!! The first time I saw them, it was only for maybe a second. This time... it lasted about 5 seconds. I think I just get myself so excited when it is finally happening that I do myself in. At least I am making progress. Next lucid goal... 10 seconds.

Awareness - 8 / 10
Control - 10 / 10

Although this dream was not lucid I posessed amazing control during it. The most interesting part however was the fact that during the dream, I went to sleep and had another dream within that one! (Maybe it's because I finally had a chance to watch 'Inception'?) Anyways here is what happened...

The first thing I remember is that I was at a friends house having a sleepover. We were all piled in the living room getting snacks and making a fort out of blankets and stuff getting ready to watch a scary movie. Now, normally I am the type of person who could watch a horror movie all by myself at night and be perfectly fine, let alone have a nightmare about it, but in this dream, there was something errie about the whole situation. I remember once we finally got our fort set up we began the movie. I was really scared of something for some reason and took a spot next to the wall so I had my back against something solid as we watched the movie. It was just plain creepy. The lighting was very disturbing and all the color seemed drained from the room. Well, about half way through the movie, I becam tired and fell asleep. Now, I entered another dream, even more dark and disturbing than the previous one...

So I am still in the same house, and awake to a blood curdling scream. It was like having a false awakening during a dream. I was still in the second layer dream, just dreaming about waking back up to the sleepover. Anyways, it is early dawn and I hear this scream and am frozen with fear. I hear some creature let out its own high pitched scream as it finishes chomping down on its victim. I look around and only see two of my friends, while the third one is gone. I instantly knew what had happened to him. Then, out of the hallway, the same alien type creature from the movie we had been watching came dashing out at us. You know that old saying about how you don't have to outrun the bear, just the guy next to you? Well, I shoved one of my friends down and ran for it. The creature rushed over and scooped him up in its jaws like he was a piece of beef jerkey. It began tearing him to shreds and I could hear and see everything in detail. I started to run for the door and then the creature dropped its meal and went into the attic. I was terrified. It could drop down through the cieling any second and get the two of us remaining. I motioned for my remaining friend to go and try to make it to the door. With his first step the creature came swooping down out of the attic for just a split second and grabbed him. I stood there and was paralyzed with fear. Maybe it hunted by movement? If I stayed there maybe it wouldn't see me? But I still had a chance for the doow while it devoured its latest victim. What to do?!?!?! Suddenly, a severed head dropped through the ceiling. I was screwed. I had missed my chance to escape and now had to stand there and hope it couldn't see me if I didn't move. The creature burst down from the ceiling and stood right in front of me. I was amazed. It was looking right at me and didn't see me!! As long as I didn't move I was safe. Then, the creature let out a breath ever so slight, that it was just enough to cause me to need to cough. I tried to hold it in, for if I moved, I was dead. Then... I just couldn't hold it and coughed. The creature lunged for me and I suddenly awoke back into the slumber party dream.

I awoke and it was morning. My friends were all there and there was no monster chasing us. I got up and told them the dream. They were all pretty speechless that I could commit such an act of treachery as pushing them down to get eaten, but I reassured them it was just a dream. I told them it was a bad idea to fall asleep half way through a horror movie and we decided to watch an action movie next time. Then we all got up and went to the kitchen for a bowl of cereal.

Finally back in reality, I awoke and it was about 4:30 in the morning. I was exhausted I guess from the nightmare, but still started the alarm, in hopes of having a lucid. (although incubating my last dream was probably not the best idea in this case). Anyways, by the time it had gone off once I simply got up and shut it off I was so tired. Guess a Dr. Pepper at 10:30 right before bed is a bad thing.
Note to self : Next time parents tell you they are going to throw away all that old pop unless someone drinks it, just let them throw it away.

Well, tonight I did my regular routine however and am planning on having a nice lucid with no soda pop to interrupt.

Well, last night I woke up at 3:30. I recorded the dreams I could remember up to that point and started the alarm. It went off the first couple of times and I did the reality check and went back to sleep.

Now, onto the dream...

First thing I remember is hearing someone yelling at me I needed to get up right away and help them with something. The first thing that went through my mind was being really annoyed that I was working on trying to lucid dream with the alarm and then got woken up by this person, rendering my efforts vain. *Back to reality for a second* So I have been training myself to do an RC each time I wake up during the night, because that is usually how my false awakenings begin. *Back to the dream* The thought of doing an RC never really occurred to me in the dream because instead of actually sitting up, doing an RC, taking off the covers, and getting out of bed, I just kind of 'ended up' outside the bathroom and began my morning routine. (Guess I wil have to add bathroom stops to the list of places to do an RC. Second time in a flase awakening now...) So ya, I didn't do the RC. The next thing that happened in the dream though, I was still pretty annoyed about having been woken up by this person. Instead of going downstairs and helping them I just decided to go back to bed and start the alarm again. As I climbed back in bed, the alarm went off in real life, waking me up.

Well, I had another false awakening last night. I remember I "woke up" and needed to go the the bathroom. If I was to do this in real life I would leave my mp3 player on my desk where it usually is, but NO, I just couldn't decide whether to bring it with me or not. As I was going I ended up pulling all the covers off my bed and taking them with me. It turned out I was in this hospital type area and I was a patient even thogh I was in my own house. I went to the bathroom and then went to go back to bed. Suddenly I had this urge to go downstairs for some reason. Then I randomly put my mp3 player on the floor and covered it with the sheets and went downstairs. When I came back up someone stepped on my player though and I was upset. I went to tell them to watch where they were walking and actually woke up. I did a reality check this time but I was actually awake.