To be breif and to the point, the last two times I have had a lucid dream my subconcious has pretty much threw me into unescapible situations, ruining my lucid experience.
Last night I was dreaming that I was in a public restroom washing my hands when I became lucid. When I turned around however, the bathroom had turned into a laberenth of stalls, sinks, and urinals. I wanted to get out of there and experience other aspects of the dream world, but I couldent get out of that god forsaken lavatory for the life of me. I even asked a DC if he could point me to the exit. He pointed me to a stall door, but when I opened it (fully expecting to see the outside world) I was greeted by nothing more than a partuicularly offencive looking toilet.
I'll spare you the details of the other lucid dream I had, but it's the same basic idea. I become lucid, and then my dream locks me down into my surroundings. Im usually unable to exersize very much dream controle, which is strange because I use to have complete and utter control of my dreams. Any help would be appriciated