Freezing up?

Hey, haven't been on here for a while.

But anyway, I've got two questions...

First, it seems that whenever I become lucid, I'm fine for a little bit. I don't necessarily have the control I'd like, but hey, it's a learning process. My problem is that I don't stay lucid for long. I've trained myself to stay calm when I find out I'm dreaming, so that's not the issue. What happens is that my dream will suddenly "freeze up" before I'm able to really do anything. My vision will become blurry, and I won't be able to move, and nothing else will be moving either. Then I wake up after a few seconds. What's happening? Any way to prevent it?

My second question is pretty outlandish: I know a lot of you like to write music, and stuff in your dreams. I've done it, but I can only remember bits and pieces. Now, I know this is probably impossible, but is there ANY method AT ALL that can help recall what you hear in the dream? I mean, my dream recall in general is pretty good, but organised sound is another thing entirely.

For recall: I know this may sound weird but...take a shower. I find I'm alone and with no distractions, and I can recall dreams easier in the shower, including music note-for-note.

Just a suggestion. I am no expert.

When you hear a melody in a dream how are you hearing it? Are you just hearing it or are you singing it? If you sing it a few times immediately before awakening you would be utilizing muscle memory. When you awake your vocal chords might "remember" what they were just doing. This could give you at least a few extra seconds to remember it before the memory fades.

Hmm...interesting. I'll try those things. The only problem is that sometimes the songs are extremely vivid, as if I have headphones on. I'll hear all of this instrumentation and stuff, and that's where it gets tricky remembering. Or like the other night, I heard an acapella song, but it had a very strange chordal structure. Nice input though. I haven't tried singing it out loud.

Any thoughts on my first question?

on the first question you can try a couple of things to stay asleep 1. spin 2. close your eyes this works for me when i know i am close to waking up and it keeps me in the dream. sounds like you are just waking up so you lose control of the dream.