Originally posted by tryagain
When I become lucid, I can't control things like I'm supposed to.
Like you're supposed to? I think you are putting too much pressure on yourself or have let someone give to too great expectations.

I cannot control a lot in my lucid dreams either, in fact, I conciously avoid trying to control everything. Don't get me wrong though, I enjoy messing around with stuff in my lucid dreams, but it is usually so much more fun to let the dream take it's own course.

Now, that said. If you want to control things, the biggest obsticle in your path is belief in yourself. I've found that when I cannot control something I would like, that I have to just step back for a minute and shake my head and say:

"Silly Seeker, it's your lucid dream, believe in yourself"

That will usually do the trick.