Thread: Brain overload when going lucid

I agree with dms. It's not true many times I have stared at something over 10 seconds, I've even closed my eyes and looked at nothing for over 10 seconds (sometimes the scene changed, sometimes it didn't) but I was always still dreaming.

And, not to pick on LittleZoe, I think the "believe it and it's true" way of thinking is false and out-dated. Sure, Belief forms the skeleton of the dream, in that - the way something is and always has been, will appear that way in your dream (like the fact that you have hands, or that trees grow out of the ground) but using belief as a form of refined control is ridiculous, no one would ever be surprised if this was all you needed, Dreams wouldn't be the odd creative things they are if they followed belief structures that closely.


To the OP finally

It's really really common for early lucid dreamers to suffer this problem, it always gets better with more experience. For stabilization advice I demand you read this guide by Mzzck.

This guide is unique in that it makes clear the nature of stabilization. If you TLR (which would be a shame) Stabilization = Maintaining balance between your lucidity (your presence and control of the mind) and the dream (what is perpetuated by the subconscious and details the world around you). It really becomes more clear if you read the guide.