Thread: Problem with dream stabilization

In the last lucid dream i had the first thing i remembered was to stabilize the dream by looking at my hands and saying "stabilize now" and "clarity now", but i only had time to notice i had 7 fingers (i love dreams ) because the dream started to fade away and i felt like i was waking up.
Eventually i had a false awakening and i realised i was dreaming because i was in my bathroom. Then later i tried to look at my hands again, but with the same results. So i just started to walk around and i woke up for real after 1 minute or so.
Am i doing something wrong?

Maybe looking at your hands isn't the right method of stabilization for you. I advice you to try another method such as shouting "Clarity!". One method I like to use is to pay attention all Senses in the dream such as: sight,smell,sound,touch etc. That way your properly anchored into the dream.

I will add on to what DreamGuy said. There are so many stabilization methods out there, and just because one didn't work for you, doesn't mean others won't! I would suggest doing what DreamGuy said. Take a moment to feel everything around you. Using a sense of touch in the dream is the most important sense that helps you stabilize a dream. Also, you can try to spin around and around very fast with your arm out if a dream begins to fade away. Spinning was proven to be a very affective method along with feeling everything around you. You can also try rubbing your hands as well when things start to fade away. Happy dreaming!

Try actually repeating over and over "this is a dream" and ficus your attention on what ever visual image the dream has already provided. If you start dreaming and when you get lucid you were looking at a cat, then stay intent on examining how the cat looks, but keep reminding yourself in words that this is a dream.

Thank you all guys, i'll try all these as soon as i'm lucid dreaming again!

I would defiantly recommend just staying calm and just keep assuring yourself that you're dreaming at you will stabilise, but as the others say there are so many methods try them all out!