Originally Posted by
blizzardesigns
I think the problem most people have when attempting to stay lucid is a simple defense mechanism of the ego. You're getting to what you truly want, and then your ego pulls out the ideology of (for example) never getting what you want (past) which creates a "consciously unrealistic" atmosphere. The emotions that follow cause you to remember the thoughts that support that ideology such as: "I want this to continue, I don't' want the dream to collapse, I don't want to lose this moment." which literally implies subconscious emotions that express that AS: "I don't want this to continue, I want the dream to collapse, I want to lose this moment." Because your conscious fears will surface as inverse judgement which imply their opposite meaning. By the time you realize all these thoughts have went to your head your subconscious gets the hint that you don't find it believable enough to desire. So pretty much you are waking up because you don't believe in the imaginative memory of your subconscious construct due to your own conscious judgement which is based on the memories you have actually collected personally. This in essence is the biggest problem with self confidence, I would presume. So many people die in their grave with all of their unique ideas, never expressing their true potential, so many beautiful ideas that never got to exist because of self doubt and absence of confidence. I think the key to this problem is the understanding of the fact that just because you have not experienced your idea yet, does not mean it would not be the worth exploring the possibility of. Most people come up with the most incredible inventions daily, and never think twice to consider the profound significance of their insights because they simply don't believe in themselves. That is a little off topic, but the controlling idea of that is letting go of the need to disprove experiences based on the past, the past does not imply the future.