manual reboot

[StandardPrince]

This is my first time I've posted, and ive never had any real lucid experience in dreams until lately. About 6 months ago I was a victim of a random attack and was left in the hospital with a pretty badly fractured skull. After a plastic surgeon, neurologist, dentist, opthalmologist, physical therapist, psychiatrist and a psychologist, im pretty much 99% recovered. Believe me it makes you look at life in a whole differet perspective. So about 2 weeks after the incident I began having trouble sleeping, then lots of nightmares that kept me up, nothing specific, or recurring. About a month ago I was having a nightmare and at somepoint in the dream I bacame aware that it was a dream, and kept screaming to myself, "wake up, wake up"!.... and I did. I never thought about it too much, but its happaned a few times the last month. But more and more they are happening more frequently. Last night it happened a few times- The dreams don't necessarily start as nightmares- but if in the dream I sence that they are getting dark or if I am unsure of the dream- ill become lucid and wake myself up... and I do. and NOW it's something that I do in my dreams when they are just dreams I dont care for. Last night I was having a dream about being on some island with my family - not really a bad dream but just kinda boring. so I started screaming "wake up, wake up" and woke myself up. and then went back to sleep when the dream continues, in a much more fabulous island resort- still with my family. i know silly right? Leaving the island the plane starts having trouble and i can sence there is some type of monster thing involved and is about to crash (OK so im a big fan of the TV show Lost lol), and i wake myself up.... and then when i go back to bed its post accident and me and my family are safe..... at one point i realized that yeah it was a dream (at that point i ussualy wake myself up- but this time i tried to do things that were dream like - fly, move things) anyone have any idea what to call that type of control? and YES i was completely awake when i woke up- it wasnt one of those things where you are awake in dream lol. I got up between them, went to the bathroom, check my blackberry, the time, and so forth.

[nlmgr]

do you hit and/or pinch yourself to stop the dream ?

[StandardPrince]

do you hit and/or pinch yourself to stop the dream ? No- I just (in my dream) close my eyes and tell my self to wake up over and over.

[seeker28]

Many people first start having LDs as the result of nightmares, like you. Only usually this happens in childhood. Learing to wake yourself up is a good dream skill. That's what I call it when I do it "wakeing myself up."

[RockNRoller123]

Random attack? Badly fractured skull? DUDE HOLY FUCK! WTF IS UP WITH THAT?