Not staying lucid?

**Prince_RIP** · 08-14-2010 08:16 AM

I've been reading about people's attempts to lucid dream, and the people who are new to it say they are lucid for like short periods of time. anywhere from seconds to a couple minutes.

I don't understand how this is possible. In my lucid dreams i'm usually lucid like...until i wake up. I don't get how you can only be lucid for a few seconds. Maybe you're just not fully lucid? Because in my lucid dreams i'm fully conscious as if I were awake. There's no chance i'm gonna just forget i'm dreaming, because my brain is working perfectly fine.

**hadoitz** · 08-14-2010 09:02 AM

My first lucid dream was only a few seconds, and my second one lasted only about 3 minutes.
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**Orior** · 08-14-2010 10:34 AM

Never quite understood that one myself.. I stay lucid until the dream is over. However, in many DILD's I got lucid at the end of the dream, thus giving me only a few minutes to mess around.

I have also experienced dreams which were of horrible quality, so much that I didn't -want- to be lucid (When I became lucid the whole world seemed to be kinda polygonal, etc). Which led to me rather just follow the dreams "story".

**Siphorix** · 08-14-2010 01:43 PM

True, but many things have to be taken into consideration.

• Where are you in the dream? (beginning, middle, end)
• How far into your sleep cycle and/or REM cycle are you?
• Are you giving proper stabilization and clarity to the dream?
• Are you letting your mind fall asleep, rather then keeping it awake and alert?
• Etc etc