Problem with RC waking me up...

**jamesloo** · 09-25-2010 02:17 AM

Newbie to LD.

Slept at about 12:30am and immediately tried the FILD. I was amazed how vivid all my dreams became as I had about 7 vivid recallable dreams. In several of these dreams, I experienced the transition (sinking, dulling of senses etc) and then a vivid dreamscape which is a city map of a game I am playing now. In fact, in one of those dreams, I had the lucidity to call that map into existence from an initial dark surrounding. Then the problems came... the RC. Everytime I enter dreamscape and have enough lucidity to remember an RC, the action of moving my arm to my nose moved my physical arm which woke me up back on my bed. RC on my bed revealed that its no FA. I was woken up by my own RC about 5 times out of that 7.

On my final try, I went ahead with no RC and then the result was a dream plot I could not control nor consciously realise I was dreaming, meaning, no lucidity but extremely vivid.

Any solutions?

**Hukif** · 09-25-2010 02:38 AM

Don't use the breathing reality check? There are so many others you could use instead.

**jamesloo** · 09-25-2010 02:43 AM

Any recommendations? I need RCs that are more sensation based instead of visual. I am not an extremely visual person and looking at my hands certainly doesn't seem to work. There are also not always a light switch or a computer I could use in my dreams... more often present are knifes and swords...

**Hukif** · 09-25-2010 02:48 AM

Try breathing with your mouth closed or poke-hand?

**jamesloo** · 09-25-2010 02:54 AM

Ok, will try it during my afternoon nap.

**a_dreamer** · 09-25-2010 04:16 AM

i know you've seen inception. So remember that scene where Leo is telling Ellen about dreaming at the cafe? Where in dreams you're at places but there's no recollection on how you got there, you just seem to go with the flow. Just try to remember how you got to your location and retrace your steps. This is a good enough RC that only deals with the mind and memory

**Serenity** · 09-25-2010 04:29 AM

Everytime I enter dreamscape and have enough lucidity to remember an RC, the action of moving my arm to my nose moved my physical arm which woke me up back on my bed.

A memory test might be one of the best ones you could do. Ask yourself if you recognize your location and how you got there. What are you wearing? Do you remember putting it on?

**jamesloo** · 09-25-2010 04:45 AM

Thank you Serenity and dreamer, I will try the memory test thing and hopefully be lucid enough to think clearly hehehe.

Yes, I watched inception and did some research and realised that this might be the best way for me to beat those recurring nightmares that I have been having the past decade and also to understand and remove hidden phobias. If done right, I think it could be life changing and benefit my RL.

**Serenity** · 09-25-2010 04:59 AM

Absolutely!! Lucid dreams are amazing for this purpose

I wish you all the luck, and PM me if you have any questions or need any help with something

**jamesloo** · 09-25-2010 07:17 AM

Thanks a lot Serenity! I would certainly need an experienced guide and mentor like yourself.

Nightmare came back just now when I slept without lucidity... really wish to turn on those DCs and find out whats going on so far and learn not to run away all the time.