The infamous Chain FA's

So this morning I had just experienced the infamous chain false awakenings... and I must say they are annoying as hell. Although annoying, I managed to become lucid in 4/6 of those FA's, so all in all, they weren't so bad after all ;)

The only bad part about them, I think for me, was when I woke up for real.. the lucid dreams didn't seem so "lucid," and felt like a normal dream where I wasn't really lucid.

All in all, my advice to people who have these chain FA's is...

1. If you know you're experiencing chain FA's at the same time you are having them, everytime you wake up, tell yourself, "shit, I'm dreaming again." and get up and go do something with this on your mind. eventually you'll see something out of the ordinary and confirm your dreaming, or just do a reality check (these fail for me most of the times in FA's, because my mind makes up reasons for them to be "reasonable")

2. If you don't know you're having chain FA's, the same thing applies. The best thing you can do everytime you wake up, FA or not, is to always question reality and put it as the first thing you think of. It may seem like you're definitely not dreaming... but trust me, you'll be surprised to find out.

There was this one FA where I was sure I wasn't dreaming, but for the hell of it, I pretended I was. In other words, it was one of those "mindless" reality checks. I did one, and it passed... I literally stood there dumbfounded lol.. and I awoke into another FA.

I used to get these chain FAs a lot back in the day. I don't have FAs much anymore, which sucks. I always liked them for some reason :P.

I've never had more than 2 FAs in a row. I made it a habit to RC every time I wake up, so it hasn't been a problem for me. It's the easiest way to become lucid in my opinion.

Also, I bet expecting to have chain FAs makes it more likely to happen.

Yeah it definitely would contribute to them. The most I have had in a single dream was like 7 or 8. I was always pretty good at catching them though. There are only a few times that I was fooled by the FA. Like Raph said, train yourself to RC as soon as you wake up. This will help you turn FAs into opportunities.

I usually am able to catch the false awakenings if I wake up from a lucid dream. The problem is, I can only catch it the first couple of times. After about th 4th or 5th time in a chain I slip up and forget.