This is getting annoying

**Brock** · 01-07-2012 06:51 PM

This is my 2nd or 3rd "lucid" dream in the past month and the same thing keeps happening. My recall isn't that good because i havent been keeping a dream journal (ima get on that) but the annoying part is ill wake up and remember my dream as lucid where ill do RCs and then do some things ive wanted to try but I also do a lot of things that I don't want to do or are pointless. I also remember what I think and it's what i would if i was dreaming but i do a lot of things in dreams i wouldnt want to too. It's like I'm dreaming of being lucid but I'm not actually lucid, i dont know.

Can someone help me with this? is it good or bad? any similiar experiences?

**Avalanche** · 01-07-2012 10:24 PM

A couple of times this has happened to me, yeah. You need to get a DJ as soon as possible really. It helps your mind clarify what went on in the dreams you had and helps you develop order in ones you are to have. This will make them clearer and if lucid, you should have better control. This, or you don't jot them down and you dreams all sort of meld into one bland blur which you can't understand, thus this happens.

**Sageous** · 01-07-2012 10:52 PM

Sounds to me, Brock, like you were indeed dreaming that your were lucid. This can certainly happen, since your dreaming mind always wants to make good on your expectations -- it happens to me all the time. It's also not a bad thing, as it shows that you're heading in the right direction; you just need to work at getting your waking awareness into the equation.

One way this is done is by working harder on your waking-life exercises, especially state testing (aka Reality Checks), questioning the "odd," and carefully setting intention before sleep. Oh, and Avalanche is absolutely right: if you want to be serious about LD'ing, you'd best get serious about keeping that dream journal...