I have been lucid dreaming for about 4 or 5 years now. Of course this has not been consistent but over the past few years I can say I have had a lot of lucid dreams. Maybe close to once a week or once every two weeks if I'm not paying much attention to doing it. But regardless I can say I have had some experience exploring the dream realm.

Anyways last night I had a semi-lucid dream where I knew that I was dreaming but my mind never 'woke up' I guess you could say. I was having a really vivid and cool dream when I realized that it was a dream without the slightest change in the dream. Right after I realized it my dream continued on as normal. Then I had a false awakening where I woke up but I was in a completely different environment so I knew it wasn't real. When I had a false awakening that second I thought to myself, "Hey now I am having a dream that I was just having a dream" (if that makes sense). I was basically awake in my dream and recalling my previous dream while I knew that it was still not real. And again my dream continued on after that and I lost lucidity as quickly as I realized it.

Annnnyywayyys my point is I know this happens all the time to beginners as it use to happen to me all the time but I'm wondering if any advanced lucid dreamers still sometimes struggle with this problem or if I'm just out of practice I guess.

I'm thinking almost in a way maybe I'm starting to lose the thrill of having a lucid dream. It's no longer that big of a deal and so when I realize I'm dreaming I can just shrug it off and continue with the dream like nothing.