Well, first, I'd like to introduce myself, and then ask a question.

I've been lurking for a while now. I found the site by chance after having a few weird dreams. I've always had an active imagination and I day dream a lot, making up all kinds of scenarios, but of course, I enjoy dreams more since they seem more real. I have a lucid dream probably at least every other day during lunch hour, but I'll get back to that in the question. I've also had a few dreams growing up that I could semi-control, and since reading a lot on here, I've had a little luck stabilizing them and staying in control a little better.

Now, my problem. I have realized that if I come home for lunch, each PB&J's and drink some herbal tea, and lay a certain way on the couch, I've got about a 50/50 chance of realizing I'm dreaming. I lay down, set the alarm for 20 minutes, and half the time, I'll enter a dream and realize it is a dream at about the 15 minute, consistantly. The problem is that I gain a little too much conscience. I don't know if it's because I do so much day dreaming, or if I just need to practice more. The dream just halts where it is, and I can't hardly make anything else really happen, and I can forget about anything spontaneously happening without me thinking about it. I can also tell my mouth is really dry, and can sometimes feel my hands and feet in RL. I kind of feel like I'm clawing and grabbing to stay asleep in the dream, but I'm falling out of it. Kind of the reverse of when you're trying to think about something but keep falling halfway asleep.

Finally, today, I had a little luck making something happen. I felt like I was in that place between waking up and dreaming, where nothing is happening but I'm pretty sure I'm still in dream mode. But then suddenly I knew a drawing board was in front of me, and I drew something on it, and it dissipated and whatever I drew showed up for a few seconds. Then I woke up because I licked my lips in RL.

Anyone have any experiences like this, and can shed some helpful hints, or point me to a thread. I couldn't think of what to describe it as to search.