Sienerim, Our mind both conscious and unconscious is unpredictable and complex. Each one of us has their own journey to learning any new skill, and with every new skill the journey may be different even for the same person. Sometimes we learn by steady progress, sometimes we make sudden leaps and bounds, and sometimes it is two steps forward and one step back. There are several contradictory factors going on: you are determined to do this, you are learning more and more, but your mind may be hung up on the fact that this is outside of its experience to date, or you may be trying too hard and the stress this causes is inhibiting your success, or all the effort with very little reward for it this far may seem to your mind not worth it, you may just need a break before continuing on full steam ahead, though a break could also be a mistake on another hand giving your mind the excuse to give up. If I were you, I would try to be patient. Lucid dreaming does have a steep learning curve for some people (while for others it comes naturally, not fair right?).