Umm, spinning and yelling to stabilyze the dream

[Lucidit]

Well, It's simple. I got Lucid Last night and it was kinda stupid lol.... I was watching through windows in kitchen and randomly I decided to do RC (palm) As I do it IRL just to do it, same happened to the dream. Was pushing finger and it didn't want to pass through but when I tried it on the other hand, it was harder lol, but I decided to push harder and when I did, it went through. Now comes stupid part... Upon noticing that finger went through the palm, the background of my dream was totaly fading to pitch-black in a moment, and I yelled: Stabilyze the dream! And started to spin around, but that did nothing. It was still pitch black and I was in middle of nothing once I stopped, just dark... Few seconds later, lucidity dissapears and I don't remember next... What the hell?

[lsddream]

lol, that was very unlucky. and weird lol

[realdealmagic]

That kind of thing happens every now and then, especially to beginners. There's every chance that your sleeping pattern could've been at the end of a REM cycle, so there was no way of stopping it anyway. Maybe try just looking at your hands to help with stabilization, that tends to help me, whereas yelling things gets me nowhere. I hope you find the solution to your problem, it'll just take some experimenting! Good luck!

[Mr0Blonde]

Yeah the first time I tried spinning on about my 3rd Lucid Dream it didn't work. I was in an already stable Lucid trying to use spinning to teleport and it all went dark and I lost it. That put me off spinning for a long time and it's only been the last few months I've started to use it again to link Lucid's. Don't give up trying it though as it is, in my opinion by far the best way to lengthen your Lucid Dreams. For your first few Lucid's though I'd try clapping your hands together when you first become Lucid, or rub your hands across some walls or other surfaces to feel the texture. I think the problem with spinning when you're not used to it is that you can't concentrate on anything visually as your doing it, so it makes it very easy to lose the Dream, or makes everything go dark like in your case.

[Lucidit]

Hmm, that was my 6 Lucid Dream, and actually the first time I ever remembered to do that stabilyzation tehnique. Obviously, I shouldn't do it lol Althought, I was Lucid, so it was Lucid Dream D

[Mr0Blonde]

Spinning isn't a Stabilisation Technique, it's a Linking Technique and a very effective one once you are used to it! Like I say though as you can't visually focus on anything while Spinning, it will probably be better for you to Clap your hands together when you first become Lucid to Stabilise.

[Lucidit]

oh, I thought different hmm... Well, let's hope next time I'll remember to clap hands

[Sefrys]

Same thing happened to me once or twice in the life time that it didn't work. Or maybe I didn't shout loud enough - it felt so awkward, lol. I heard that rubbing your hands against each other at a fast pace helps stabilizing the dream, does it work?

[dms111]

Anything that engages you with the dream can work as a stabilizing technique. Spinning and rubbing hands are common techniques because of how simple they are to do. When spinning don't just go round and round, give yourself one good spin and that's it. Continuous spinning might cause the environment to warp and change. Nothing is ever guaranteed to work in a dream. Likewise a technique can fail you 20 times in a row and then for no explicable reason work on the 21st and continue working after that. Just a reminder that waking life logic like "Don't do something the same way over and over and expect a different result" does not apply to dreams. This is really important for improving your dream control.