Hi,

I don't want to make this post too long, as I tend to write too much sometimes, so I'll skip many details. In case you want them just ask.

The thing is that this las 2-3 days I was able to somehow enter a lucid or semi-lucid state, after sleeping 4-6 hours and relaxing trying to WILD or either think some mantra telling myself that I'll become lucid.

The thing is that the main RC I used to detect fake awakenings is not working anymore. I used to put my finger through the other hand. I had 2 fake awakenings which I did not catch, and the worst part is that I spend them laying in bed trying to WILD... I even felt some kind of "power" forming on my chest and then like if my body suddenly weight like 1 ton. Assuming it was some transition coming I stay there relaxed. It faded away, then it came again... and then I woke up for real. I spent some minutes dreaming that I was laying in my bed near a transition, when I was already there...

This happened two days. In one of them I even sit on my bed, drank some water, and noticed that the window blind was higher than I remember. I also did my RC... even if I was sure I was awake. You know, one of those RCs you do just as routine, because "you have to", just in case... And there was a white electric cord near the bed, instead of black as it really is. But none of this gave me any hints. I just lay back again to continue my WILD... and then I woke up.

And today it's been even funnier, or more frustrating if you ask. I was with my boss and some customers after a meeting. All was vivid, and I had complete awareness of me, where was I, how I arrived there, etc... it was a normal day at the office. They started talking about dreams, about "how bad is that you realize it's a dream only when you wake up". One of them said, partly joking: "hey, what if this is a dream?".

At that moment I did my RC... just in case, even if I "knew" it wasn't a dream... Then the woman said: "are we dreaming? ", while I was still doing my RC... and I said, also joking: "Well.. Maybe! ". Well, too bad you don't know it's a dream until you wake up. But everyone there knew it wasn't a dream... come on, how could it be? We are on the real life!.

Then I woke up.

I try to remember doing some other RC... but I don't exactly know which one. Also, I'm starting to feel as if I have to doubt even my reality. Yesterday I was at the mall looking around, as paranoid, thinking "what if this is a dream"... Touching my hand... But I don't know what to trust anymore...

Any hints on what to do on those situations where you "know" it's not a dream, other than the usual simple RC?

Thanks in advance for any ideas, and I'll be glad to hear similar experiences.