DILD Always Failing

[zoraise]

Last night I had a dream of me being chased by Bruce Banner (Hulk) he eventually got me and grabbed me and said look at your fingers, I didn't have the right amount of fingers :O Exactly when I realized I was dreaming he punched me and I woke up with my heart racing. Is there anyway I can prevent this from happening? I always try to stay calm... And I do. But I always wake up

[Sivason]

Learn meditation skills and mental discipline. Try the first lessons in the class I have linked to in my sig.

[voByJunior2013]

That's interesting. Very close to a lucid congrats. I guess the people who are able to realize they are dreaming and continue have some extra something that you and me DONT YET HAVE. cause i had the same kind of thing. I had a sex dream and i was climaxing and as soon as i notice that, i kind of realized i was dreaming cause i was having sx with a hot girl and in my real life i never even have female friends. so as soon as i realized it ..i woke up.. Well not really. i woke up cause i realized i was about to cum in real life...and i didn't want to so i got awake before i did. similar to your dream . I dont know how people who realize they're dreaming and keep going, can keep dreaming. But i heard this happens to many people, that once they realized it they get real excited and that makes them wake up and lose it.

[sisyphus]

It's normal for your first few LDs. The key is to have some intent and take action. If you are too excited, you'll be jolted out the dream. After a few experiences, you'll be able to contain the excitement. But if you just remain calm, the dream narrative stops and fades away. You want to think of a plan beforehand while you're awake. When you become lucid, you want to recall the plan and immediately start doing it. That keeps the dream going and improves your senses. The plan can be very simple. It can start by looking carefully at an object, or touching it, saying something aloud, or performing a few different reality checks. If it's something simple like that, you can practice it while awake. That's called a stabilization routine. When you can do that and have it carry over into the dream, you can move on to a bigger plan like interacting with the dream world, characters, control, etc.

[Sivason]

It's normal for your first few LDs. The key is to have some intent and take action. If you are too excited, you'll be jolted out the dream. After a few experiences, you'll be able to contain the excitement. But if you just remain calm, the dream narrative stops and fades away. You want to think of a plan beforehand while you're awake. When you become lucid, you want to recall the plan and immediately start doing it. That keeps the dream going and improves your senses. The plan can be very simple. It can start by looking carefully at an object, or touching it, saying something aloud, or performing a few different reality checks. If it's something simple like that, you can practice it while awake. That's called a stabilization routine. When you can do that and have it carry over into the dream, you can move on to a bigger plan like interacting with the dream world, characters, control, etc. Very sound advice.