Some time ago, like I think a few years ago, I attempted to become a lucid dreamer. I'd do reality checks and got a few dreams where I'd reality check and become lucid.

I soon gave up, because it seems I'd immediately awaken. Gee, not much point in becoming lucid if doing so ends the dream, is there?

Now I'm doing some more thorough research and understand that this is common for new lucid dreamers, waking up upon achieving lucidity.

But I'm understanding it is generally because of excitement.

From what I remember, and keep in mind this is a few years back, it was more anxiety. Not necessarily fear of harm or anything...more like "Oh crap! I'm dreaming! I'd better wake up quick!", with really no reason it seems.

Since I've started attempting to LD again, I did become lucid the other night and was awake within a second, if even that. I don't remember the anxious feeling from before, but rather, oh look, I'm dreaming, oh look, I'm awake.

As for anxiety induced awakening, is it possible that stabilization techniques recommended for excitement induced awakening?

And if so, how does one stabilize when they sometimes have less than a second between becoming lucid and waking up?