Have a major false awakening problem!

Hello fellow dreamers,

I got back into LDing since the beginning of Dec 2015, and since then had 3 LDs. I really practice the basics a lot, yet have the very annoying and consistent problem of false awakenings... False awakenings are not a problem on their own - I even prefer them since they are so realistic and so vivid. Yet, my problem is that I simply can not spot them! These 3 LDs were two WILDs and one DILD, but without FAs, while I had countless FAs during this period and didn't even catch one!

Since I signed up to DV five nights ago, I had FAs during three nights! Here are the DJ entries of two of these, the third (today's) is to come:

http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/spoc...te-ship-72751/

http://www.dreamviews.com/blogs/spoc...ghtmare-72841/

How can I beat this? I do RCs every real awakening (or at least 90% of them), yet this just won't transfer into my dreams!
During my teens, and last winter, when I was also practicing LDing, I actually caught about 50% of these FAs, but now I can't even catch one...

Any suggestions?

I think you're on the right track... I wouldn't consider it a problem, see it as an opportunity to continue to be lucid!

This was my case a couple months ago, I always ended up in a FA for a few minutes before actually waking up and was not able to spot it. Just keep doing the RCs after waking up as much as you can, you can try saying a mantra like "after waking up, I do my usual RC to check if I am still dreaming" or something similar.

Once you spot one it is a chain reaction so just keep it up and try to release the frustration

Thanks for the words of encouragement!
I'm doing these already, which is why it's so weird to me - last time it transferred fairly well into my dreams, but now not even one RC during the countless FAs. And as you see in these DJ entries - these FAs last for long and are very vivid and complex... Weird, but won't give up!