Have a major false awakening problem!

**Spock** · 01-12-2016 11:35 AM

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?

**jzinser** · 01-12-2016 07:51 PM

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

**Spock** · 01-12-2016 11:37 PM

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!