Thread: How do I make my dreams last longer?

If stabilizing is supposed to be the thing that makes the dream last longer, what do I do if it ends before I get the chance? Literally the first thing I do is strengthen my connection to the dream by observing my surroundings and stimulating each sense, but in the last two lucids I had, the dream just ended with no warning at all, while I was doing just that. It wasn't slowly deteriorating, it was just an instant blackout. The last thing I want to do is rush because that'll just make the dream end faster, so I'm not sure what to do on this one. Help is appreciated.

Both of these dreams were early in the morning, like 6 and 8am respectively. These are the dreams that should be lasting the longest, right?
I used WILD to induce one and DILD for another. I usually wake up at 8 and last night I went to sleep at 1am. My sleep is usually of high quality. My bed is amazing, and I can't remember the last time I woke up groggy, outside of school.


EDIT: It's happened the last two times, but this is an issue that plagues me in almost every Lucid Dream. Every Lucid i've had since march 2022 and almost every one before suffers from some form of this early dissipation problem.