Thread: Bit Of A Problem...

When I was little, I had a lot of nightmares, like anyone else here. I eventually invented a way for me to wake myself up that I believed would work when I was little, and it did. I said to myself, if I close my eyes in a dream, and open them again I would be awake. Sure enough, it worked.

Well my problem is now that I know about being lucid, I eventually blink while in a dream. and sure enough, I would wake up. When I'm dreaming, I can't stop myself from blinking either because my eyes would start to hurt like they do in the real world.

I also have this problem when I do things like jump in water, or have a lot of wind in my face. Could the whole waking up part be more of a "if you think it will happen, it will" deal? Is there any way to counter this failsafe that I made?

I think one way to counter this is to try to enter the dream again after you wake up. After you wake up in a lucid dream, don't move at all, keep your eyes closed, imagine the dream you just exited, and likely you will enter the dream again while being lucid. ( this is called DEILD ).
I think that after several times you exit and enter the same dream, then you will not wake up so easily.

Another way is to try to train yourself: While in a lucid dream, be very aware, conscious, and calm. Then close your eyes, and tell your self, that when you open your eyes, you will continue to dream. You can also imagine the dream surroundings, while your eyes are closed. Then open your dream eyes. If you do wake up, then re-enter the dream using DEILD, and try again. Each time affirm in your mind that when you open your dream eyes, the dream will continue.

You can also practice this in waking life: Imagine that you are dreaming, and that you close and open your eyes, and the dream continues.

If you try these techniques extensively, and they fails and you still wake up, then try this: When you feel the need to close your eyes in the dream, then close them, but don't open them! Keep them closed.
Remember that your "dream eyes" are not real, and that the darkness that you see after closing them is only there because you expect it to be. So After you close your eyes, imagine dream surroundings, and eventually they will materialize. This time you will probably not have the urge to blink, because in your mind, your "eyes" are already closed. So you will have a sort of magical closed eyes sight capability, that will enable you to see very well. After a while while you wonder around the dream, believing that your "eyes" are closed, but still seeing very well, you might forget that your eyes are closed and have an urge to blink again. If this happen then all you have to do is "close" the eyes again, and again not open them.

I hope that helps.