Thread: experiences of Losing control of lucid dreams/dreams

There seems to be a pattern where you keep losing control, have no confidence. This could be caused to physical arousal where your heart beat increases. Which along with excitement is one of the major causes for someone to wake up in a dream.

You may want to try stabalising techniques such as rubbing your hands or concentrating on what you are doing and trying to relax.

I agree with Mini Man56 that expecting difficulty in dreams multiplies the difficulty wildly. NeAvo is also right that lack of confidence causes all kinds of problems in LDs. I've noticed that at times I loose control in LDs because I'm about to wake up. I don't mean waking because I've become too excited, etc. but because the dream cycle is almost over (most people wake briefly after each dream and are unawair of waking). When the dream is ending for this reason I often loose control of "tricks" even if I'm confident.