Thread: Problems with duration

When a dream is ending: spin around with your arms outstretched, or rub your hands vigourously together. People with similar problems find that this works consistently. It stops the dream from ending.

However if it does end, you could always try, at that point, a DEILD, or dream chaining; if you know what they are. If not PM me and I will refer you to some helpful threads.

Originally Posted by psychology student

spin around with your arms outstretched, or rub your hands vigourously together.

Do you mean I have to do this the moment I get lucid? or when the dream seems to go slowly? because most of the times the dreams ended abruptly.
This month I tried to "have just a walk" to see how long does it last. The first dream ended abruptly. the next one I was absorved again by the dream and the last time I had a false awakening-what to do when I know I'm still dreaming although I can feel as I am on the bed? I know it is still a dream because of the lights but I don't want to make any movement because I think it will completly end the dream nevertheless the dream ended as well.

Originally Posted by Box77

Do you mean I have to do this the moment I get lucid? or when the dream seems to go slowly? because most of the times the dreams ended abruptly.
This month I tried to "have just a walk" to see how long does it last. The first dream ended abruptly. the next one I was absorved again by the dream and the last time I had a false awakening-what to do when I know I'm still dreaming although I can feel as I am on the bed? I know it is still a dream because of the lights but I don't want to make any movement because I think it will completly end the dream nevertheless the dream ended as well.

when you feel the dream ending, the scenery fading, a lack of clarity or stability. This could be right at the beginning. But use the techniques, when you feel such things happening.

I agree with that. Also, it might help to periodically do these techniques throughout the dream as opposed to when it's ending. Try to use your senses to make the dream more real: feel the grass with your fingers, smell a flower.. That sort of thing!

I think you should try shouting out what you want. I'm not sure if it work for keeping you in the dream but you could try! It worked for me for the task of the month. I shouted what I had to do then before I realized it, I was doing the task! Just a thing to keep in mind. Hope I was helpful...

Spinning never worked for me. My dream would just keep fading if I did it, like there was no effect. Although, rubbing my hands did save me from fading back to reality. Kept rubbing my hands through the whole lucid dream, confident I'd stay in it. Whatever works for you, man. Everyone's different with this type of thing.

thanx for the advices!!
a couple of nights ago I had my first long LD since I joined here!! it was made with 4 segments where I was shout out because of external loud noises I think and I was able to get back. first I clasically DILD, the next one I had a false awakening-my surprise was because of I rised from my position on the bed but the dreamscape didn't changed! the third one I rubbed my hands and spinned around-It did work because I was fading out. And finally the fourth was the most amazing way of waking up inside a dream: I was dreaming on a chair with table?-sorry don't know the name for this classroom chairs, then a nurse loudly put a black metal flyer on my desk and I woke up inside the dream. It was... (don't have words to express this emotion)
I will post this LD later because I don't have much time by now.
Thanx to everyone!!!