Thread: Trouble staying asleep after becoming lucid.

Originally Posted by Small Town Wizard

Thanks for the advice guys. I guess really I just need to be patient. I'm just eager to get this party started.

I think it'll help if I make an effort to calm myself and really stabilize before I eagerly jump into trying something crazy. So far that's done nothing but jolt me into wakefulness.

You're right, Demara. Calm, calm calm...

Yes, People from what I read and learned rush into sex their first time lucid. I have been told and read it's not a good idea.

Originally Posted by deepsleep

Yes, People from what I read and learned rush into sex their first time lucid. I have been told and read it's not a good idea.

Because the OP is obviously talking about sex.

Hah! That's probably good advice. While sex is a goal of mine, it wasn't on my mind in this particular case. I'm willing to take things slowly and gain some experience and control before I try that out.

As a reply to the first post...

you could try not actually closing your eyes? maybe you could just spin around really fast or cover them with your hand. That might work, since you wouldn't have to worry about opening them then.

i have been having that problem. two nights ago i saw a triple dream sign all rolled into one! and it woke me up (i was so impressed.)

but last night... or this morning... i saw one of my dream guides (a man) in the ladies' room. i left after saying hello and was actually going down the hall when i thought... hey, wait a minute...what was he doing in the ladies' room?

that was a really smooth, low drama way to go lucid, which i did.

i think our minds are trying to help us just as much as we are trying to go lucid. we just have to keep at it to figure out what works.

hence, the practice.

beachgirl

Good news! I had another lucid dream last night and I was able to stay calm and keep it going a little longer. It's kinda funny 'cause I almost failed my RC. I tend to use the finger counting trick, since that's worked every time for me so far, but I had to count several times to verify that, yes, I did in fact have six fingers.

I didn't have great control, but I was able to fight off wakefulness for a little while and extend my dreaming adventures a bit. Unfortunately this particular dream wasn't especially vivid, I think I was at the end of my REM cycle as it was about 8:00am when I woke up from it.

Not much to report, really, but I thought I'd share my progress with you guys.

Thanks for all your helpful advice and continuing support.