Last night's low-level lucid dreams

[Zoe]

Last night I got up after 6 hours, stayed awake for about an hour and went back to bed while listening to the Lucid 3.3 mp3. I listened to it about twice but was having difficulty falling asleep b/c of the sound, so I took it off and went to sleep. Even though I didn't listen to it while sleeping I think the "you are dreaming" message was effective b/c it was the last thing I thought about/heard before going into REM. Anyway, I had two low-grade lucids and a bunch of silly false awakenings where I was describing my dreams to my bf. I say they were low-grade because even though I knew I was dreaming and could control things, I had some weird beliefs. For example, I spent a lot of time in the first dream writing a long letter describing the adventures I'd just had so that I'd have a record on awakening. I wasn't lucid enough to realize that the letter will disappear with the dream! I'm thinking some galantamine+choline will fix this. Writing the letter did have the effect of stabilizing the dream tremendously. That reminds me: there was a dream fragment in Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming where someone described doing math problems on paper while in a lucid dream. He said it made the dream world extremely solid.

[CarmineEternity]

The deeper/more lucid you become in the dream, the more you will use logic as you would in the real world. Btw, I did not know you were still here, Zoe. Good to see you.

[Maria92]

I'm not a big fan of lucid supplements personally, and it sounds like you don't need them, either. That is excellent progress, and you're definitely on the right track. Doing math problems and such will definitely stabilize the dream, as you're using a part of the brain dealing with conscious thought, and by doing problems, you wake it up to a certain degree. You might want to "practice" throughout the day. Pretend that you just realized you were dreaming at random intervals, then go through what you would do to first stabilize the dream. I recommend additional reality checking and some mental math, and also getting a feel for your senses. Good luck!