first off, i just wanna say this is a great forum. been lurking for almost 2 months and have gone from remembering like 2% of my dreams to amazing recall and even quite a few lucids.

anyways i have hit a road block. seems like a huge majority of the time (unless i am not aware enough to control my dream self) when i become lucid, i go into instant darkness (i have heard people call it the void i think). so it is just me standing alone in complete black for 5-10 sec. with full control of myself. dream spinning is useless if i can force myself to make a vision blur and rubbing my hands usually end with my dream restarting into a false awakening.

anyone else have a similar problem? i try hard to think about my dream and it is so instant i don't have any time to grab onto anything to try and stay in my dream. next time it happens i wanna try running as fast as i can to try and break free but maybe it's too late when i get to this point because like i said i only have seconds to do what i can before it's totally gone.

thanks! also sorry for my writing. i am using my phone