Quote Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue View Post
I'm thinking a combination? Like, succumbing to the false sense of urgency caused you to get too pumped and woke you up. I've been talking to alot of members about stress and worry in lucid dreams. I think too much negative thinking can cause a lucid dream to go non lucid, or one may even wake up prematurely. Not that your sense of urgency was negative per say, but I'm wondering what the effects are on lucid dreams when the dreamer gets too caught up on any one thing. Especially when a sense or feeling of failure arises from it. I haven't researched this fully, because it's something I just noticed with my own dreams. Just something to think about.

I'm thinking yes to this, especially if similar things like this happen again. It seems like sometimes even a simple change of focus is helpful. I read an article recently about how changing focus in a lucid dream helps sustain it. Might be a useful thing to have on hand when a dream gets stuck, or too drawn out on one theme. I hope I'm wording this ok. Anyway, I'll see if I can find that article.
All right, many thanks for the feedback! It's like you say, positive or negative, any focus on just one aspect of the dream is bound to yield a lack of control. In this case, if I'd been paying some additional heed to my emotional state, there's a good chance that I'd have recognized my "whee! lucidityyyyy!" excitement was getting out of hand. That moment where I found myself slightly confused as to what to do probably pushed me over the edge.

As for changing focus, I know exactly what you mean. It's so easy to get caught up in the currents of the dream world. I imagine that it takes loads of practice to sense when you're being pulled under and know that the dream will wait until you have things sorted out. Very easy to forget that by definition you are the protagonist and the story's going nowhere without you in it.

I really appreciate the advice!