First time trying last night

Hey, I tend to have very vivid dreams and can recall a fair emount of stuff happening in them, in fact to the point my mates are normally like 'how the feck can you remember all that, your dreams are epic' :cheeky: So last night I tried for my first induced lucid dream, Iv been aware iv been in a dream before but never been able to take control of it and again the same thing happened last night.

I used the timer with the beeps as a wake up/reminder im asleep and on the first few attempts it just woke me straight up and I instantly turned over but after a few attempts I think I managed to hit sleep paralysis though it felt like it lasted < 30 sec. I lay perfectly still as a woke and eventually it felt like my body was going into a state of panic and when keeping my eyes closed they started rolling around in my head rapidly :S Eventually I snapped out of it and was fully awake again.

After that I found that when ever the timer went off and I was asleep I could hear the timer in the dream and know I was dreaming, however I couldnt contain the dream. Everytime it happened the dream became unstable and I woke up again, I did manage to try some RC's in the dream such as checking my watch but it was staying at the right time (dispite not having a watch on in my bed) and trying to push my finger through my hand which never worked. To stablise the dream I tried to touch the ground but I could feel it quickly fading out and I was straining myself in order to keep the dream in place :(

So.... What are good ways in order to stablise a LD and is it easier to induce LD from allowing my self to fully wake and enter sleep paralysis or use a timer to trigger myself when already dreaming ?

Cheers :)

I usually start touching anything that's near me.If there are no objects nearby I start touching the ground for about 10 seconds.After this I usually rub my hands...I find it pretty effective :cheeky:
You should try as many methods as possible to find out which one works best for you