i have had several lucids now, and the past two nights i got lucid during both.

after becoming lucid i often black out into dark, black, empty dreamspace but the past few times i haven't done that right away. i even managed to summon an object through simply believing it was there. it was a pipe. what was strange, though, is how it morphed shape while i was observing it.

so the past two lucids i've become pre-occupied, after becoming lucid, with letting the dream characters know that "this is a DREAM," by telling them directly. most of the time i am just looked at like i'm stupid or i've even been argued with by my college professor that we are NOT in a dream. anyways how can i stop my pre-occupation with wanting to inform these characters?

another thing, the lucid i had last night i found it very difficult to speak. it's like when i spoke everything went in slow motion and the words don't come out right. it seemed the characters understood what i was saying most of the time, through some sort of telepathy or something. anyways is there something i can do about this slow-motion thing to make it not hinder me?

thanks, looking forward to get more experienced in lucidland.