Trouble keeping dreams stable.

I still need more practice on how to get lucid dreams, but I do stumble upon them occasionally. It seems that since I've been doing some research, I've been able to remember things I've read to practice staying inside the dream. For example, just last night I had this experience: I realized I was dreaming, and as soon as this happened, I asked myself, "Am I dreaming?", looked at my hands, spun around, and looked at the ground, as these were techniques I've read about. Still, I was hardly able to move my body in any desired direction, or make things appear as I wanted them. I remembered one last technique, and that was to fall on my back. Well, once I did that I wasn't able to keep my balance and woke up from that point. Obviously, I'm very new to this whole thing. If anyone could give me any pointers as to what else I could try, or tell me what I'm doing wrong, it would be greatly appreciated.

Hi BuzzmFrog,
Congratulations with the LD's.
Firstly, you are doing nothing wrong. In fact, to be able to do RC's already in a dream is a major positive step towards control. Control takes time. It is important not to try too hard or excited as you can wake up, or have a FA.
You have to remember the dreamworld has different rules to the waking one - we, when learning try to carry these rules (from reality) of how things should operate when we are lucid.
One thing you could try is saying what you want to do out loud. Tell the dream what you want to do - but one step at a time.
My experience in one dream was I realised I was dreaming & suddenly I couldn't see properly, except for this grey fog. I had read on this site about someone using a pair of 'dream goggles', so I used these in my dream & it worked.

So be willing to try new things. You will get new problems & challenges whilst lucid dreaming as your subconscious tries to trick you back into the dream again. (It does try this with me!)

lastly keep a dream journal to help you recall dreams - even 'ordinary' ones, as they all help.

Regards,

RobStar

Thanks for the tips! They will certainly stay on my mind.

A good way to stabilize your dream is to involve all your senses and just feel the dream, let go of all your outside senses. Also if you can't move, just relax and know that you can. Just relax for a few seconds or maybe a minute. Once you have done that you should be able to move.

Good luck dude!

Hello and welcome to DV!!

A good technique is to rub your hands together to help stabalize the dream/increase the vividness.

Sometimes when you have trouble moving (walking or something) it helps to try to use a different way to move... Like try drifting, floating, etc. to get to your destination. The more practice you have controlling your dreams, the easier it will become :) And again, welcome! :cookiemonster: