Problems staying in lucid dreams.

I always get too excited on my dreams (lucids).
Just this morning had my fifth lucid, it started well, I looked at my hands they looked odd like always. My vision went all strange and blurry I could'nt fix it with the usual stabilizing methods. I woke up because I closed my eyes (in the dream). :? I have a thought that this waking up might have happened because of the sunlight that comes from the window.
Anyone else have any ideas?

(Just to mention I also had first time ever 2 lucids in one night :shadewink:)

When you close your eyes, you tend to lose grip on the dreamscape you're in, which has the adverse affect of what most of us want, to stabilize.
If anything use your eyes more, look around, and get a feel for the dream, use your hands to feel fine detail as all these things will anchor you in the dream.
Check out the wikis: Dream Stabilization and Clarity Tutorial - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views
If you do end up fading out, you should attempt a DEILD: DEILD Tutorial - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views
;)

Thx for the reply.

Keep at it! Five lucids isn't nearly enough for you to not get that "newbie excitement." Just live in the moment whenever you get lucid and don't stress yourself. There's no big rush to actually do those stabilization techniques. If you think about doing them (and especially why you are) too much, you'll just wake up yourself up.

Golden rule: Never, EVER close your eyes. The only thing that keeps you in the dream most of the time is your vision. Without it, you won't be able to stay asleep. Good luck!

For me the key word for staying in a lucid dream is: CONNECT. Find something, anything to connect to in your lucid dream. Sometimes I go so far as to throw myself on the floor and rub against the dream landscape, other times I connect with my dream body by staring at my hands *very powerful results*, othertimes I try to fool my mind into thinking that I'm still dreaming and not actually lucid (basically playing along with whatever situations your dreams send you, interACTING with dream characters, etc)