Sluggish dream state

[Levi1057]

I have been having a recurring problem. I have been having false awakenings that I can instantly recognize as false. After I recognize them I usually become lucid. But as I begin to move It feels like my body is extremely heavy and that I am very fatigued. I often have to crawl about on my hands and knees while my vision attempts to focus. The whole experience is something that resembles the feeling of waking up belligerently drunk after being awake for 3 days and only sleeping for 2 hours. (Not that thats ever happened to me .) Does anyone else ever have a feeling of fatigue so strong that you can even hold yourself up? Is there a technique for shaking of this dream disorientation?

[wombing]

i've had this happen. sometimes it works to tell myself "i am dreaming, so fatigue doesn't apply here unless i let it", and then imagine energy coursing through me. other times nothing i do works.

[Amethyst Star]

Well, there's only one thing I can think of. During lucidity, feelings become very real and perception not so much so. You know how you may often have a stray thought while dreaming and then have it suddenly appear? Try something to that extent. When you're feeling sluggish, don't try moving like you would when you're awake. Try imagining that you're moving normally, and it might help focusing as if you were in 3rd person. Does your vision blur or darken when you become lucid? That often happens to me and I haven't had enough LDs to know how to fight through it except just to wait it out. -Amé