Thread: Hello. Beginner here.

Me and the dancing bananas welcome you to Dreamviews!

You say that spinning "and such" don't help you prolong the dream, what else have you tried? I sometimes find spinning makes my dreams fade as well. I suggest trying rubbing your hands together if you haven't already, but the most important thing is to BELIEVE WITH ALL YOUR HEART that the dream won't fade. All doubt must be erased, it it will be for naught. Thats the best advice I can give, good luck!

The "and such" basically entails some other techniques I've read in books and on the web. Focusing on one point, willing the dream to stabilize, trying to create something, are a few I have tried. Honestly, it's gotten to the point where the dreams starts to fade that I just let it go, because I know I'm going to have a false awakening most likely. However, I don't seem to be as lucid when I have the false awakening. I have "some control", but I'm not entirely like my normal dream self when I'm lucid.

Stuff that's helped prolong my lucid dreams:

Touching stuff - tactile sensations always stabilize my dreams
Shouting out loud "I'm dreaming!" or "I'm lucid!" works really loud, too.
Simply looking at my hands.

Hope that helps.

Welcome TJ! Ooh, I hate sleep paralysis.. it has only happened a couple of times but I hated it, it's an awful feeling!

Has your sleep schedule changed? Has your diet changed? Have you started sleeping in a new location? These are all the obvious things that could cause a seemingly random increase in number of lucid dreams.

The problem of lucid dreams ending too quickly is a common one. What helps me to stop it is to look at my hands once my vision fades, and keep looking until I can see again. I think the biggest cause of this problem is that your mind doesn't become clear enough to become lucid until the dream is already almost over. For most people, the problem goes away as they begin to have less difficulty recognizing that they're dreaming, and thus can become lucid earlier in their dreams.

Originally Posted by Serith

Has your diet changed?

Actually, yes. I actually just started what is know as the KETO diet. High fats, low carbs. Anyway, one of the side effects my trainer told me about was changes in sleep(longer, shorter, etc.). My sleep schedule itself hasn't changed, but I have been having lucid dreams more often. Unfortunately, I don't think this is a cause, because I have been having this surplus of lucid dreams for several weeks and I've only been on the KETO diet for about 2 weeks.

One thing I have noticed is that when I try to have a lucid dream, I don't. It seems like they happen most often when I'm not really thinking about them. Weird, right?

Anyway, thanks for the welcomes and advice all.