Thread: my first "LD" failed :(

Your brain panicked because it wasn't sure about your new found level of consciousness. It wanted to figure out what was going on and in order to do that, it had to wake up the logical centre of your brain, waking you up. Your brain has to get used to it, the only way to get past it is to lucid dream more

Originally Posted by ctn29

so after reading up on lucid dreaming for a couple of days, I decided I wanted to actually try it. So after a few nights, I finally realized I was dreaming, I now realize I probably took things way too fast, but I was in this building and i for some reason had to escape, right when I had to escape, I realized I was dreaming. My first reaction was to get the hell out of there, and I flew extremely fast, lowering my shoulder into the door and flying a little away from the building. This all happened in around 2 seconds, then it seemed like the dream faded and I realized I was just lying in my bed.

How could I have stayed in my dream, and remained lucid? Any tips? What did I do wrong? thanks

i have had this and i picture a mini me spinning really fast in the blackness when it fades to black and almost every time i get back to the dream.
i always also picture the last scene of the dream as well at the same time

Hey Ctn, welcome to DV. Check out the dream stabilization tutorial, it should give you some hints on how to actually remain within the dream. On the other hand, if you HAVE woken up from a lucid, imo that is the IDEAL time to use the DEILD technique and get right back into a lucid dream. Check out those links, they should give you the info you need and if you've got any questions or need clarification please ask. Congrats on the lucid

Welcome to Dreamviews, ctn29.

To be honest, the fact that you realized you were dreaming meant that you didn't fail at all. Of course, you're disappointed that you woke up out of surprise, but that's a normal thing to experience if you're just starting. The dream stability link Shift posted will give you good information.

A tip from my behalf would be to stop focusing on the fact that you just became lucid when you are, and to focus on what you want to do. You can be happy in the morning when you wake up, after you've flown over the atmosphere or dived to the depths of the oceans. But when you're lucid it's best to keep your cool and do something, or else you might just wake up.

Congratulations on your lucid, and may you have many more in the future.

My second LD was something similar...

I see this big refrigrator robot walking towards me to get me, then I suddently realize I am dreaming and the first thing I could think about was to fly away as fast as possible. So I did so and the dream just faded when I had been flying for some seconds.

After that I began reading more about it and how I could stabilize my dreams and now they are way longer. And I am pretty sure that if I got lucid inside a nightmare I would just change it or beat the monsters ass instead of getting the hell out of there.

I stabilized myself in a recent lucid dream by punching the surfaces of the inside of the car I was in. I just started smacking everything within reach, the pain was minimal, and the tensing of my muscles got the car moving, even though there was no driver.

I think the reason you wake up so soon is an overload of excitement, as other important DV members have said. A little is just enough to keep you from slipping back to non-lucid, too much will make you wake up. After a few lucid dreams, you should be able to remind yourself mid-dream to "stay calm" and "focus" and things like this. These have worked for me.