How do you make lucid dreams last longer

i just had my first LD!!! :) but it didn't last that long everything went black as soon as i started flying how do i make them last longer

try doing somthing less thrilling something less likely to excite u like just move thing around or sumthing that way once u get used to lucid dreams u wake less

What blakethegreat said is good, but you're probably thinking " Oh c'mon, I finally get lucid and they want me to do something less exciting than what I had in mind." I would say d what blakethegreat said just until you get the feel of being lucid. After you are used to being lucid(which I suppose will be about 5-10 lucids later) you will be able to do some cool stuff without waking up. However, even masters lose lucidity sometimes, just try to do dream stabilization excercises. This includes rubbing your hands together, shouting "Focus!", etc. Dreamviews has a good dream stabilization and clarity tutorial that can be found here > http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=95034
Good Luck! :okbyenow:

You might have flown too fast: this sometimes causes the dream to blur and destabilize. Or, it might have simply been excitement, in which case this will go away eventually. You'll still experience a jolt of excitement upon lucidity (I still do!) but it won't be enough to wake you up. Another possible reason is you got into your dream activities too quickly after becoming lucid.

Optim's linked a good tutorial so be sure to check it out too.

Ha! In the one I had just the other day I just got too excited from using a technique that is supposed to keep you lucid. When you feel yourself losing lucidity I heard that spinning in circles helps. But it turns out I forgot that in most cases you end up in a completely different area after your done spinning. And I forgot about that and it startled me and I blacked out, lost lucidity and started having some random uncontrollable dream.

Good to hear you are becoming lucid!

The first few times you will become lucid it is quite common to wake.
DONT WORRY!
I prolong my lucid dreams by these rules.

1. When you come lucid, don't get excited (HARD AT FIRST) just relax and think. "Alright i'm lucid."
2. Study your surroundings and to your amazement everything will be of extreme detail.
3. You should try minor control in your lucid dreams at the beginning of learning how to (If any)

TIPS!

Remind yourself every now and again! Because believe it or not. It is possible to lose your lucidity! This is also a cause of shortening peoples lucid dreams.





HAVE FUN