Curse you FALSE AWEKENINGS!!

**lotsofface** · 08-15-2010 10:01 PM

This false awakening thing is starting to get a bit ridiculous. At least 90% of my LDs end in one and I just can't seem to solve the problem. The worst was my most recent LD which was last night/ this morning. In my dream I came to a point where I was on the ground because i fell trying to fly too high, and I knew that I was going to have a false awakening. That's the screwed up part. I mentally prepared for it saying "I'm about to enter a false awakening, do a reality check". So I do enter the FA, but I don't do the reality check! Even worse right when my FA starts my real waking alarm clock goes off.

Will this ever end?!

**Bowie** · 08-15-2010 10:21 PM

Do you do reality checks in the morning when you wake up (for real)? If not you should try and make it a habit, it should eventually get through to your dreams and false awakenings. Maybe put a note next to your bed reminding you to do a RC.

**hadoitz** · 08-15-2010 10:32 PM

I few nights ago my lucid dream also ended in a false awakening.
I did a reality check when I woke up, but when I realized it was a false awakening the dream fades and I started another normal dream

**zwishenzug** · 08-17-2010 09:32 PM

Be sure to embrace your FA's. As with other lucid skills, you have to roll with what you've got. FA's are really valuable since each one is a chance to go lucid. Try tying your recall skills to RCing your awakenings. If we want good recall, we ask ourselves "what was I just dreaming about?" Try to learn to add the question "am I still dreaming?"

**Robot_Butler** · 08-17-2010 10:05 PM

Most of my lucid dreams end with a false awakening, too. You just have to be diligent and attentive. Don't get fooled!

**nobodycares** · 08-19-2010 04:10 AM

I don't get them often, but when I do I get a chain reaction. I once got 4 in a row, and after trying to physically wake up each time I just said "screw it" and gave up. Very annoying to have to re-live the same 10 minutes again and again and again and again!

**Paws** · 08-19-2010 02:52 PM

^So why do you try to wake up instead of continuing the dream?

I've had one false awakening, and I thought it was cool. I was lying on the floor and thought I must have fallen off the couch. I remembered that there is such a thing as FA and felt the floor with my hand. It felt more real than our actual floor, and I was disappointed. Then I remembered to do a nose test, just sat there a while laughing about how well the air flowed, and then went flying.

**goldenaxel321** · 08-19-2010 04:37 PM

I share your pain. 4 in a row last night DX. It's frustrating as hell. I was JUST about to have dinner with my DG then BAM. Awake. Or so I thought. It's annoying.

**MrFantasy** · 08-19-2010 04:56 PM

A strange thought that I had in a dream that actually helped me catch a lot more false awakenings is something along the lines of "If I'm even a little bit still asleep, then I probably haven't actually woken up yet."

**lotsofface** · 08-21-2010 04:38 AM

One thing that I noticed about my FA is that every single time there has been someone else in the room. Which never happens in real life. That's what I can use to catch them I hope.