Lately I've been able to become lucid quite often in my dreams. About 2-3 times a month, but I am having a problem. Every time I become concious of my dream, I find myself laying in my bed in my dark room not being able to move every single time I become lucid. My chest also hurts, as if I am having a heart attack or something, then I'd wake up.

Last night I had the same experience, but when I became lucid, I knew that my chest hurting was just a fear or something and wasn't real. So I ignored it. I was able to convince my arms to move and wave them around, but I couldn't get any other part of my body to move. My arms just waved there, and I could make them go through one another. Then I tried to put my hand through my chest and it worked. I still wasn't able to move any other part of my body besides my arms before I woke up.

Is this normal? Will it get better with practice? Are there any techniques?

i'm still quite new to actually becoming lucid.

P.S. I did some searching on the forums, but couldn't really find anything too related to my situation.