if i'm in the middle of a dream and then become aware, i can be anywhere, but it is then the excitement of becoming lucid that makes me wake up.

if i go into a dream fully aware (eg, as i am falling asleep i know i am entering a dream is this called WILD?), it seems to be then i get the problems of just being stuck in my room

to be honest, getting downstairs into my hallway is the furtherest i've ever managed to get when i've been fully lucid throughout...

perhaps i'm still trying to cling onto this 'awake' reality which is affecting my 'dream' reality.