First extreme lucid experience, seeking advice

So last night i had a very lucid dream, i havn't had one in a while and this time i was completely aware for a long time. I can't remember exactly how it started but when it did i decided right away to fly. It was night, in a big city with street lights, almost industrialised city and i was standing at a rooftop. I took of and were flying for about 4-5 minutes and i then decided to fall, expecting to wake up, but i didn't, i kept dreaming and the dream changed, i was still lucid. I was confused because every time i decide to fall i wake up. This time i was in a apartment, and in my dream i decided to sleep again, this time becoming even more lucid. I ended up at a party and it was now things started to creep me out. I was so aware that it was all a dream.

All my friends were there, but i knew they wasn't, it was just a dream, they were projections of my idea of them, and when i talked to them, they answered ;we are all you; this made me scared because i didn't like the fact that they were made up by me, not real. I stayed at the party and let the dream play out, they we're just talking like normal but as soon as i started questioning them they kept saying ;we are all you;. I wanted to wake up now, so i took a bottle, smashed in half and stuck right in my throat so blood was pouring out. I didn't wake up, the wound healed and i was frustrated that i was stuck.

When i finally wake up, i wake up to myself screaming in bed, also a woman was screaming, why? When i woke up i was halucination for about 2minutes and couldn't move and the fear kicked in. When i was completely wake i felt like i had waked up from about 2-3 dreams, each deeper than the other.

I can't help to draw some parallels to the movie inception, with different levels of dreaming and the mind projections. My question is, why couldn't i wake up and why was i hallucination? Why was it two voices screaming as i woke up? I feel like iv'e gained more respect for the conscious dreaming and it's meaning. Any good interperter who could tell me what exactly was going on in my dreams?

Peace out - Altunderctrl

Well I' m not an expert, but here is what I think :
-The "different dream levels" are just false awakening (FA), in which you dream that you wake up. This is a very common experience especially among lucid dreamers, nothing to worry about ;).
-Why couldn't you wake up? You don' t have to shove a bottle up your throat, you can just think about waking up and close your eyes (that was pretty courageous though, I tried to kill myself in a dream but I chickened out lol). It' s not like inception; you can easily die in a dream and not wake up :content:.
Also I think that the fear that you were experiencing made you stay. You might have feared to not be able to wake up.
-The two voices when you woke up probably were hallucinations. If you couldn't move, it might have been the outcome of the fear that you had during a sleep paralysis (SP) :
SP - Sleep Paralysis - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

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Originally Posted by Higat

Well I' m not an expert, but here is what I think :
-The "different dream levels" are just false awakening (FA), in which you dream that you wake up. This is a very common experience especially among lucid dreamers, nothing to worry about ;).
-Why couldn't you wake up? You don' t have to shove a bottle up your throat, you can just think about waking up and close your eyes (that was pretty courageous though, I tried to kill myself in a dream but I chickened out lol). It' s not like inception; you can easily die in a dream and not wake up :content:.
Also I think that the fear that you were experiencing made you stay. You might have feared to not be able to wake up.
-The two voices when you woke up probably were hallucinations. If you couldn't move, it might have been the outcome of the fear that you had during a sleep paralysis (SP) :

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Yeah, i think i've probably made some inception relations unconsciously and then made a foundation on dream works at that, and when you explain it, it sounds so much more logical :) I don't have a network of "dreamers" around me so when I try to explain to a friend they don't get me at all. I've had a couple of lucid dreams, mostly i decide to fly then wake up, other dreams im not lucid but they are very clear. I only made this account because i was very scared after the experience.

Yeah the bottle in the throat thing was kind of a last resort, but i was very very aware that i was dreaming so i knew deep down it wouldn't hurt me. But still, this was my first extreme lucid experience, with complete awareness, i felt almost more aware in the dream than i do in real life so i was scared when it played out. Yeah the hallucinations thing was almost like, i could see my dream rip from the scene but at the same time i could see the wall in my apartment, so i layed 2 minutes watching the dream and the wall completely frozen. I also had a FA as you call, my first lucid though, when i think back iv'e had many.

Now when i've calmed down i've realised that the dream told me something very important about projections. Like when I meet a friend i already "know" him, i know what kind of humour he likes, what type of drinks, the things happening in his life and I automaticly "project" my own idea of "him" onto him, and that may be something to think about. Because if he leaves the room without me, he may be a completely different person, so we both project an "idea" onto each other.

I'm a deep philosopher, I study loads of text and tried a couple of drugs in spiritual purpose. This experience was probably necessary, so i shouldn't be scared. My next lucid I will try to control and make the best of it. So lucid dreams are new for me, so i have a long way to go. Thanks for your response, it made me see clearer :)

Glad I could help :)
Good luck !

I really feel like iv heard someone on dreamviews with almost this exact dream and everything...I could be wrong. Not exactly sure. Anyways pretty crazy dream!

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Originally Posted by rastro13

I really feel like iv heard someone on dreamviews with almost this exact dream and everything...I could be wrong. Not exactly sure. Anyways pretty crazy dream!

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That would be pretty wicked since it's the first time im on this forum ever :o