First extreme lucid experience, seeking advice

[altunderctrl]

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

[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 . 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

[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 . 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) : 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

[Higat]

Glad I could help Good luck !

[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!

[altunderctrl]

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