Thread: this was from october 6 (sorry its kinda long and fragmented)

Ok so this is the strangest dream I have ever had. From October 6.

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Had connor in stroller
He had blues clues blanket
Grocery store
Danielle...ex girlfriend
Another girl. I guess hher new girlfriend.
cheapest water bottle because I only had a dollar
Danielle offered to pay
Library
Found a book I wanted
Did not have library card
Danielle let me use hers
When we were leaving store she said her mom wanted her to go to.school to be a professional robber
I told her I was sstudying to work in the legal system
go outside library
Somehow Connor is in his stroller out in cold
Start walking to her apartmment
Some sort of bridge seemed flimsy
became afrqid of heights
Got down to Connor's level realize he is not with blanket
She offers to help pay for one
start walking to store
I ask why she is doing these things for mme
She says she is not because she is not really there
Sstarted walking was alone
See little kid with Connor's blanket lay down to sleep with it behind a dumpster
somehow get home I think at my dads
Turn on a dream record app because Connor asleep and i am tired
Go to bed
Dream about a train going inand out of a wall
dream about something scary unsure
Wake up look at clock 10:26 pm...THOUGHT I WAS REALLY AWAKE
Went to talk to my dad he ask why did I send him strange pictures
They are of train
but they had sound
played sound it was me panting talking scared help me help me
REALIZE I AM NOT AWAKE
reverts back to bed
Wake up look at clock 10:39 pm... THOUGHT I WAS REALLY AWAKE
Kay sitting on island in fear
REALIZE I AM NOT AWAKE
reverts back to bed
Wake up look at clock 10:47 pm... UNSURE OF STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
run straight towards the wall
Beating my head on the wall trying to wake up in real life
Finally woke up

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I tried the clock RC and I could still read clock as you can see. Also tried hand RC, five fingers on each hand, all where they were supposed to be, so I don't know.

Yeah, false awakenings can be tricky, but you have realized that you were dreaming, even if for a bit, so congrats!
Lucid dreams will definitely get longer with practice. As for reality checks, when you do them in waking life do you believe that you might be dreaming and do you expect them to work? If not, do so and actually question reality, here"s a good tutorial to check too: http://www.dreamviews.com/induction-...hecks-rcs.html

Thanks for the link, I will check it out. As for being lucid, I'm getting better and better all the time. I tried WILD during an afternoon nap today and was lucid for the entire 2.5 hour nap. I said "I need a 4 bedroom apartment" and bam there it was. It was great.