Am I the only one...

**Waterknight** · 11-16-2010 12:10 AM

who doesnt wake up when I close my eyes in a dream? I see all kinds of posts about waking up if you close your eyes and I just dont get t. That has never hapened to me. It has caused the dream to change before but even then is only if I want it to.

Unless Im trying to teleport by closing my eyes and visualizing a new location everything stays exactly the same just as it woud in real life.

**Hukif** · 11-16-2010 12:55 AM

I don't wake up either, so no, you aren't the only one.
I guess it has to do with the general stability of dreams for people, mine are pretty stable, so that must be why.

**Puffin** · 11-16-2010 08:01 PM

Maybe because you still manage to keep awareness on your surroundings?

I always wake up when I open my eyes.

**Phoinix** · 11-16-2010 08:27 PM

It's all about concentration. If your having a lucid dream and want to wake up you have to concentrate on doing so, even when having a non lucid dream. I stand completely still in my dream and concentrate on basically zoning into my body and out of my mind. Thats just me, sometimes it takes a while.

**Robot_Butler** · 11-16-2010 10:41 PM

I try not to, because it is not worth the risk. Sometimes it wakes me up, sometimes it sends me into a false awakening, other times, it just changes the dream scene. Anytime you distance yourself from the dream environment, you run the risk of becoming aware of your physical body, back in bed. I try to stay engaged visually and physically to keep the dream vivid.

**Waterknight** · 11-19-2010 12:10 AM

but even without vision you still have at least 4 other senses and because its a dream maybe even more than that. Losing one shouldnt have that much affect. You can still hear and smell and feel and maybe taste if you are in a tasting situation lol.

**moongrass** · 11-19-2010 12:16 AM

In one LD I closed my eyes before going into a room and I when I opened my eyes I could just walk in, so I agree: all about concentration.

**Wristblade56** · 11-29-2010 12:15 AM

I remember in one LD i went outside through the back door to my house, and it was dark. i noticed a pair of night vision goggles on the ground, and put them on, closing my eyes as i did so, and i had no problems AT ALL. everything was the same when i opened them, except for the fact that i had night vision goggles on. although i did wake up shortly after, i don't think it had anything to do with that. i think it's belief. if you think you'll wake up if you close your eyes, you will. but no, you're not the only one.

**iFatal** · 11-29-2010 04:58 AM

I closed my eyes in a LD once I had a false awakening

**Kaira** · 11-29-2010 12:50 PM

Nah, I haven't woken up from closing my eyes before. Although, the times that I did close my eyes I wasn't lucid. Once I spun around to teleport to a different scene and I didn't wake up from it. Actually, I usually only wake up when I'm at the end of my dreams, even when I've wanted to wake up I couldn't.

**moongrass** · 11-30-2010 08:07 PM

Originally Posted by iFatal

I closed my eyes in a LD once I had a false awakening

yes I have had that, now tho I always make sure to rc as soon as I wake up. Last night for the first time I woke up when I closed my eyes, I just had to open my mouth!

**Raspberry** · 11-30-2010 08:55 PM

Sometimes, sometimes not. I usually see through my eyelids, except not everything's as clear. So therefore I don't close my eyes

**GabrielG** · 12-04-2010 08:41 PM

I'm the same

**juroara** · 12-06-2010 05:53 AM

Spinning never worked for me. But closing my eyes is a sure way to get a vivid and lucid FA

**Waterknight** · 12-06-2010 06:12 AM

Only one time has closing my eyes ever caused me to wake up. It wasnt a lucid dream either. i thought i was going to bed I closed my eyes and then fell back onto my bed. As soon as I hit my pillow I woke up in the exact same position in real life.