Thread: Problem With 3rd Person Lucids

So I was walking down this dark purple hallway in a dream, and I begin to get really freaked out. I'm like: WHERE THE CRAP AM I? HOW DID I GET HERE?
I finally get to the conclusion that I'm dreaming, and I don't question it. I look around and realize that I'm in the house of the girl I have a crush on. I decide to look for her and just turn around and there she is, I walk up to her and try and kiss her, but I miss and like, go above her head. She giggles and I get frustrated. I finally grabbed her head and then pull our lips together and kiss her for about a second. Her dad walks in the room and says something completely unrelated. He seems okay with us kissing.
So then I look down at my hands, and they are completely distorted. My index finger is all smushed and other fingers are crooked... it was gross and weird so I looked away and looked in a mirror to see what I looked like in my mind. I looked exactly the same as I do in real life except my hair was black and just looked cooler somehow...
So then I go into a cavern and I'm with a group. These sci-fi vampire things start threatening my group, and I'm suddenly in third person, watching everything from an angle. This is frustrating and I try and pull myself into my body but to no avail. I'm starting to get really freaked out from the vampires and then I realize that this is MY dream and I don't want to be scared by stupid vampires. I make like a monster truck crash in the cave and make a huge explosion kill all the vampires.
I lose lucidity and have a really weird dream afterwards.

Okay, so how do I get myself back into first person? I really hate watching things from a distance. I'd much rather live them through. I imagine that maybe trying to move my hand or something like that would make my brain realize that I'm still in a body, but are there any other suggestions?