Mind stopping me from LD

**Blayzeing** · 07-31-2011 10:16 AM

Ok, this is a bit of a weird one, but I didn't know where else to come; I have a feeling it may be manifesting itself around the fact that I am unconfident, but here's the problem:

I tried to WILD and got into the dreamstate, knowing it was a dream. I just needed to reality check to make sure. Then there was this gremlin thing that was saying it wanted to help me by making sure I didn't RC too early and wake myself, but I knew it was 'evil', I then took it's advice but then started to forget that I was dreaming, until eventually I hit it saying that it wouldn't stop me, but it smiled evilly and I just went into a dream.

Does anybody know what is going on, I think my mind is trying to stop me from LDing, and does anybody have a solution?

Many thanks,
Blayzeing

**Darkmatters** · 07-31-2011 11:03 AM

first of all, welcome to DV!!

Was this your first LD? Or have you had others before?

Yeah, it seems like the subconscious wants to run the show, and it gets kinda pissed off when you go lucid, and tries to find ways to trick you out of it. Congrats of even being lucid... that's quite an accomplishment in itself!! And just keep doing it... you'll learn to ignore those pesky little imps! Or maybe dwarf-toss em!

**Blayzeing** · 07-31-2011 04:37 PM

This was my second-ish lucid, although this has happened on may occasions in different ways, for instance having a lucid and then being told it was just a dream that I thought was lucid while in the dream, but then I realised I was actually lucid, many thanks for the help and warm welcome!