Has this ever happened to anyone else?

[LauraB]

Last night I gained lucidity (for the first time ) I'd been doing reality checks and the full works basically but when it came down to it, I gained lucidity from using a technique that you'd use if you were already lucid It's kind of confused me :L What happened was that, in the non-lucid part of the dream, I had lost something important and I needed it but to get it back I was imagining it was behind me and thats when I thought..'It would only be behind me if I was lucid...waaaaait a minuet! I AM!!! ' and then I became lucid for about 4 seconds (in which the whole dream-scape became much clearer and realistic) and then I thought I should try spinning to stabilize but I think I was spinning too fast and I lost focus and woke up... So I was wondering if this had ever happened to anyone else, you know, becoming lucid from trying to do a technique that you would do if you were lucid...complicated I know

[DILDo]

Yes! LOL I spun around too. But you have to even out your concentration.(I know, I know, you're supposed to concentrate that it IS a dream, or you'll forget) BUT! If you think too much about it, you'll exert your thoughts which actually tells mind from matter that it IS reality and wake up. ;[ When you become lucid, try your best to relax. Forgetting that you're lucid MIGHT be better than waking up. Hope this helps!

[faceonmars]

Congrats on gaining lucidity... it was a DILD. I have always found MILD and WILD to last longer... but, hey, that's just my opinion. Congrats, again!