In my recent attempts at lucidity I've been slipping into this state where my body is still "switched on", so to speak, so when I dreamt it was more like I was imagining the events rather than experiencing them. The really irritating thing was the fact that in this state I'm aware that it's a dream and everything but any attempt to do anything just tips me back into regular consciousness.

Examples: Lest night I tried the WBTB method and when I went back to sleep I was picturing this scene in the african plains except it was more like I was a spectator to the events that unfolded rather than actually being involved.

And before that, while I was in a similar state, my previous dream seemed to end with some sort of "advertisement" for a book in which the character has several lucid dreams. As if the dream was some how "taunting" me with the idea of it.

Has anyone else ever had this issue? Anything that anyone can recommend to do about it? I've heard that binaural beats can help dream states.