Thread: Lucid dreaming help

Yes lucid dream, you probably got to excited or your mind got overworked. Keep trying and you will eventually get good long lucid dreams

When you become lucid in a dream. Your brain tries to wake you up. There are ways to counter-act this though. One way, as dutchraptor explained was to stay calm once you become lucid. Becoming overly exited in a lucid dream is a killer when it comes to premature awakenings. You can also try to take things slow and don't do huge crazy things like blowing up buildings or nuking a city. Take things slow at first. You can also do stabilization techniques which are HIGHLY effective when it comes to prolonging a lucid dream. Here are some common ones!

1. Touch: Touch everything around you the minute you become lucid Touch the floor, the walls, buildings, grass, act. This will help "anchor" yourself in a dream.
2. Spinning: Once a dream starts to look blurry or less vivid, spin around rapidly with your arms out for a good 10-20 seconds. You might end up in a completely different place, but the dream will re-stabilize.
3. Look down at your hands and yell "Clarity Now!" when you look up, things should look more vivid and stable.
4. Diving: When a dream is beginning to end, or whenever, dive into the ground. You will probably reach complete blackness, but than a completely new dream will open up. This is similar to DEILD in the sense that you can chain dreams.
5. Rubbing Hands: If you become lucid in a blurry dream, or the dream is ending, rub your hands vigorously and the dreamscape will re-stabilize.

Hey original poster, the same thing happens to me. JbIb is right, you need to just take it slow and anchor yourself. I am getting better though!