Originally Posted by ToySoldier And when I do realize I'm dreaming, I get the feeling that I'm falling back, and then I wake up. So terrible. When becoming lucid, have you tried stabilization? Dream Stabilization and Clarity Tutorial - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views , when used correctly, it can prolong the lucid dreams. And don't be discouraged by short lucid dreams, we all start somewhere and it will definitely improve with practice, in those cases it also could have been that you became lucid at the end of the REM since we are more aware at that time. Keep going!
Since you did realized that you were dreaming, you were lucid, congrats!