Dream signs wake me?!!?

[Robby]

I have only been lucid for one dream that i can remember, and that was when i was young, i knew it was a dream because it was a repeat dream with a cartoon character. Since then every time i realize I'm dreaming I instantly wake up. I heard somewhere that spinning your dream body in circles will knock u deeper into the dream, but i havent been able to try this.. does it work? any other ideas on how not to wake up right away when i realize I'm in a dream??

[Lunalight]

The spinning does work; I've done it multiple times in the same dream. Most people wake up the second they become lucid because they are so excited about all the things they can do. It helps to just 'go with the flow' for your first few lucids, until you can remain calm enough to try flying and the like. Rubbing your hands together and falling backwards also solidify dreams. Good luck, I hope I helped!