Hi! I'm new here. I just joined this morning, having had my very first lucid dream last night after months of dream "training". I have been learning about lucid dreaming, doing reality checks, writing down my dreams religiously, etc. and last night it finally paid off. However, when I awoke from the lucid dream, it was a false awakening and I was still dreaming only this time I forgot I was lucid.

When I first realized I was lucid in the dream (within-a-dream?), the shock of it nearly woke me up, so I kept spinning around until I felt grounded (I've heard that helps to keep you from waking up). Then I flew over a lake and I tried to pick things up using telekinesis (didn't work, unfortunately). Anyway, then I "woke up", but I was still dreaming. So I can't figure out whether I really had a lucid dream or not? Or whether I just dreamed I was lucid? Also, how can I have better luck next time? Thanks