For the past 4 nights I have been able to have a lucid dream almost every night (yay). The problem is they have all ended in under 30 seconds. One was my own fault because I got too excited. The others though... I don't know. They have just been "fading to black" so to speak. Last night I decided to kind of take a break, I went to bed without any intention of having a lucid dream at all. Well I had a lucid dream anyway, and as soon as I became lucid it began to fade like the past few nights. I had set it in my mind to take it slow this time so I didn't lose it. So I did the hand rubbing thing which worked WONDERS on August 1st(the only lucid I've had more than 45 seconds). It worked for all of 10 seconds and then it faded to black and I woke up. I understand that I am still new to this and all, hell I've come pretty damn far since July 16th when I started trying. Still, it is rather disconcerting and it upsets me. I want to know if this has happened to anyone else, and if so what did you do to remedy it?