So I've always been able to recognize that I'm in a dream. Not all the time, but every so often. I can usually logically understand if I'm in a dream or not, but I have a hard time remaining lucid.

Last night I had my longest one, using the hand technique. I recognized that I was in it, by looking at my hands, they would be cut off or fade away. Also, when I would look into mirrors my image would fade. I mainly concentrated on bringing certain people into it when I would turn corners and whatnot, but wasn't very successful. I kept having these false awakenings, each time I would look down at my hands, or check the time, to be sure i was still dreaming. It seemed like every time I tried to change the scenery, I would have a false awakening.

I'm wondering what kind of techniques i can use to be better at bringing in people into the dream, and stop what I call, "dream resetting," where I keep waking up or being placed in the beginning when i focus too hard.

Also, I think I began to think a little bit too hard... I started to think about whether the sleep i was getting was very efficient because I felt fully conscious. this is when I let myself lose control of the dream, because I kept thinking about it.