I've been browsing this forum and attempting my own lucid dreams since late April, but had a big break due to stress fractures in my shins and the grueling pain resulting in waking up in the middle of the night. But now, I'm back at it again.

Last night, I was falling asleep naturally, attempting to stay awake using the finger method, and about 20 minutes in -- pretty sure I was near lucidity -- I hear a noise that sounds like 3 thuds in ascending or descending heights in my closet, which is straight past my feet. The sound was similar to something from paranormal activity, and may actually be a memory from creating a video 'normal activity.' Either way, the sound scared the nuts out of me and I jolted up and it appeared as if my cat (at my feet) was staring at the sound--startled, too, maybe.

I'm wondering if this is simply a recurring memory or something that almost seems to prevent me from going lucid. When I think about the sound, it gives me severe chills and freaks me out, and I'm pretty sure I've heard it before when attempting to WILD. I wrote it down last night, though.

Nothing was out of my place in my closet or anything, and so I'm just wondering if it could be almost like a false awakening. Strange, but I looked at my clock and it was 11:02, then 11:03, then 11:04 consecutively. But I was awake clearly because my light worked. Anyways, any ideas as to what this could be? It freaks me out and highly discourages me from trying to lucid again..