Lucid Dreaming practice

[Critical_Scribe]

About 15 years ago I tried a little Lucid Dreaming, it only took me a week or so to "wake up inside a dream." However it would only last for about 3-5 seconds or so and I would start buzzing and wake up. After 3 attempts and waking up within 10 seconds of realizing I was Lucid, I sort of gave up just figuring it was not for me.

When I found this forum a few weeks ago, I spent hours reading Erin's blogs along with posts in here and decided to try it again. Last night I became Lucid in a dream, but same thing happened, I started feeling a buzzing like my hair was standing straight up and within second awoke in my bed.

Has anyone else had this happened when they first started out? How do I "stay asleep" after I become Lucid?

[Freelancer]

I'm not a adapt lucid dreamer but these are the suggestions I found on the internet;
Spinning, spinning inside the dream supposedly makes it last longer. You might experience a false awakening afterwards though.
Don't get excited inside the dream, if you get excited you'll be 'trown out' almost immediatley...

[Andy]

I don't lucid dream often but today after a long break from it I had a series of them. During one of the first ones I remember starting to think "ack, it'd be horrible if I woke up from this" and then sure enough just then those doubts catapulted me out of the dream. I fell asleep again and during the next lucid dream, I said to myself in a commanding tone "Control NOW", and the dream became much more stable.

[Sam988]

yea.. me too, as soon as i realize im dreaming, i wake up some seconds later.

[dor]

Originally Posted by Sam988

yea.. me too, as soon as i realize im dreaming, i wake up some seconds later.

i was able to have a vivid, lucid dream pretty much how i wanted the first time i tried...and haven't been able to replicate since

[Dilman]

I've been recording my dreams for several months, and I juts had my first lucid dream a few days ago. I'm amazed I didn't wake up, because I was extremely excited.