Waking Up Options

I keep realizing I'm dreaming, then trying to lucid dream, but just waking up instead. I can make maybe a few minor things happen, but they blur and I awaken very quickly. Any tips?

I keep realizing I'm dreaming, then trying to lucid dream, but just waking up instead. I can make maybe a few minor things happen, but they blur and I awaken very quickly. Any tips?

Well that is another step in the right direction. It comes as a shock to your mind to realize that you’re dreaming. I have found that you can trick you mind into making the transition to lucid dreaming without that shock by realizing with the same jolt that you are “dreaming” while waking. As you go about the day, stop and look around, say to yourself “I’m dreaming” and attempt to suddenly realize where you are. In that the mind becomes used to being shocked. The Other trick I have learned is to be so tired that even the shock of realizing you’re dreaming does not wake you. To this end I recommend beer.

Alcohol has a sedative property which keeps you in a sound sleep. It also has the useful effect of suppressing dreaming. It sounds odd, but you can take advantage of your minds need to dream by suppressing that ability for a time. When you allow your mind to dream again, it will attempt to make up for all the lost dream time by making your dreams longer and more vivid. Most dreams are short, simple and are therefore had to remember. Longer dreams are also easier to remember because they have a plot. Something happens, and that leads to something else. Remembering just one part gives you a starting point where you can ask why that happened and what came after.

This is just a technique to help you past this sticking point. At some point you have to go back to normal dreaming. But when you do waking up is not bad. In fact it is useful. After you wake up I assume you jot down quickly everything you can remember, then go back to sleep. When you do focus on the details of the dream you just had. Sometimes, not all the time, but often enough, this allows you to continue the dream.