Struggling To Stay Lucid

Doing whatever I can to stay dreaming

I became partially lucid the moment this dream began. There was no pre-established narrative, and not much scenery other than a long and empty train track stretching into the distance surrounded by shrubbery on either side.

After the initial shock of becoming lucid, I searched my mind for my lucid dreaming goal. This was surprisingly challenging, but it eventually came; ‘Stay lucid for as long as possible!’

Almost instantly the dream started to fade. First to black and white, then to total darkness. I tried to spin to stabilise the dream, but it had no effect. So I moved on to rubbing my hands together furiously and repeating the words ‘I am lucid dreaming right now’ out loud.

The dream stabilised. I walked and explored for a while continuing to rub my hands and repeating the words.

I came across a couple of dream characters and asked them for assistance remaining in the dream, but their responses were literal gibberish.

The dream went to end another two times following a similar pattern: The graphics became cartoony, then black and white, then darkness, then I would go deaf. The physical feeling of my hands rubbing and the repetition of the words kept bringing me back from the brink of waking.

This lucid dream was significant as I was able to repeatedly stabilise and prolong the dream; something I haven’t been able to do prior.

What’s more, I was also able to exert some ‘powers’ during the dream. Using my hand, I was able to call over an object, getting it to fly towards me. Next time I will play with the multiplication of objects or with changing their size.

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