Forget me not

[Mr.Flip]

dude, so i had this dream 2 nights ago in which i became lucid but not fully, now i dont usually focus at all when im dreaming or sleeping but inevitably it happens and well in this dream i realized i was doing so BUT, as soon as i realized i was dreaming i sorta forgot or went along with the fact i was dreaming and let "IT" control what happened.

i dont know im guessing i wasnt fully aware but i knew i was dreaming, ok my bad the dream went like this..

at the beginning I was on my way to go get my FOID and i remembered being really excited but i hadnt realized i was dreaming yet..
i was hanging around with my sister because she and i were speaking when i brought up how i had gone a got my FOID card and how i bought 2 pistols, i showed her and im guessing she took them because she said she needed them or how she wanted to show someone no harm at all, and im guessing in the exchange of the guns i had realized i was dreaming because there was literally no way i could get 2 pistols that fast legally where i live in the physical world lol so there was this whole 2 day gap missing. in the same moment i realized i was dreaming and became lucid for some reason i let myself go into the "storymode/dream mode", im sure i getting less aware of my surroundings .
After having my moment my dream proceeded, i was walking down a straight long narrow path way coming down away from lighthouse that was seated on a cliff over looking the sea to my left. I wasn't looking back but i knew where i had just came from (Ive never seen the place at all) and i was making my way away from it, i was also well aware of the man who was at the top of the pathway in front of the lighthouse, He had a gun.
Needless to say i was embracing myself for a shot the whole time i was walking away i could feel a tention, when i got down to the end of the pathway to make a right to a bridge BANG! i felt a good pinch and a warm very warm and wet sensation on my neck, the pain still hadnt settled in yet and i knew what was going on so i panicked and rushed for my sister
LOL when i got to my sister and retrieved my guns i knew i was dreaming again but just like before i ignored it but more immediately than before, i snapped back to lucid mode for less than a second when i realized there was no way i could have made it to my sis with a bullet wound in my neck with atleast not passing out cuz she was far

what would make it easier to hold that lucid?? or keep that state of mind busy in order to not wander off and then switch back to dream mode

[roman67]

When you are aware that you are dreaming then do some reality checks to control your dream.

[Astralzombie]

When you gain your awareness it helps to focus on the object or event. For example, when you first realized you were dreaming because you realized that you could not buy guns in the physical that quickly, if you would have remained focused on that fact, you could have easily phased out of that dream and into another of your choice or turned it into an OOBE. The important thing is to notice your awareness and take control.

[Mr.Flip]

hmm so when u say focus in on that moment do u mean start asking myself questions, for example why cant i legally but these quickly? where cant i buy these quickly? where must i be then to buy these quickly?

like i said as soon as i became lucid i let it go too, its the same feeling i get everytime it happens like if my vision suddenly becomes wider from the narrow outlook.

[Astralzombie]

YES. Exactly. Sorry, I should have told you how to do that. Question that weird fact like you said with examples and your awareness will get stronger. A lot of people end up waking up. Instead of trying to sleep right off, focus on having an OOBE, and many, many times you will. You're just taking advantage of the right state of mind that you happen to wake up in.

[Mr.Flip]

nice, so automatically think why? lol just like in real life, well thats not at all difficult to me in reality

The Real reason i have Trouble is that im so conformed with using my body for any motion what so ever, everytime i get just a lil lucid or even when im just awarelessly dreaming i trying using my real body to metaphysically run, jump, fly, walk, shake hands, grab things eh u get the picture

[Astralzombie]

"nice, so automatically think why?"

It's the easiest way to "catch" your awareness. Since most normal dreams just run their course with little conscious input, it becomes odd to us and therefore sticks out. When something sticks out, you start to pay attention. When you start to pay attention, your awareness grows stronger. See the loop I'm running in?

[Mr.Flip]

of course i get your loop im just having troubles of actually doing so, i dont ever try i do and thats whats getting at me right now is that im not doing just trying. but i love getting others opinions on personal techniques and facts 
personal reason eh everyone gets caught up with time and sleep really and i dont know why i just dont like to sleep i like to be awake in the physical doing things communicating with people, lol just like my father its hard for me to sleep before midnight i love to sleep late and wake early but my father is the sure reason why i do not doubt astralprojection, around my age is when he started to explore then later on he stopped or didnt need to, he already learned what was needed from it to fullfil his life.

(in reality im addicted to this computer, dude i can do so many things on it in the physical that doesnt change over time)

[Astralzombie]

I know it sux but it takes most people some time. It took me just over a month. I know that's not long at all but what helped me was never doubting it, so I'm glad to hear you don't either. That should help. Have you asked your father about the technique he used?