Whenever I LD, I wake up? =-S

[Kiba]

What the topic says, whenever I become lucid I wake right up. Any ideas why? Or how to prevent it?

[You]

Practise, I guess. Maybe we celebrate too much when we realize we're aware of our dreaming, and that rush of endorphins brings us to wake.

[Kiba]

Maybe, I don't feel excited or anything when I realize it, just something so unlogical will happen and i'll be like "Hey, this is a dream" and wake up. Maybe I feel excited and don't remember, who knows.

[open_mind]

Got the exact same problem, every time i go "hey, I'm dreaming" i wake up, but as long as the dream is only partially lucid i can stay in.
Guess it's a mater of practice as Tyciol says, but i also disagree on the excitement part because i can be totally calm and i still wake up.

[smooth]

it sounds like your just use to waking up each time. you just expect to wake up witch makes you wake up. just think of flying as soon as this happens

[Logic]

Controlling anxiety is very important to stay lucid.

[G3MM4]

I get the same problem, I don't get excited or say "Hey I'm dreaming" etc. Usually I wake up in fear - this happened yesterday when an alien tried to do something to me when I went lucid. Next thing I know is: I start spinning and then I wake up.

[thesickmoon]

Controlling anxiety is very important to stay lucid.

Oh, frak. Guess I'm hopeless, then.

[Logic]

Controlling anxiety is very important to stay lucid.

Oh, frak. Guess I'm hopeless, then.

Not necessarily, I have an anxiety disorder which I am slowly over coming and I am still able to remain lucid. At first it was a problem, but now I have more problems with staying focused instead of staying asleep.