I had a false awakening chain last night. It lasted for an hour; it was horrible!!! Funny thing is that I was lucid throughout the whole thing, but I had absolutely no control. I tried to control the dream at a few points, but it did not work. Each false awakening was almost exactly the same. Eventually, I was able to realize how to tell if it was another false awakening. My dreams always seem to be really choppy, as if they have low FPS. However -- after about 7 false awakenings -- this stopped. Then I started trying to check by the blurriness of my surroundings. This got fixed 7 FAs later as well. Then it just keeps going and going. I do not even know how many FAs I had in that one dream. I do know this; it lasted for exactly one hour. Eventually, I realized I could probably control the dream. After all, I had quite a lot of lucidity. I tried to take control; absolutely nothing happened. I also kept doing reality checks. At one point, I thought I was once again awake, but then while talking to a DC I said "wait a minute" and did a RC. Sure enough, still dreaming. I tried multiple methods to wake up; none worked. So, I just decided to sit and wait out the FA. I closed my eyes, and I instantly woke up! Is that not frustrating?! Nope! I was still dreaming. Unfortunately, I never found out about this. The dream soon faded out. I really underestimated these FA chains. I am quite spooked now.
Place withheld · 2012-08-31 · from the DREAMVIEWS archive
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