Place withheld · 2010-09-11 · from the DREAMVIEWS archive
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I was in a foodstore looking at the snus-selection (Snus is a form for smokeless tobacco that goes under the lip. Not the same as dip and chewing tobacco). When suddenly I found it harder to move. I got more and more paralyzed and suddenly I fell down to the floor. This is not the first time happening in a dream so I did the nose pinch rc and it worked. I sort of forced my self up, still having problems to move though. I felt that the dream was starting to fade, so I tried the rubbing hands together technique. It did not work that well, mostly becouse I was unsure and still am if I was going to focus and look at my hands or look at the environment. I saw a mate of mine buying ice cream when my dream started to fade again. I decided to try the spinning technique. This was really fun and I spun very fast. I closed my eyes and when I opened them I was at a buss-station in Oslo with some old friends, still lucid. The dream still was not stable enough, so i felt the wall, hugged it, smelt it. I even lifted up my shirt and rubbed my stomach against it. I probably got a little bit to intimate with the wall, but it was so real Anyways, after I was done humping the wall I started walking. I saw a janitor and decided that I had not done anything real fun in this dream. I pictured a gun in my pants, but my dream started to fade again so I rushed it. But when I pulled the gun up it was not there. And then I woke up. Any good techniques for stopping paralyzation and what I am supposed to focus on during the handrubbing?
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