abc, what I felt when I realized I was dreaming (i.e., achieved lucidity) was incredible excitement -- and that was the problem! I got a little too excited and it cut the experience short. Now before I go to bed I tell myself to relax if I have a lucid dream. And just like the Lucid dreaming books tell you to continually ask yourself "am I dreaming," I have now added the phrase "relax." So regularly throughout the day, I try to repeat "am I dreaming? Relax. Am I dreaming? Relax. Am I dreaming? Relax."
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