My present theory is that dreaming is an active, tho unconscious, deed. So step 1 is to make the unconscious, conscious. And then step 2 is to stop dreaming.
More mundane examples : Turn off the movie. Quit the game. Close the book. Alarm clock goes off.
But that’s just me. I want to hear your opinions on this subject.
When I realise that “this is just a dream”, I tell myself to open my eyes. Most of the time it works.
If you are waking up as soon as you realize it’s a dream, you are missing out! Some of my best dreams are the ones where I realized it was a dream, the story takes a wild turn once I realize I’m a God!
The couple times I’ve had lucid dreams, all the “NPCs,” if you will, became violently aggressive towards me once I realized it was a dream.
That’s fascinating and terrifying. There’s a creepypasta in there for sure.
That’s terrifying
Once, I was dreaming that someone was violently chasing me, but right before he reached me, I realized I was dreaming (and therefore in control of what happened here), he spontaneously caught fire and started screaming. I woke up right after. Fun times.