Short Lucid Inception

Date: 5/19/2016

I don't remember much of the first dream that I had, but I can definitely remember the second dream. All that I can remember from the first dream are random images of old computers and pixelated computer UI's. The second dream, however was far more significant. I felt that lucid dreaming did occur because I was definitely aware of the fact that I was dreaming and I was trying to control what was happening. Unfortunately, it was like things in the dream were completely out of control. In the dream, I was laying in my bed, trying to sleep when I was awakened by something. It felt like I actually did wake up, but I was still in fact in the dream because when I tried to reach to turn on the lamp that was on my night stand, I was flipping the switch but nothing happened. It then started randomly (and creepily) morphing. At this point I knew I was definitely dreaming so I tried to wake up. I ended up waking up into another dream (Inception) where I was once again laying in my bed trying to turn on my lamp. This time around, instead of trying to turn on my lamp, I reached for my phone to try to enter jot down my dream in a dream journal. When I picked up my phone, the words on the screen didn't make any sense and the UI started changing into something akin to an old Windows 95 interface. I once again realized that I was dreaming and tried to wake up. This time I did actually wake up. I immediately started counting my fingers and reading the same words on my phone over and over along with constantly asking myself if I was still dreaming. All of what happened felt so strange and real that when I finally came back to reality, it felt like I was still dreaming. Also, just a note: I fell asleep listening to a "binaural beat" sound track. This may have had a major effect on why I had the dream within a dream that I did, because throughout the dreams, I could hear a loud, low clicking hum.