Lucid No Control

Date: 8/30/2017

The dream was uncomfortable. I don't remember all the details but I remember feeling uneasy. I was being led around by a group of people. I was in a city. I was talking to one of the women there and she mentioned I needed to slow down so I "got my rest". That didn't make sense to me. She then said, "don't toss and turn just lie still. Stay asleep." The others looked at her like she was an idiot and that's when I realized I was asleep. I jumped and said "this is a dream!" And suddenly everything changed color. The sky became the color of an error screen and the sun was bright orange but not giving off any light. The buildings had red and green shadows on them and the ground was in grey tones. It was like the inverse of the original scene. In my head I knew I had to take control. I tried to say "I'm in control." But my mouth went completely numb and my voice was unresponsive. I could say anything else just not that. Eventually, after much effort, I was able to whisper it. I thought for sure that would mean flying and adventure but nothing changed. One of the men walked over to me and I said, " you have to leave now." And he just looked at me strangely. I closed my eyes and pictured a different dream but when I looked it was all still the same. They continued to lead the way through the city but now it was full of terrifying, grotesque, images. Dead things, fire... I wasn't scared but I was uneasy I knew it wasn't real. I tried again and again to make the people leave and the dream to change. I screamed at them, "this is my dream. I control you. You have to do what I say." And the women next to me relied, "you control nothing." I just had to go with them. At one point I just decided to wake up. I thought about waking up, thought about changing the dream, thought about pulling myself back into consciousness but I couldn't. That's never happened before. It's hard to remember the details but the longer I was asleep and the more I struggled against it the worse and more uncomfortable the dream became. I was so frustrated. I've had this problem before (a few of them on here) and I've also had lucid dreams that I've had full control over. Any advice would be good.... it's strange, usually the reason I become lucid is because someone in my dream lets it slip that I am asleep. This is the first time they seemed to regret it.