Had An Odd Experience In My Dream When Going Back To Sleep

So I woke up at 4:30, tried SSILD and went back to sleep as you do. I didn't become lucid. However, my next dream resulted in me being in a livingroom with my friends chatting, except I kept checking the time and realising it was about quarter to 5 so I would tell myself I need to go back to sleep now as I am still awake from trying to do SSILD. This happened a few times and the time just stayed the same so I would keep telling myself I should go back to sleep now or I'm gonna be tired. I still didn't become lucid though. Kind of strange, it's like I remembered in my dream that I was trying SSILD but wasn't aware I was actually in a dream. I didn't wake up afterwards either, the dream just carried on to something else. So I'm assuming this wasn't a false awakening... Has this ever happened to anyone else? Is this a good sign? Many thanks! :)

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It happens when you haven't performed the SSILD cycles sufficiently � very close, but not quite. Practicing mindfulness and stuff like that, IMHO, will buy very little in situation like this. Day-time habits don't always get carried into dreams, after all.

That's great to hear then. I do practice mindfulness but not consistently. I should definetely make it a bigger priority then :D many thanks for the help!