When having a lucid dream, do NOT try to force yourself awake!

I was lucid dreaming last night and since it was a kinda boring dream and I couldn't get any of my lucid dream powers to work so I thought I'd just wake up. But I couldn't wake up (Because the dream was so boring, I wasn't fully convinced it was a dream) So I tried force myself through the boundary of consciousness and ended up in this weird liminal state where I was dreaming yet fully aware of my surroundings in the real world. Like I could feel my bed and hear birds outside.

Then when I finally did wake up I got the longest most terrifying sleep paralysis of my life. Don't make my mistake!