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    1. 07-07-2007 02:10 PM #1
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      This has confused me ...

      ... for the whole of a few seconds, but how is it possible to loose lucidity in the middle of a vivid lucid dream? How can you forget that you are dreaming?
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    2. 07-13-2007 04:08 AM #2
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      Quote Originally Posted by Keeper View Post
      ... for the whole of a few seconds, but how is it possible to loose lucidity in the middle of a vivid lucid dream? How can you forget that you are dreaming?
      Distractions? Since you're brain isn't fully "on", you're usually not as intelligent as you are in RL. So if you see something that really interests your dream self, then it looses the idea that you're dreaming.
      That's my theory.
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    3. 07-13-2007 04:13 AM #3
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      I agree with webmaster.

      It seems like we have to work hard to stay lucid, constantly doing RCs or things to make the dream more vivid. I think it's just too delicate of a thing. Unless you get really good at it with tons of practice.
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    4. 07-13-2007 04:35 AM #4
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      Quote Originally Posted by Keeper View Post
      How can you forget that you are dreaming?
      The same way that we usually don't know we're dreaming to begin with: Because dreams seem so realistic.

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    5. 07-16-2007 05:59 PM #5
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      If you are like me, you probably have a bit of ADD in your dreams. While Lucidity probably won't be lost by being distracted by a wheel of cheese rolling by, something more engaging such as a DC striking up a conversation with you very well might do it.

      It's happened to me before. I was lucidly walking down the street, and came extremely close to losing it when my uncle strolled by and started talking about a nonexistent Viva Pinata demo.
      "Of course it is all happening inside your head...but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"

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    6. 07-16-2007 06:14 PM #6
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      If I don't keep the fact that it is a dream constantly in mind, lucidity disappears. Sometimes a simple distraction or change of scenery will to it.

      Being lucid is such an unnatural state to begin with! It makes sense that it would be a fragile state of consciousness.
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    7. 07-16-2007 09:35 PM #7
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      It happens. Awareness at a time your mind is usually unaware is a tenuous thing. I've lost lucidity almost as soon as I got it. "Oh, my, I'm dreaming! *lose lucidity*"
      Yeah.
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    8. 07-16-2007 09:40 PM #8
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      It also has to do with your REM state. 15 mins is 15 mins. You can make your dream longer in dream time (if you know how). But in real time you only have 15 mins of dream time.
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