Anybody else only have blurry dreams? I don't know what a clear dream is.

[XDannyX]

I can't recall ever having a clear dream. It may be because I've always had poor vision, and prefer to take off my glasses in public, even though I need them. I don't know if any of you can see clear dreams, as if they were real life, but I feel as though I'm missing out because I can't. I'm never afraid of my dreams because I know they're dreams. Dreaming is like blurry television for me. I know who and what everyone/everything is, or is supposed to be. I know what's happening as well. But I visually cannot see these things.

[CoffinCakes]

Well sure, I think most people have blurry dreams, and probably more often than not. Just to clarify, are you saying that you're not afraid of your dreams while you're dreaming because you know you are dreaming? Even if that's not the case, a good way to have vivid dreams is to enhance your lucidity. Do whatever you need to do to convince yourself during the dream that you can have a very clear . . . well, dream. A lot of people stare at their hands and rub them together; it's also good to spin around in a circle. Flip the switch on your senses to turn them on; work on your audio first so that you can hear better, then your smell, then your sense of touch, then perhaps your taste, and then your visual skills. Take your time, and don't immediately start running around. You also don't have to do this in that immediate order.

[Samael]

I've had dreams where everything has collapsed into darkness or grey fog. To build on what CoffinCakes said, I like to focus on texture when this happens. Say I want to dream about a particular location, and I know that that location has a big, heavy wooden door. I'll focus on the texture of that door under my fingers, and everything will begin to coalesce into a more clear, vivid dream. The problem probably does stem from the fact that you're not getting a whole lot of visual stimulation in waking life, though. If you feel self conscious about wearing glasses, have you considered contact lenses? They're actually quite soft and tend to not bother your eyes much, these days. If older people tell you horror stories, it's usually because they tried rigid lenses back in the day. In the meantime, though, definitely focus on other senses. Honing in on sound, touch, smell and taste will all increase the vividness of the dream, and might increase the visual vividness as well.