Thread: I can't visualise well in waking life. How will I fare in lucids?

I've had a few lucid experiences so far, mostly involving false awakenings but I'm slightly worried my visualisation skills in real life will hinder my ability to lucid dream. For example, if I read a book, I can't really visualise the words. They just sort of pop up, and I get a vague image sometimes, maybe a face or so, but these images will always be something I've seen before. If someone tells me to imagine an image I haven't seen before, I can't do it, or it's like a bad photoshop in my mind that keeps on fading in and out of the two images i'm sticking over each other. Also my mind is a bit of a hindrance because I can't consciously imagine anything in a straight line - if I imagine it on his own without thinking, such as hitting a tennis ball, it will be in a straight line, but as soon as I try it myself, it zig zags everywhere.

My dreams are much more creative and vivid although they mostly happen in places i'm familiar with. I'm worried that the visualisation problems may hinder my lucid dreaming ability. Like I wouldn't be able to visualise a new world. Escaping my bedroom is a problem, but that's more about control. Does anyone have any experience in visualisation problems and lucid dreaming? Or any ways to improve the visualisation skills?