Thread: Do Lucid Dreams Ever Start Feeling Real?

Wow! I'd say it can be quite the other way around for me, the LD would feel more real than waking life. Perhaps because in waking life I don't pay that much attention (which I should be doing!) to my surroundings. Instead, I just pass through life thinking and thinking. In LDs all my concentration is there at whatever is in front of me, though I am often distracted by DCs and the scene. I don't have any experience with WILD yet, most of my LDs have been DILDs, and a few were DEILDs. I've had quite a number of LDs since I can remember, but it wasn't until I started to get more serious about it that my perception has really improved to new levels.

To answer your question, yes, I think that perception improves with time, but you have to be active about it. Quantity isn't the only thing that matters. You must actively learn in the LD, learn to stabilize, learn by finding how things work for yourself. Be creative about it. Shout "I want to stabilize" or whatever it is you want to accomplish. Learning to stabilize the dream makes the dream much more concrete, much more real, just like in real life. It is a skill that is learned by practicing, a lot. You can never get enough of doing it. Otherwise, you just have lucids, put it down in the journal, and be happy with the count. Which is something I did for years, I had no idea what to do, just have LD and write it down. Having goals in LD helps, and it all starts with the conscious effort to stabilize, this the basis, from it, you will notice gradual changes, this happens very slowly, but it is worth the effort.