Thread: Lucid dreaming in the third person?

Has anybody here ever had a lucid dream where they were not a character, but only a viewer sort of directing the situation? Wouldn't that be neat?

Not that I would ever really want to waste a lucid dream doing that, but I thought it was an intriguing idea.

well, jamous, i cant say that ive done exactly what youve described. but i have had third-person dreams with controll (non-lucid), but i was a charachter from a video game that is third person based.

extending this topic (and in effect getting off topic), has anyone ever had a dream that wasnt like real life? like it was a cartoon or video game? ive had a couple, the first was in some sort of Astro Boy animation, and the second (described above) was in the style the video game was in. both were kinda cool and weird at the same time

i have a friend who naturaly has had lucid dreams without trying! He says that they are ok but arn't as good as 1st person ones as you have less control

This actually sounds like it should be a task of the month, will suggest it next month.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

This actually sounds like it should be a task of the month, will suggest it next month.

that would be cool

I had a short LD a couple of nights ago where I managed to separate my "dream body" from my "sleeping body", and I was looking at myself in 3rd person, I looked like some kind of a shadowy figure.I could see both of my "bodies".

I guess you could call it a double OBE ... lol

But it didn't last, I woke up few seconds after I separated "myselves".

Btw, I had several non-lucid 3rd person view dreams, sometimes I'm not even participating in my dream, like I'm watching TV.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

This actually sounds like it should be a task of the month, will suggest it next month.

Yeah that would be a good one

Originally Posted by reality check!

extending this topic (and in effect getting off topic), has anyone ever had a dream that wasnt like real life? like it was a cartoon or video game? ive had a couple, the first was in some sort of Astro Boy animation, and the second (described above) was in the style the video game was in. both were kinda cool and weird at the same time

I was in a lucid dream that was really abstract. I was normal but was stuck in a world that was white with floating planes of colors, like an abstract painting. Was really annoying. Can't have much fun messing with colored planes. Took a bit of concentration to restore things back to normal.

I've done it lots of times, but it's a bummer because you can't get into the dream. Better than not being lucid, but I'd rather be in it than watch it like a movie, or be stuck in my body unable to get out.

I've managed to flip between 1st and 3rd person before. That was pretty cool, until my DC died whilst I was in 3rd person, so I could no longer go back into 1st.

A lot of my dreams are 3rd-person. I don't enjoy them as much as 1st person dreams. I've only had one lucid dream, where I was lucid for less then a second, but I was 1st person in that dream.

I've had a few LDs in 3rd person. Interesting, but not as much fun as 1st person LDs, in my mind.

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

I've done it lots of times, but it's a bummer because you can't get into the dream. Better than not being lucid, but I'd rather be in it than watch it like a movie, or be stuck in my body unable to get out.

that's kind of how I think I would feel about it

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

I've done it lots of times, but it's a bummer because you can't get into the dream. Better than not being lucid, but I'd rather be in it than watch it like a movie, or be stuck in my body unable to get out.

I would agree , I've had it happen to me also and it's more like watching a movie. Thats the best way to describe it, just like watching TV of something. Though, sometimes it's interesting because you get to observe and see things from the whole perspective.

TV

interesting how everybody describes third person dreaming/LDing like watching tv.
I mean it makes perfect sense. For all of you who have said that it is like TV, would you say it is just similar in concept to watching television or does it feel like television? Do you think that function of your dream mind is literally sparked by tv in everyday life?


has anybody experienced 3rd person dreaming who does NOT watch tv, play video games, or see movies often?

Sometimes I experience the third person. Or maybe an overhead view. But I don't really have control over myself.