Thread: What's a Lucid Dream like?

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A LD, has the possibility of being alot more vivid than your regular dreams.. Once you become lucid you can practice Dream control over your environment..

With an LD, you can either follow the plot to the dream or create your own one.. Although losing Lucidity is fairly common so you should be aware of this while you follow the plot..

Your subconscious fills your Dream world with Dream characters.. These are like figments of your imagination but look like normal people, so yes, LDs have the possibility of being alot like the real world.. Sometimes almost indistinguishable..

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What is a Lucid Dream?

its hard to understand but sometimes they seem realer than real life.

That's nice and all but do you see like would see a regular dream or is it more like the real world

Depends on your level of vividness.. But yes, most likely like the real world..

Also note that your perspective can change: 1st person, 3rd Person etc..

a good way to think about it is how common false awakenings are, so real you think they are real.

Ya for me my dreams are first person but I have had many false awakenings ugh I hate those things

Originally Posted by DreamHacker

false awakenings ugh I hate those things

I did to untill PercyLucid talked about them, now i enjoy them

Back to the question, yes Lucid dreams are like real life BUT there better (my opinion)

False awakenings arent they when feel like your out of your body.

No no false awakenings are when you have a dream that you wake up. They are really boring and annoying if you don't become lucid becuase you go through your normal day. If you use them to become lucid they can be really good because they often have extreme vividness and since they can be at the beginning of the REM period you might get more dream time. All you have to do is do a RC every time you wake up.

Also, when you go lucid your first time, it's going to be like you are actually there. Think of a normal dream, we don't know when they are happening, we usually don't pay attention. Its like watching a T.V. show, but not paying really any attention to it, only later remembering bits and details. When you go lucid, that dream becomes so much more. You are REALLY there! You will find out once you have your first lucid. You may even wake up from the excitement like I did my first time. And once I woke up, I remember everything about it, cause I was there. Not a memory but an experience. Someone (I forgot) said "Those who taste, know." My experience with lucid dreams will probably be so much different than yours cause we are different people. But I believe the basics are the same for everyone. Also it may feel really weird, if you lose vividness, you may get lucky like me and end up in a false awakening! Which I recognized instantly.

It's like going through your dream, just watching the events unfolding before you, not quite in control or logically, then all of a sudden "I'm Dreaming". Then a huge wave of awareness, everything before you becomes much more vivid, a rush of excitement comes over you, if you don't know how to handle it, you wake up, but if you can get past that point, your free to do whatever you want. It's amazing.

Appreciating all the feedback. Wondering if you got any other advice for recall being better. Two nights
in a row I still got nothing. Oh and thanks to all. Time to boost up your thanked numbers.

Well use autosuggestion and tell urself: "I will remember my dreams" Or anything similar. And of course keep your Dream Journal, thats a no-brainer! Two days is still not a lot. One big reason if you cant recall is Stress. If you have a stressful life, a big presentation coming or anything that troubles ur sleep, you might wanna take the time to clear your mind before going to sleep. Just a little relaxation should do it. You can even keep a Waking Journal if u have lots of trouble with recall. At the end of your day, write important things like what you did, where you went, stuff like that. Can help.

Good luck

Dream recall is easy if you are motivated, so I suggest (and others to) you do is to set your alarm 5 hours after you fall asleep. Once you wake up you will be able to hopefully remember everything in your dream, and write it down.