Thread: Was this a lucid dream?

Okay so yesterday I posted this thread:
http://www.dreamviews.com/f11/after-one-month-132837/
^Go take a look if you want xD.

Last night I think I had a false awakening, not sure though. So I remember waking up in the middle of the night. I was talking to my brother I thought he was sitting at a desk. I couldn't see his face though. He was mad at me because apperently I woke up him up by talking to him. After a while I noticed he wasn't really sitting at the desk but he was laying in his bed. I can't remember anymore what I replied to it. But I do know that I was feeling so weird, seriously. Like it felt real but it also didn't. I forgot to do a reality check which I should've. But after a while I just fell asleep again. This morning I asked if I woke up him last night and if we were talking. And he said: 'no wtf are you talking about?'

So what this a false awakening/Lucid dream? If not does it still count as my first lucid dream? Because I have no idea ;d

It sounds to me like a false awakening. They're dreams where you think that you just woke up. They can be lucid or not. I'm not sure about this, but seems to me that you weren't lucid. If it would've been a lucid dream, why would you have gone back to sleep? Sorry, I wouldn't count that as a lucid dream. Don't worry though, with that additude your first LD will be just around the corner.

Originally Posted by Finlander

It sounds to me like a false awakening. They're dreams where you think that you just woke up. They can be lucid or not. I'm not sure about this, but seems to me that you weren't lucid. If it would've been a lucid dream, why would you have gone back to sleep? Sorry, I wouldn't count that as a lucid dream. Don't worry though, with that additude your first LD will be just around the corner.

Yeah I also think I wasn't lucid xD. I'm 100% sure I'm making progress though, so I'll have a lucid dream soon :p.

Hey Crashyy, you're getting close at least! Awareness in your dream is very important in attaining lucidity. Maybe start practicing awareness more in waking life.

Originally Posted by Caenis

Hey Crashyy, you're getting close at least! Awareness in your dream is very important in attaining lucidity. Maybe start practicing awareness more in waking life.

Yeah I saw a thread yesterday about ADA, and I'm currently working on that!

Keep a detailed Dream Journal/Diary. What I do is as soon as I wake up from my Lucid Dream or Semi-Lucid Dream (or even regular dreams that are vivid and I feel had a meaning). I grab the notepad and write it down. Takes about five minutes. And review the dream in my head. You have to do it as soon as you wake up. If you wait into morning you might forget most of the dream, or at least the deep details depending on how good your memory is on recall. Than I take what I wrote on the pad and put it into my offical dream journal I keep on my computer typed. I have an excellent memory so recalling my dreams isn't an issue. If it isn't for you I would say practice recalling your dreams by trying to recall all of them meaning or non-meaning. I only record my Lucid or important non-lucid dreams. I dont waste time logging a regular dream that has no meaning.

I consider false awakenings a semi-lucid dream. I feel they're important and if you get use to them can maybe use them to know you're in a lucid. I consider FA's a success and something that is opening the door for higher LD's. Don't dismiss them and log them into your journal. What you did in that FA..how long was it...where were you...and any changes in your false enviroment in that FA. Like if your wall has a poster on it, but in this FA the poster is gone. I had one last week where I woke up thinking I woke up for the mornining...but oddly my window had heavy rain pouring down on it....well I knew than it was a false awakening which than lead to a minor lucid dream because its 100 degrees right now on the CA/NV area and we don't get rain in June where I am at.

All and all dont dismiss them. Record anything that seems Lucid or close to Lucid.

I just sat up in my bed talking to my brother. It lasted for about 5 minutes maybe.
And I have a 30 seconds to mars poster hanging on the wall behind my desk, and I think it wasn't there during my FA.

Definitely a false awakening, I've had one of those before... actually MANY. They can be scary as hell sometimes.

Make it a habit to RC everytime you get up from bed, be it in a middle of a night for whatever reason, or in the morning. Hopefully, next time you "get up from bed" and you in false awakening, you will RC and realize you dreaming. And daytime awareness also helps. Happy dreams