Experience

[blatantfish]

Hey whenever i go to sleep a few hours later ill feel like i could just get up and get out of bed, but im still dreaming, im fully concious and aware that im dreaming, but i also feel like im awake and i am watchin the dream from a 3rd person prespective, im pretty sure im not lucid, but if im not then what does that mean? am i sublucid?

[orotron]

Originally posted by blatantfish im pretty sure im not lucid, How do you know you're not lucid, cuz it sounds like you have your awareness of dreaming. Have you tried manipulating the dream world? RCs?

[Umbrasquall]

Originally posted by blatantfish but im still dreaming, im fully concious and aware that im dreaming You're lucid. Looks like your problem is control. Or it could be lack of conviction in your awareness. Try doing mneunic drills before you go to sleep like telling or picturing yourself in total control of you dream.

[blatantfish]

are you sure because i felt quite aware of my body as if i was awake lying in bed with my eyes closed while dreaming, in a lucid dream aretn you omplely immersed in the dreamworld? doesnt it feel like the real world except you have control?

[Scwigglie]

Well.. not exactly.. when you become lucid, you suddenly realize, "Hey, this is a dream!!" and so you can consciously manipulate it. You can still feel your physical body, though. That's where all the techniques of increasing dream-awareness come in, like running your hands along a rough surface or examining your surroundings.

[blatantfish]

but in dreams cant you feel things around you? how can you be feeling the grain of wood at the same time your sleeping under your covers? is it like you have two seperate bodies or what?

[Scwigglie]

Yes, I believe that's it exactly! Just this morning, I had a lucid dream.. well, it lasted for a few seconds, and I didn't do anything cool, but it was lucid! Go me! Anyway, it started with a FA. I was laying there in bed, and decided to do a RC. So I held my noise, and gasp shock I could breathe!! I was so amazed that I finally became lucid in a dream that I just kept laying there, breathing, not knowing what to do. Then suddenly, I became aware of my "real" hands and of where they were positioned on the bed, as well as the "dream" hands that were holding my nose closed. Unfortunately this confused me, so I woke up. So there you go, two separate bodies.

[blatantfish]

Sothats what its like! thanks but i have one more thing to add, is it as if your thinking it all, as if you know its all in your head or does it seem real to you as if your not jsut daydreaming vividly?

[Scwigglie]

Well.. if you're lucid, you'll always be aware that it's not real and it's just in your head. But things can seem real. Like if you taste something, it'll taste real.. if you touch something, smell something, it'll all seem real. Sometimes people get tricked by their subconscious into believing everything is actually real, and they therefore lose lucidity. So, in short, whether it seems real or not, the important thing is that you know it's a dream. And that's how you're lucid. (I said "real" way too many times.)

[blatantfish]

lol Thanks! that type of dream has been happening to me all the time lately, and i thought that i wasnt even close to become lucid and was getting disheartened thanks sooo mcuh!!! im thiiiis close to becoming fuly lucid i no it

[nightowl]

you're supposed to feel your body during a LD? i don't....

[Placebo]

Originally posted by nightowl you're supposed to feel your body during a LD? i don't.... I find that I only feel my body during wake induced lucids. Dream induced, I can't... unless its a really really 'thin' one...

[sorewahimitsudesu]

I still can't go lucid

[Scwigglie]

No you're not "supposed" to feel your body, but you sometimes do.

[nightowl]

ah, ok...got a little confused there.

[loose id]

You know, now that I think about it, I am rarely aware of my body, walking, or any normal habits when I am traveling around a dream. Almost as if I am gliding or whatever. I mean sometimes I fall down, run, or I'm , and then I'm aware of my body, but otherwise no. Do you think this is some sort of psychological thing, does everyone else to this? ribbit.