Thread: I actually got bored in this LD

Today was very very strange. One of the most intense lucid experiences I've ever had. I went to sleep without any induction, barely any dream recall. And bam, I had a lucid dream. Only thing was... I couldn't wake up after a while. It started as a nightmare, some scary things happened, but then it turned into a normal lucid dream.

It lasted for like... at least 2 hours. I did everything I could think of. After a while, I was freaking out because I couldn't wake up. Just false awakening after false awakening.

OH, and I finally touched a mirror. I remember people on this forum talking about touching mirrors in lucid dreams, and it freakin hurt. It felt like an electric shock. Oww.

Well not a single dream can last that long in real time or I seriously doubt it. But congrats still, long LD are always worth of praise.

Strange how people become bored in LDs. Maybe I am just too creative ^^ but in case you want to wake up, you better train yourself to wake up in the dream. Good skill to know too

Lvlindless I am soooo hearing you about not being able to wake up and being stuck in a dream for hours on end. Before I talk about it I'll just mention that I also had the same electric shock sensation when I touched a mirror in a dream about a week ago. An excerpt from my Dream Journal...

Originally Posted by DreamQueen

I move on to my next goal which is to put my hand into a mirror. I walk over to my dresser. I look into the mirror and the image is very clear. I’m wearing a black sparkly dress now. I try to put my hand into the mirror. It’s tricky. I’m pressing my fingertips against the glass and then I feel a tingling sensation and my arm goes in and disappears. I can feel that my arm has gone right through the wall behind the mirror and into the bedroom of the next apartment. I can feel the bedpost of the neighbors’ bed. I go to put my head through to look but I wake up.

I also know what you mean about having trouble waking up and the LD going on for hours. This started happening to me back when I was a teenager when I first discovered lucid dreaming but didn't know what it was. A friend had told me a technique that would make my dreams longer and more vivid. I started doing the technique to see what happened and it ended up way out of control so I stopped. My dreaming got so out of hand that I began to have difficulty distinguishing between real life and dreams. I would just go on and on and on having FAs for hours on end. Sometimes I would have around 20 FAs and when I would finally wake up it would be early in the afternoon. I'm not kidding. It's like my brain had gone into some sort of REM loop that it couldn't get out of.

I once had it so bad that I just couldn't wake up no matter what I did. I eventually started to wonder if I had actually died in my sleep and that was why I couldn't "wake up", because I was dead and now in the afterlife. I remember I sat down on a couch and cried. I was really distraught. I couldn't think of any other reason why I couldn't wake up. After that the whole LD thing got pretty much out of control and so I decided to stop. I felt like I might go insane.

This morning I had solid REM for two and a half hours after a WBTB with FAs. It's all very taxing but now I know that the practise is safe I find it fun!

Your dreams can really alter time, it seems. Or rather, your mind can. There are situations when people have done tests that when you have an adrenaline rush your body slows down time, and you percieve everything faster. It's really quite interesting. I think the same concept could be used in LD; if you need to, you can slow down time. Well, I hope this helps explain that a little.

Originally Posted by DreamQueen

Lvlindless I am soooo hearing you about not being able to wake up and being stuck in a dream for hours on end. Before I talk about it I'll just mention that I also had the same electric shock sensation when I touched a mirror in a dream about a week ago. An excerpt from my Dream Journal...



I also know what you mean about having trouble waking up and the LD going on for hours. This started happening to me back when I was a teenager when I first discovered lucid dreaming but didn't know what it was. A friend had told me a technique that would make my dreams longer and more vivid. I started doing the technique to see what happened and it ended up way out of control so I stopped. My dreaming got so out of hand that I began to have difficulty distinguishing between real life and dreams. I would just go on and on and on having FAs for hours on end. Sometimes I would have around 20 FAs and when I would finally wake up it would be early in the afternoon. I'm not kidding. It's like my brain had gone into some sort of REM loop that it couldn't get out of.

I once had it so bad that I just couldn't wake up no matter what I did. I eventually started to wonder if I had actually died in my sleep and that was why I couldn't "wake up", because I was dead and now in the afterlife. I remember I sat down on a couch and cried. I was really distraught. I couldn't think of any other reason why I couldn't wake up. After that the whole LD thing got pretty much out of control and so I decided to stop. I felt like I might go insane.

This morning I had solid REM for two and a half hours after a WBTB with FAs. It's all very taxing but now I know that the practise is safe I find it fun!

Wow! I would love to do that sometime. The most fas that i had were 4, but instead of sleeping til the afternoon, i'd rather wake up at 5:30 am. You must sleep very well.

Originally Posted by DreamQueen

Lvlindless I am soooo hearing you about not being able to wake up and being stuck in a dream for hours on end. Before I talk about it I'll just mention that I also had the same electric shock sensation when I touched a mirror in a dream about a week ago.

I once had it so bad that I just couldn't wake up no matter what I did. I eventually started to wonder if I had actually died in my sleep and that was why I couldn't "wake up", because I was dead and now in the afterlife.

Why the heck is that? I remember reading topics about mirrors in dreams on here a while ago. Alot of people said they felt some sort of burn or tingle when they did. AND, the scene in the Matrix where he touches the mirror comes back to me right now. What the heck is with mirrors in dreams?

And the same thing happened in the dream I had. I kept having FA after FA, like... literally 15 - 20. I started thinking I might be dead or in a coma or something. It was pretty scary. And I felt totally stuck in the dream, like... no way I'm waking up now.

Originally Posted by lvlindless

And the same thing happened in the dream I had. I kept having FA after FA, like... literally 15 - 20. I started thinking I might be dead or in a coma or something. It was pretty scary. And I felt totally stuck in the dream, like... no way I'm waking up now.

I don't know what the deal is with the mirrors but it's weird alright.

As for the not being able to wake up, it's interesting that you had the same thought that I had when it happened to me, ie that you could be dead in RL. I didn't think about the possibility of a coma. Yikes! Yeah, it was very scary. I remember feeling completely trapped in the dreamworld I was in.

But now I love FAs and I would love to be unable to wake up because that would mean my dream was super stable!

Originally Posted by DreamQueen

I don't know what the deal is with the mirrors but it's weird alright.

As for the not being able to wake up, it's interesting that you had the same thought that I had when it happened to me, ie that you could be dead in RL. I didn't think about the possibility of a coma. Yikes! Yeah, it was very scary. I remember feeling completely trapped in the dreamworld I was in.

But now I love FAs and I would love to be unable to wake up because that would mean my dream was super stable!

Would you mind sharing with me the technique your friend told you about having long/vivid dreams? In a private message, perhaps?