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I've had a couple lucids now but it just doesn't feel right. I can control everything, and I usually shoot stuff out of my hands and do crazy stuff, but when I actually wake up it feels like I never did any of it. It doesn't feel like real life. It feels like any other dream, but in the dream I think I'm controlling myself. Yes I know lucid dreaming isn't only control, but why do I think I'm conscious in the dream and when I wake up it doesn't feel right. Is my recall not good enough, are they just not vivid? I rub my hands and stuff. Also all my lucid dreams are from me noticing something is strange, do a reality check, and they have a false awakening. That order everytime. |
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This sounds similar to what I experienced when I first started lucid dreaming. I believe it's a combination of doubt and what I'm going to call "memory shock". The first part is simple, as a newcomer you tend doubt whether or not you actually had a lucid dream because of your lack of experience with them (common among new lucid dreamers). That part is simple enough. However, the second factor is a little bit harder to define and possibly harder to understand. The "memory shock", as I put it, seems to occur just after you wake up from a dream. This is because you suddenly go from experiencing the dream in it's totality to being left with only a memory of it without any form of delay. You stop seeing the dream as an actual event that you took part of and instead see it as a vague and surreal memory that does not seem to match up with your actual experience. This can leave you with a very odd and unsatisfying feeling. |
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Last edited by TranquilityTrip; 06-24-2013 at 06:57 AM.
So I'm guessing it eventually might go away? |
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I believe it will and I believe it will all come down to your dream recall. I slowly stopped having these odd, doubtful and dissociated feelings with my lucid dreams as my dream recall got better. I would also recommend not to worry about it too much and to not doubt your abilities or your experiences. Some of these disconnected feelings may also stem from a sense of anxiety/fear that you are wasting your time or that you are doing something wrong even when you are not. |
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Last edited by TranquilityTrip; 06-24-2013 at 07:20 AM.
My Lucid Dreaming Motto - "I have walked upon the the surface of a burning star. Observed events so infinitesimal and instantaneous that they can barely be described as having occurred at all. You... you're just a dream character. And this world's most powerful dream character poses no more threat to me than it's smartest cupcake." - Dr. Manhattan (kinda)
A dream is by definition lucid if you become aware, while inside it, that it is a dream. |
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Along with what everyone else suggested maybe you need to push your LD's to more challenging heights. Not by what you can do in a dream, but learning more about yourself or maybe running experiments such as practicing something in a dream and comparing the results in the waking life. To me any experience can lose spark if you don't rekindle it. Maybe, next time you're lucid, completely focus on gaining more awareness and a deeper level of lucidity. |
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