Thread: Why can't I become lucid...

So... last night I'm in the middle of a dream when I begin to suspect that something isn't normal, so I decide to perform some reality checks. They all failed.

I couldn't breathe with my nose closed, I couldn't fly, my hands looked fine and I could read perfectly too. The other thing; asking yourself 'how did I get here' also failed. I stood there for ages trying to think what I'd done that morning or the day before, but I couldn't remember. This didn't make me lucid at all, it just made me confused as to why my memory was so bad. Figuring I wasn't actually dreaming after all, I went on with the plot of the dream none the wiser.

I guess sometimes dreams being so realistic is a problem for becoming lucid

Originally Posted by Kaiserman

So... last night I'm in the middle of a dream when I begin to suspect that something isn't normal, so I decide to perform some reality checks. They all failed.

I couldn't breathe with my nose closed, I couldn't fly, my hands looked fine and I could read perfectly too. The other thing; asking yourself 'how did I get here' also failed. I stood there for ages trying to think what I'd done that morning or the day before, but I couldn't remember. This didn't make me lucid at all, it just made me confused as to why my memory was so bad. Figuring I wasn't actually dreaming after all, I went on with the plot of the dream none the wiser.

I guess sometimes dreams being so realistic is a problem for becoming lucid

It seems like you didn't really trust in your RCs. Performing them is only half the effort, the other being that you truly must believe that the effects will happen. In many cases what you know as the laws of physics and reality carries into your dreams because it's everything that makes sense to you. This is where you have to really break free of what you know and expect in the world. Think of it this way, when you are in a dream it's as detailed as you sitting here reading this now; it's when you wake up that a lot of the details fade and the dream seems very unreal. This is hardly the case though, and that's why sometimes RCs fail; keep testing them and the environment, with the right attitude you might break into lucidity. Also be sure to ask yourself if you're dreaming, and if you conclude that your memories are very fuzzy which is unusual then assume it's a dream.