Partially Lucid?

The past several days, I've had a couple dreams where I become, like, half-lucid.

I'll describe a couple.

I was in an old Western town, cowboy era. Adobe buildings loomed over me - they were really tall. Pretty vivid. At one point, I "realized" (for lack of a better word) that this town was a movie set; and then "realized" that I was in a movie. And at this point, I told myself it was a dream.

I remember looking around at the buildings, knowing it was a dream, and it was still very vivid. But the realness declined quickly. I tried to float upwards, and did, but the scene became black and white, like a movie scene. The higher I got, the fuzzier everything around me got. My head wasn't clear enough to decide to do anything else - all I did was float up, almost out of habit. It's something I like to do in almost every lucid dream I get. I woke up quickly.

In another, I don't even remember where I was. All I remember is becoming lucid, and making half-assed attempts at stabilizing the dream by grabbing at random objects, and spinning. Again, it was almost like it was out of habit. My head just wasn't clear enough to really look around and decide what to do. Spinning actually made the dream worse, and at that point I could feel myself waking up. But I didn't even care, or stop spinning. I just kept doing it, almost autonomically, not really observing the dream or even realizing the importance of staying lucid. I woke up quickly again.


So, do any of you become half-lucid like this? You realize you're in a dream, but don't act as you would now, fully conscious. You still act dazed and confused (great movie, btw).

Yees? Or no?

Oh, and in the second one, my attempt to grab objects and spin to stabilize the dream really were pretty bad.

I remember feeling like I was drunk, grabbing at whatever I could reach in the few seconds I had, stumbling through a dream world that was quickly evaporating and losing realness.

Also, one more example.

I was in a classroom, with classmates, taking a test. Suddenly, for no reason, I realized it was a dream. So I thought "great!" Then I proceeded to get up, walk around the room, and try to cheat on the test. Literally, my thought process was something like "Awesome! This is a dream, so there are no consequences. So I can cheat on this test I have to take right now, and I won't get blamed for it later!"

Like...really? I didn't realize that the test I was taking was a dream test?

Man, I felt stupid after waking up from that one. But now, it just shows me how varied different states of consciousness can be, and how one type of awareness has nothing to do with the other.

Yes, you were lucid, fully I could say, you just lacked Dream Control, which is a different thing.

If you know you are dreaming, you are lucid. If you have a vague feeling you might, but just keep acting unlucidly, then it could be a partial lucidity :)

So well done!

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In another, I don't even remember where I was. All I remember is becoming lucid, and making half-assed attempts at stabilizing the dream by grabbing at random objects, and spinning. Again, it was almost like it was out of habit. My head just wasn't clear enough to really look around and decide what to do. Spinning actually made the dream worse, and at that point I could feel myself waking up. But I didn't even care, or stop spinning. I just kept doing it, almost autonomically, not really observing the dream or even realizing the importance of staying lucid. I woke up quickly again.


So, do any of you become half-lucid like this? You realize you're in a dream, but don't act as you would now, fully conscious. You still act dazed and confused (great movie, btw).

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Yes, it is very possible to be partially lucid. In fact, as you become more advanced you may begin to pick up more and more on the nuances between lucid and non-lucid. One example of this might be being aware that what you are doing is not a part of standard reality, and get the feeling that you can 'reset' whatever it is that you are doing. But you won't go as far as to fully realize that you are lucid.

I would reccomend looking up the 'Five Layers of a Lucid Dream' if you want to learn more.