Originally posted by Glorfindel_III

Do you know the definition of lucid dreaming?
I think not.
Oh, I do. The awareness that one is dreaming may be considered lucidity, but I'll take it to another level and say that ANY time you are aware of yourself you are lucid, whether or not you consider it a dream.

Definition: a dream state in which one is conscious enough to recognize that one is in the dream state and which stays in one's memory[/b]
from dictionary.com.

However, I am not the sort of person that will be tied down to a textbook definition, I believe this could also fit the catagory of lucid dream. The oddity on it is that the mind usually dismisses stuff it considers reality, while saving awareness when it knows it is unreality. It makes it much rarer then a lucid dream, and because of that extra loss of awareness of physical self, realism can go to the next level in the dream. When I spoke of the LD's i got stuck in for long periods of "dream time", they fell under this catagory because loss of awareness on the phsyical plane can result in loss of awareness on time.

Invent a word, do what you will.. but unless you beleive in strict literal meaning everywhere, i think that labeling this experiance a "lucid dream" is not totally out of line.