Thread: The Effects of Analysis and Memory on Lucidity

I've begun to notice that people who naturally lucid dream or easily lucid dream have stronger analytical ability. That is to say that the natural lucid dreamer is more likely to notice details that just don't make sense. Memory affects lucidity because if you can't remember your dreams, what is the point of lucidity.

I'm wondering if increasing your analytical ability and memory can lead to having lucid dreams. Is anyone willing to try this with me?

Perhaps.... Being a Business Analyst myself, it never occured to me my analytical skills might be better than my peers due to lucid dreaming...

Ive always been able to naturally lucid dreams and i am relatively perceptive, people say i analyze things too much but still, i never connected the two. one thing i used to do is put up post it cards up on my walls and random places in my apartment that simply said "am i dreaming?" and i awake? it soudns stupid but then i got even better because when i dreamed and i was in my apartment those notes wouldnt be there and it would trigger something and id realize, plus it reminds in your waking hours to remind yourself to ask.

This would be me, my ONLY problem is i follow along to much and don't become lucid. If i stopped and thought of my own will i would be lucid, any time i wanted to be.

I can naturally lucid dream, but I also have dry spells. I find using this forum is very useful, maybe because there are a lot of messages that say "Am I dreaming?" and "Do a reality check". Oh, and I have a naturally analytical mind, but I think this is because of my Autism.

Memory affects lucidity because if you can't remember your dreams, what is the point of lucidity.

This is nitpicky, but I must point out an error in logic. Memory does not directly affect lucidity, but it has great effects on the perceived frequency of lucidity. People may be natural lucid dreamers, but they don't realize it because they have poor recall.

Memory is correlated to lucidity. The correlation resides in motivation. The more motivated you are, the more you remember your dreams. The more motivated you are, the sooner you will have another lucid dream. Another correlation exists as a product of motivation. The more you remember, the more you can go to your dream journal and recognize patterns in dreaming, which will lead to more lucidity.

You're not being nitpicky, you're right. But still, I consider someone's lucid dreaming frequency to only be as good as they can remember.

Sigh. I'm an engineer, so I wish you were right. I suppose I've done better at LD'ing than some people who have been at it for months with nothing to show. But, save one, my LD's haven't been that high level anyway.

i think its about the willingness.... are u willing to accept this as a realety....it is the mind we are playing with here...or the soul if you wish..so if there is doubt in the mind....simply there is doubt...and therefor it will be hard to LD... the soul is allways right....what is right 4 u is right...just determent what is right!!! self-determenism is the key word here!!

I get what you are saying, but I keeps LDing and I am not even trying. 5 this month and, before January, I cannot even remember the last time I had 1! Had a pretty long one last night, too. I tried jumping really high by simply jumping as hard as I can a couple times and it didnt work. It was kind of like that scene in the Matrix except on a smaller scale. I was trying to jump onto the roof of a pickup truck. I started thinking to myself..."There is no gravity" I was making the number 9.8 (gravitational constant) and 0 go through my head repetively (like 9.8 0 9.8 0 ect). Then I jumped up like 20 ft. in the air. Felt like there was no gravity and I would have kept going if I didn't force myself to the ground. After this I was experimenting with it and wasn't always successful. Then, I wanted to try some teleportation but, some little kid I know tackled me and threw up all over.

Normally, I like to draw concrete facts out of something that happened, but so far I have no idea how I am doing this. I want to have lucid dreams, but thats about it. I have no idea at what point during my dreams that I become lucid. I never remember the point at which I become lucid, so it is like I am WILDing but I am just going to sleep like I always did. I have tried reality checks but only after I am already lucid. I must agree with you charlie. I guess i am doing this through intent (determination ...intent same thing sorta).