Lucid Dream?

[Tyguy]

I remember having a dream like about 4 months ago where I was in school. The teacher gave me a cartoony like unrealistic amount of homework; what I mean is that the teacher gave me like a 4ft stack of books/papers. I remember that I stood up and said," I don't need to do this, I'm in a dream!" After that I immediately woke up. I remember thinking to myself about how weird that was to know I was in a dream. Back then I didn't know what lucid dreaming was, and I do realize that even though I said that, I didn't really feel like a controlled what I said, almost like that was planned in the dream. Was that a lucid dream? If you simply are able to say "I'm in a dream" in your dream, would that be considered a lucid dream?

[Wavefunction]

Yes, any time you realize that you're dreaming, it's a lucid dream. Unfortunately sometimes you wake up as soon as you become lucid, especially when you first start out or you don't know what lucid dreaming is.

[Arman1823]

yes, it's a lucid dream.. the other one is dream control if you are able to control

[Smokeh]

What if you say that you're dreaming but don't become lucid?

[Arman1823]

What if you say that you're dreaming but don't become lucid? lucid dream for 1 second then Way Back to Normal Dream

[Sticktator]

What if you say that you're dreaming but don't become lucid? That is the meaning of a lucid dream. If you're saying you're dreaming, then surely you know you're dreaming. You don't need to be able to control it for it to be lucid, just knowing it's a dream is lucidity.

[Sugarglider11]

There are diferent levels of lucidity, one of the lowest forms is just saying "this is a dream" then just keep going on with the dream. Also, you could have a crapy ld with really good control, you could also have a realy vivid lucid dream with no control.

[Cammy]

I would say it is a Lucid Dream. If you train a little, you will be able to stay in the dream, resulting in you cutting your teachers head off with a lightsabre.

[Barns]

Ya, you have made the first and most important step by being able to attain lucidity. If you feel yourself slipping awake I reccomend you spin in your mind. Then think of a scene really hard and keep on spinning, once you slow down and stop you will be there. Oh yeah, and this also works if you wanna wake up.

[Needcatscan]

I would have to go against the grain here and say you weren't lucid, simply because I've had dreams where I say "this is a dream" but it is more like a script and I never really realize I am dreaming. Kind of like those dreams where you walk around telling your friends about lucid dreaming and how cool it is but never become lucid.

[Barns]

Oh yeah, that may have been what happened. I wasn't there LOL so I can't really tell you.

[Sugarglider11]

I would have to go against the grain here and say you weren't lucid, simply because I've had dreams where I say "this is a dream" but it is more like a script and I never really realize I am dreaming. Kind of like those dreams where you walk around telling your friends about lucid dreaming and how cool it is but never become lucid. Catscan, I think you would have to be slightly lucid to say "This is a dream" Yes the person may not be lucid enough to do anything else, but they had just that little bit that allowed them to say that. But, we will never know because your dream ended right then, so you may still be right Catscan.