Thread: Super-Fragile In-Class Dreams

Ever since I started lucid dreaming (the hobby), I have been becoming more and more aware of my mental state. A couple days ago during a super boring movie (Not essential to the course, the teacher felt like being "nice"), I closed my eyes and started to fall asleep.

Oddly enough, earlier that day I was thinking about if I dreamed during micro-sleeps such as this.

So anyways, I noticed was seeing through my eyelids, I still felt myself leaning on my folded arms, but I saw the rest of the room, and noted I was on a different table. I was a little startled and opened my eyes and sat up, awake. I did a nose and memory RC, both succeeded. I tried to return to this state again, and I did.

I got into this blurry, see-through-eyelids state, and tried to affect the world at all. Even attempting to focus on something, never mind reality checking, would thrust me out of this state. It happened all 3 times, then the period ended, and I couldn't stop thinking about it for a while.

Has anyone ever been in this state? Is it a Pre-REM dream maybe? Could I control it somehow? I need answers!

yea it happens to me when i fall asleep in classes. there are a few reasons why you wake up:
1) ur sleeping on a desk which is not a comfortable position
2)ur most likely concerned about ur teacher noticing when ur asleep.
3)ur not suppose to be sleeping at that time so ur brain tells you to wake up

1) It's probably this one because:
2) I couldn't care less if *this* specific teacher caught me sleeping.
3) It was an unimportant movie.

I need more comfortable sleeves.

that happens to me when I sleep in class too ( but also in my bed sometimes.)
Anyway, as soon as I realize im "seeing through my eyelids" the effect is gone. I think it's because a dream was forming but when you notice what's happening your brain is too awake so it ends right there.

Originally Posted by rahim9876

yea it happens to me when i fall asleep in classes. there are a few reasons why you wake up:
1) ur sleeping on a desk which is not a comfortable position
2)ur most likely concerned about ur teacher noticing when ur asleep.
3)ur not suppose to be sleeping at that time so ur brain tells you to wake up

Please, use English. It's a nice language once you learn to use it.

Originally Posted by Souperman22

Please, use English. It's a nice language once you learn to use it.

lol...does it really matter?

Besides, I was in a hurry and half asleep. If the person who asked the question understood my response, how can you not comprehend it.

(lol means laugh out loud just incase you don't know)

^ Grammar Nazi's don't realize they're just as annoying as people who can't spell. I'll admit, I hate when people omit letters and whatnot but I'm not going to assume that everyone should have my standards or else they're stupid or something & be a jerk about it :/


to TunaSammich,
I get the same thing in class, but with my eyes open. Its hard to explain.. pretty much I fall asleep with my eyes open & things vision gets blurry and I might hear things that make no sense, then I'll wake up but really it just looks like I'm sitting there and then am suddenly alarmed XD

You could probably control it if you practiced at home instead of at school.
Your subconscious probably is afraid of LDing right there in the middle of class, even if you say you personally don't care about the teacher finding you. I think humans instinctually don't want to be in that delicate state in public like that. Perhaps if you practice at home though, doing it in class wont be as hard.

Ehehe. Lucid dreaming during a garbage course... if only, if only.

Yes, I've had this kind of see-through eyelids thing too when I'm in a micro-sleep. I remember such states in the past where I tried to see if I could change the scene, but it would always disappear in a split second. But that's only because one; when you focus in on them, they vanish. And two; it's a micro-sleep, which lasts about 2 to 40 seconds in length, so it has next to nothing to do with someone seeing you or if you're not comfy. You're turned off from outside stimuli while in a micro-sleep, so you wouldn't even know, but you're head falling over is more than enough of a wake-up call. That's why blank staring and head snaps are signs that you are in a micro-sleep.

It could be possible to enter a dream from a micro-sleep. I'm going to test that theory out this summer when I have more time than I do now. I watched a video that suggested that micro-sleeps could be related to WILDing. I think it may be worth a shot to try.