What does it feel like when you attain a lucid state?

[BDK235]

I am really new to all of this but have been trying different things since I joined a couple of weeks ago. Last week on two seperate nights i recognized that I was dreaming and actually said in my dream, "I'm Dreaming". Then the dream kinda petered out and I woke up. Probably due to the excitement that I actually knew what was going on and I remember feeling a like my entire body was alive with energy when i snapped to. Am i on the right path? Is that what it feels like when you attain a lucid state?

[Cyriz]

To me it feels like literally waking up inside the dream (minus the groggyness). You're on a sort of auto-pilot when you're not lucid, and when something triggers you to be lucid, I'm like "Oh... I'm 'awake'". you become more clear minded and in control, like in the real world.

[BDK235]

Thats exactly what it felt like in dream. Like crystal clear then it got all muddled and I woke up. But when I woke my body felt so energetic. Like i could actually feel it surging through my body.

[Lucidness]

When your dreaming, your like day dreaming in real life. When something snaps at you, you focus and realise something. Remember, if you try to lucid dream in the future, remember : Intention &and Awareness.

[Lucid Warrior]

I get a weird rush, so it feels stronger than waking up for me. The degree of the rush varies with the degree of lucidity though, and the vividness of the dream. And I tend to never wake up from that sort of thing, like it sounds quite a few people do. I always wake because I close my dream eyes, and 'float' back out...

[lucidisfree:)]

Well for me its a great feeling and i just think so much when it happens as its like others have said ..its just like being awake really your mind works just as well if not better as there are no limits !

[JamesLD]

its one of the most amazing feelings in the world, like nothing youve ever felt before.

[BDK235]

Thanks for the input evryone. I'm hoping i can grab lucidity for a while tonight. Had it two nights in a row last week for a milisecond and I want more. Maybe it's this way for newbsticks but all I can think about while I'm awake is that feeling of awareness i felt. Sadly enough I don't think i have ever been that with it in my waking life.

[StasConstantine]

For me it fills like I am in virtual reality or some thing. It feels like normal life with all the cool stuff in it. For me it's like real life is regular TV Lucid Dream is Like HDTV!!!

[jmanjohn]

For me it's like a virtual playground. No consequences and nothing bad able to happen. I havn't been really lucid in about 2 weeks. Sucks right. But I do sometimes wake up and feel very awake, if only i had a watch that told time in the dream for real, then wake up with it when i need to go to school. Would be so great.

[speedbasssux]

I really enjoy the feeling of waking up from a lucid dream. Except for the bummer from the dream being over, the feeling of already being awake when your body wakes up it the coolest. It's like when you woke up early when you were a kid and had to wait for your parents to wake up before you could do anything.

[matthew123]

I normally feel half asleep in a lucid dream and heavy. i soon wake up due to the excitement as well

[Trickster]

its one of the most amazing feelings in the world, like nothing youve ever felt before. Agreed, and only thing hard to learn is trying to remain calm enough to stay in the lucid dream - when really you're thinking -omg this is so amazingly cool!

[Xyrin]

Well, for me... Normal, as I've only had a few non-lucid! But as every else said, it's epic. So is dream control!

[TJuulsgaard]

For me the moment I realise I'm dreaming is usually the best part for me... it is just such an incredible rush. Once I'm there I think to myself that this LD'ing is just so easy.. then I start running around as if I only have 30 secs - usually it last much longer, but I'm in such an urgency to do all sorts of things. I think to mysef that this is great and its better than real life - then when I wake up it seem like a memory 1 month ago - strange... But the one thing i remember best is the realisation of "THIS IS A DREAM!" its greater than GREAT! oh and when I wake up again I also know that I was lucky and that I may have to wait a week or 2 for the next one...

[shotbirds]

If you are fully lucid you will feel the transition. It feels like how it feels when you're awake. I guess the best way i can describe mine is by saying its kind of like going from daydream to being snapped out of it. But since it'll be inside your dream it will be awesome. In dreams I feel like I'm constantly looking passed everything, can't focus.

[DpsBob]

I've only had one LD and, trust me, it's incredible. For about 3-4 dreamtime minutes I was in heaven. I have NEVER felt that sort of a rush of excitement, or innocence and awe in the face of something so surreal and completely new. What was unique about my first LD was that I had FULL lucidity. I started literally laughing with excitement, and I remembered reading on the forum that you could basically create anything you wanted, so I conjured up a bike to ride around on and decided it wasn't big enough, so I made it bigger. Initially it was made out of pure semi-transparent energy (can't really explain that one) and I said 'that won't do, give me a normal bike.'