Thread: How possible is shape shifting

I've flew around as a pterodactyl, but my dream recall was a little bit hazy in that dream. I do remember that I was basically in that form for the whole time, but essentially I wasn't doing anything that required me to experience much different from my regular dreams, as I have flown a lot before.

To be honest, it's only difficult if you make it that way. If you can visualize yourself being a different form, and doing things, it's gonna come to you easier. For me I typically try to imagine what will happen in a dream right before it happens then make some action that would initiate the action, for example, a few nights ago I had a dream where I wanted something to come up from the ground, so I imagined what it would look like, then brought my hands up in a rising motion while I focused intently on where I wanted this object brought up from the ground, and it happened perfectly.

At least, that's how I do dream control, as for staying that shape for the entire dream... well you'll just have to practice that I'd say.

It's quite possible to shift forms in a dream, even drastic shifts. I recently spent most of a LD doing nothing but testing the difficulty of assuming various forms, and the only one I couldn't do was a potted tree. And perhaps I'm just not creative enough to visualize what it must be to be a tree, I don't know.

As far as how long, it seems to depend. If you're a bird, and flying, most likely you're going to stay a bird. If you're a shark, and stay swimming, you should stay a shark. If you stop for a while... that's where you can spontaneously revert. A form seems perfectly stable so long as it 'reminds' you that you're in it, whether by moving or whatever. When that wavers, you can lose it... but that goes for anything in a lucid dream, really.

Originally Posted by Locarno

and the only one I couldn't do was a potted tree. And perhaps I'm just not creative enough to visualize what it must be to be a tree, I don't know.

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