Thread: How long your lucid will last

Most of the time dream time and real time are nearly identical. However, I've had dreams that lasted for a long time, but REM cycles (during the night) are 20 minutes max, so they must have been sped up.

Usually what happens is the same thing that happens in movies and TV shows. Boring parts are skipped. I never walk between places in my dreams, I always just go from one place to another.

You'll rarely dream longer than 45 min. That said, I believe you can make dream feel like hours or even days. However, I think the stories about dreams lasting for what seems like months or years are over-exaggerated

Most of the lucid dreams I have had only lasted on average under 2 minutes, because once I comprehend I'm awake in that state I get very excited and my mind is just blown on what to try, usually I just float a bit or call out for someone to respond. For me lucid dreams are a great place to flex your mind and imagination. I've had one that lasted a good 30 minutes though. Never experienced a time lapse or anything so far.

Long dreams and lucids are an illusion, they can't be longer than the REM cycle.

However, I suppose if you revisited the same dream in each cycle then you would be able to build up more length.

I know what you're talking about: I've had dreams that go on and on but only actually last a few minutes. But most of the time dream-time is similar to real time and I've actually been able to accurately estimate how log I've been asleep while I'm still dreaming in cases where I know that I have to get up soon and don't want to oversleep.

I think that my longest lucids are about an hour, but I don't always look at my clock before and after so I couldn't say that I haven't had ones that last longer. The problem for me with long lucids is that I begin to forget things that have happened. So if there's something I want to remember I have to cut them short and wake myself because waking memory is a whole lot better than dream-memory.

There's a huge difference from a lucid dream at 6:00AM and one at 7:30. For me, that extra REM period can drastically extend the length and lucidity of the dream...

Lucid dreams can seem to last for a long while if you aren't repetitive (as in, spending the entire dream trying to shoot a flame from your hand).

The longest LD I have had was it lasted 25 years(dream time) I aged and no detail was left untouched I had a Mother her name was Joan and my Dad was Joe(same a real life =]) This dream took place in the 18 hundreds and me and my "parents" lived in the mountains. It was an awesome dream.

Originally Posted by 27

However, I think the stories about dreams lasting for what seems like months or years are over-exaggerated

Originally Posted by Elite

The longest LD I have had was it lasted 25 years(dream time) I aged and no detail was left untouched I had a Mother her name was Joan and my Dad was Joe(same a real life =]) This dream took place in the 18 hundreds and me and my "parents" lived in the mountains. It was an awesome dream.

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Originally Posted by Terrorhawker

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=] I am not lying.

Non-Lucid dreams usually last longer. I often fall asleep after hitting the Snooze button of my alarm clock and have a dream that goes hours, then waking up and it's only ten minutes later. I guess that's just because you remember it stretched back to normal time. The dream actually happens at rapid fucking speed but when recalling it, your brain stretches it to realistic time measures.

Originally Posted by Überschall

Non-Lucid dreams usually last longer. I often fall asleep after hitting the Snooze button of my alarm clock and have a dream that goes hours, then waking up and it's only ten minutes later. I guess that's just because you remember it stretched back to normal time. The dream actually happens at rapid fucking speed but when recalling it, your brain stretches it to realistic time measures.

That seems to make sense =]

edit: Uber read my dream journal.