Thread: have you ever seen someone do a RC in the real world

Woh, nice question, nope, i never saw someone do an RC. But i told my friends about it and we were talking about it and i was like 'welp, time for the RC!' and i did one

i think if i saw someone doing an RC i would ask them even if it was a stranger, i don't care if they thought i was crazy

I would go WTF! i my mind and maybe approch them.

I've never seen anyone else do one. If i saw someone do an rc, i'd probably have to do one myself to make sure that i wasn't dreaming.

Never, which is kind of sad. I wish more people knew about LDing.

Originally Posted by Puffin

Never, which is kind of sad. I wish more people knew about LDing.

Same here. Although I did meet someone who heard of LDing before.

Lucky! I've heard my friends at school talk about sleep paralysis, but all they've said is that "it happens when you're really tired, and it's scary"... Didn't talk about a connection to LDing at all.

I keep telling all my friends about it and half the time there like "oh, that's how I dream" and i'm like WTF stupid people doing it naturally whilst i'm working like hell to get 2 seconds of lucidity before I wake up

I always think about that. I was at the beach today and I wondered how many of the people there are lucid dreamers. Never seen someone else do a RC though.

Also, along with the "more people doing LDing" thing, I told my brother about it and he thought it was really cool, but when I offered to teach him he said he didn't want to do it. Kind of confuses me why people wouldn't want to do lucid dreaming when they can do anything they want in a LD.

I've told both of my parents about LDing. Both of them got very, very interested (my mom even made an account here), but then they lost that interest within a few days. >_< It probably has something to do with what kind of person you are; if my parents were imaginative or creative like me, or even just very curious, they'd probably really get into it.

Originally Posted by Puffin

Lucky! I've heard my friends at school talk about sleep paralysis, but all they've said is that "it happens when you're really tired, and it's scary"... Didn't talk about a connection to LDing at all.

Yeah. I even got them to make an account. They are still here although not super active.

i ask my kids about their dreams all the time, i had an LD one time and my daughter was in it. but i do not personally know anyone else who is into lucid dreaming, i even asked my older brother and he said

" i very rarely remember my dreams, if i do they are dark and the always come true". must be all the native-american blood in the family

Originally Posted by Oneironautic

I keep telling all my friends about it and half the time there like "oh, that's how I dream" and i'm like WTF stupid people doing it naturally whilst i'm working like hell to get 2 seconds of lucidity before I wake up

for years i did it naturally, i thought that is how everyone dreams. but now i am trying for longer LDs and better control

Originally Posted by Puffin

I've told both of my parents about LDing. Both of them got very, very interested (my mom even made an account here), but then they lost that interest within a few days. >_< It probably has something to do with what kind of person you are; if my parents were imaginative or creative like me, or even just very curious, they'd probably really get into it.

My mom thought it was stupid, and my dad pretended to be interested, but he wasn't. xD

I've never seen anyone count their fingers or plug their nose in real life. I usually walk around and do just that in the subway though and I'm sure someone must have seen me. I've also got a hoodie with some lucid related text on, which will probably make those who knows what it is smile.

I think i saw someone doing an RC. it was about a month ago, i dont know when. I was in the bank picking up some money , then i saw someone staring at the ATM and trying to "Press 2 fingers of his right hand into his left palm"... didnt think about it but now that you mentioned it.

Lol. I do mental RCs. Completely inconspicuous And no, I've never seen anyone do an RC. Well, I might have, but maybe assumed they were on drugs. LSDGarfield's avy made me think of that I've done some weird things on LSD before

who has not done some weird things on LSD before

No, but if I did see someone do an RC and I didn't know about lucid dreaming, I'd be wondering what the hell they were doing.

Originally Posted by divinemission

No, but if I did see someone do an RC and I didn't know about lucid dreaming, I'd be wondering what the hell they were doing.

True. When I'm around other people, I make sure that my RCing is more like just stopping and looking around. I quickly brush my nose (plugging it as I do), and try to breathe through it. If someone saw me doing this, they wouldn't take a second look and think something was off.

When I'm alone, though... things get a little more intense. I sniff walls and run my hand along objects.

I look at the clock and and i look at the mirror, considering they are right next to each other

No, but I've had friends tell me about lucid dreaming thinking I didn't already know what it was.

Also, lots of my friends know what sleep paralysis is, which I initially took by surprise.

Originally Posted by PhantomLegend

Also, lots of my friends know what sleep paralysis is, which I initially took by surprise.

It's strange how so many people know what SP is, but few of them know what LDing is.

Originally Posted by Puffin

It's strange how so many people know what SP is, but few of them know what LDing is.

Exactly. Same goes for my experiences with other people's willingness to talk about either of the two. They just seem to be more comfortable talking about SP than LDs, if any of them at all. Maybe the reasons why are the same.