Is it possible to Lucid Dream without being in REM sleep?
Right so something happened last night I am really curious about
As I was falling asleep at the start of the night I was planning to MILD but as usual I fell asleep during my relaxation techniques. I woke up twice having had two really short lucid dreams. The second I was in a corridor with my friend and we both aimed our guns at someone but they shot me and I instantly realised I was dreaming due to the lack of pain and then woke up.
I recorded both short dreams on my laptop but then realised that only 20 minutes had past from when I had started my relaxation techniques…
Were these two short dreams lucid? Or were they even dreams? I understand the different stages of sleep and so I’m confused as to how I could have had TWO dreams in such a short period (and likely still in STAGE 1 of sleep).
Do I count these as lucid dreams or were they something else?
I ended up using WBTB later that night and having a really Vivid LD anyway but just wondered about the first two.