Thread: "Attention / Awareness off" switch? Potential implications to lucidity

Raphael, I think you nailed it. This is not the muscle memory, that aspect is pretty automatic. Still, I do not feel keyboard or the mouse until I shift my attention to them. It's the focus and engagement which draws the attention away from everything. The disbelief is suspended in both games and movies. Possibly even in dreams, since they also kinda follow a plot.

I've tried it today again, and it's almost impossible to keep the observer kind of attention when I'm intensely focused on the activity. I think reality checks and dream signs may attempt to counter this state of enthrallment and restore awareness. Affirmations seem to work in between, but not during the intense moments.

The fact of acting with such high level of engagement is pretty disturbing. Even if I try to keep awareness, that intention is washed away once the intensity of the engagement picks up.

Who else can relate, let's figure out what's happening here!