Thread: Mirrors in lucid dreams

Most of the time I will look like myself in a mirror, but my hair will be different. Usually it is in a really strange style that doesn't really match me . I really like mirrors in dreams though. They are very interesting to mess around with. Also, I like melting through/phasing through them. Mirrors seem to always lead me to new places.

I usually have a lot of facial hair for some reason. Of course it seem totally normal in the dream. When I'm lucid I look perfectly normal.

Mirrors are quite versatile for me. I can use them as a portal into a new dream scene, or use them as an exit to wake up. I'll think about what I want on the other side, then run into the mirror at full speed.

I used to look deformed, overtime with knowledge about how mirrors work in dreams I've been able to see a normal reflection. I still insist they are evil, evil things.

Originally Posted by anderj101

Mirrors are quite versatile for me. I can use them as a portal into a new dream scene, or use them as an exit to wake up. I'll think about what I want on the other side, then run into the mirror at full speed.

No disrespect intended, but have you ever just ran INTO the mirror while in a lucid, not through it? If you have, how'd that go?

Wow, weird. I've been meaning to find a mirror while lucid but I can't seem to remember! Once I looked in one while non-lucid and part of my scalp was missing and I could see my brain. I freaked a little, but not nearly as much as I should have if it was real. It was kinda like "Oh... This is BAD. What should I do? Well I'm still alive, that's a plus." lol

Originally Posted by fOrceez

No disrespect intended, but have you ever just ran INTO the mirror while in a lucid, not through it? If you have, how'd that go?

I have bounced off the glass a couple of times. It doesn't feel too good. Here's an excerpt from my favorite dream journal entry involving a mirror:

Spoiler for Favorite mirror dream:

I enter the bathroom and look into the vanity mirror, while rubbing my hands together to help keep things stable. I am trying to remain calm and collected while my face quickly melts down and my eyes fall down below my nose. I observe for a few seconds before looking away from the mirror to look at my hands. I stop rubbing my hands and look back into the mirror. My face is moving in and out as I breathe, gaining more depth in the third dimension with each breath. I slowly raise my right hand in front of my face and my fingers flew off and go into my right eye socket. There are a couple of very long skinny fingers still attached that are trying to go up my nose. I lower my hand slightly and all of my fingers come out of my eye socket and reattach to my hand. When I raise my hand slightly, my fingers go into my eye socket again. The repeatable transition point seems to be once the fingers raise past the nose in the mirror. I raise my hand higher and my whole hand goes into my right eye socket, all the way to the elbow. All of my fingers begin falling out of my nose, bounce off the sink and go into my left eye socket. I lower my hand slowly and all of my fingers reattach themselves.

I continue to stare in the mirror, watching my eyes stretch so wide my eyeballs almost fall out. Suddenly, I hear someone call my name from outside the bathroom. I look at the door, and notice that I had forgot to close it completely. I run to the door and push it shut the rest of the way. I walk back to the vanity mirror and decide to stretch it all the way down to the floor so I can walk through it. Feeling a bit rushed because I know someone is walking toward the bathroom, I grab the bottom of the mirror frame and pull it firmly towards the floor. The mirror offers some resistance, but complies with the stretch. While pulling the mirror down, the sink and cabinet disappear into the floor. As soon as I finish stretching the mirror, an older guy walks into and through the bathroom, into a connecting room. He is giving me the “death look” as he walks by. I stare back at him with a very defensive, angry glare while he passes. I look back at the mirror and touch the glass. My fingers pass through the glass without any resistance. It is very cold on the other side of the glass. I take a step back and walk into the mirror, only to bounce off of the glass. The surface would no longer give way and let me through.

in my 1st LD I looked in the mirror and it turned into a weird whirlpool/portal. then I heard a vibrant and really loud shriek which came from the mirror. I got scared and woke up

Mirrors are generally pretty accurate for me in dreams...except for sometimes realistic changes like hair being different...I look somewhat distorted in dreams, but it's generally not too much

Originally Posted by anderj101

I have bounced off the glass a couple of times. It doesn't feel too good.

Don't take this the wrong way, but its only ever hard to tell reality apart from dreams when you are asleep. Its quite obvious when you aren't, even just the sensation of being conscious in reality is easy to tell apart from the lesser clarity and 'different' physical feeling the dream world has. The only reason people RC in the day is so they do it on accident in the dream. :/

What happens you ask? What you expect to happen when you look into the mirror. In dream things work by expectations. If you expect wierdness then you shall get it if you expect nothing then you get nothing. WHen i look into mirrrors the only difference is that i am more muscular have a great chest and toned abs instead of the mucscle pudge I have now. I expected it to be normal so i got normal. When i phase through mirrors every thing is fliped right become left and if its a dirty house it become a clean house. Everything flips even circumstances. Last night when i entered a mirror my house had ornate decorations and my room was filled with books not games.

Yeah, Im learning to avoid mirrors in dreams altogether. Once I looked like a hideous ape-man, once my eye fell out. Often my beard falls off. Dream mirrors are weird.

Originally Posted by Loaf

Don't take this the wrong way, but its only ever hard to tell reality apart from dreams when you are asleep. Its quite obvious when you aren't, even just the sensation of being conscious in reality is easy to tell apart from the lesser clarity and 'different' physical feeling the dream world has. The only reason people RC in the day is so they do it on accident in the dream. :/

No, that is the only reason people RC if they aren't performing RCs correctly. When you RC during the day, your suppose to be training yourself to question your reality. That way, you will do the same in your dreams. If you truly question your reality regularly in waking life (while performing RCs), you will become more aware of things in the dream state. Certain circumstances will lead to your questioning of reality in the dream state.

If one is performing RCs to try and get lucky and perform one in a dream, they are going about it the wrong way. Quality RCs help build awareness.

I used to RC non-stop. Sometimes I'd question reality enough to have to RC with my hands beyond good practice, but rarely. Someone who honestly finds the need to run into a pane of glass in reality needs to re-consider many things, especially if that RC is appropriate in the first place.

Now days I don't even need to bother. Doesn't impact my lucid dreaming ability because I can tell the difference well enough to not need to RC in such ways. I'd be surprised if it wasn't like that for most people.

I look completely normal in a mirror. But my actions lag when I look into it. Like, let's say I'll sneeze. My reflection will sneeze one second later. Haha, it's pretty funny.

I looked at my self in the mirror during my first lucid experience and everything appeared normal at first glance, i was expecting some sort of distorted image but i cant say i saw that. actually my image in the mirror was more vivid then the lucid dreamscape itself. if that makes sense.

Mirrors are funny things. I've looked into mirrors on a few occasions and saw myself normally. My hair is usually only at my shoulders, though, or a bit messier than normal.

I have never really expected to get a certain image when I looked into mirrors; I just "know" that I would see myself because I look in mirrors so much in real life - my house is full of them! xD

Originally Posted by Loaf

I used to RC non-stop. Sometimes I'd question reality enough to have to RC with my hands beyond good practice, but rarely. Someone who honestly finds the need to run into a pane of glass in reality needs to re-consider many things, especially if that RC is appropriate in the first place.

Now days I don't even need to bother. Doesn't impact my lucid dreaming ability because I can tell the difference well enough to not need to RC in such ways. I'd be surprised if it wasn't like that for most people.

Lol, indeed. I'm pretty sure anderj was talking about running into a mirror in a dream and bouncing off though. I don't think he meant he has ran into them during waking life.

Originally Posted by Puffin

Mirrors are funny things. I've looked into mirrors on a few occasions and saw myself normally. My hair is usually only at my shoulders, though, or a bit messier than normal.

I have never really expected to get a certain image when I looked into mirrors; I just "know" that I would see myself because I look in mirrors so much in real life - my house is full of them! xD

Mine too ! I have three large mirrors in my room alone...