Thread: Lucid Dream Time Limit?

Originally Posted by Puffin

The time spent in lucid dreams is directly equivalent to the time spent in the waking world (give or take a few minutes from time 'distortion'), so it's not possible to go for more than a few hours. You can make it seem like you've been in the dream for years by creating a succession of different events that seem chronological, but that's about it.

My own lucids have gone up to 15 minutes, most of them being around 5.

Do you remember the thread about that guy who's lucid's went for "years" because he just wanted to think, so he'd put a digital clock down, stare at it, and think. Eventually his dreams stretched from days, to weeks, to years? Do you think that was legit?

Originally Posted by yuppie11975

Do you remember the thread about that guy who's lucid's went for "years" because he just wanted to think, so he'd put a digital clock down, stare at it, and think. Eventually his dreams stretched from days, to weeks, to years? Do you think that was legit?

No. I doubt it.
Being conscious in a dream that long, with no way to keep records of who you were when you woke up, how to do your job, and how to behave, you'd probably have major difficulties after waking up.

And besides, cramming full years into a few-hours-long REM period is next to impossible.

But that's just me.