Why Won't My Mind Realize I'm Dreaming

[NickieVega]

Guys, I just don't get it. I have the weirdest, most unrealistic dreams in the world and I still can not force myself to preform a reality check or even stop and say "Is this a dream?" I just let it all happened. Like 1 dream, I was driving down a road, then appeared at an amusement park. There, I was on a ride with this really fat lady and she fell off into the water and her lung came out. The lung was as big as her stomach. She walked up to a staff person at the park and said "Excuse, my lung fell out, where can I get this fixed" Then staff member then pointed at a directory and pointed to a Nose Shop looking icon. I followed her there, then fell of dock, then got into a fist fight. While I'm on this "rant", begging for advice, can someone please tell me this. In my dreams, I can NOT ... WHAT SO EVER ... punch like a real human being. In my dreams, it feels as if I am punching in water, when not in water at all. It feels like my punches are slow and unaffective. That happens in a lot of dreams. So how can I make my mind go "OMG YOU PUNCHED SLOW! YOU'RE IN A DREAM?!"?

[KyrieEleison]

Everyone starts out this way, at least I did when i first started, you just need more practice all, and that second problem is common too, I've never had it happen to me but I certainly have heard of others talk about it. I wouldn't worry about that until you can become lucid though.

[Neptoid93]

I agree. This is only my second night properly dreaming but I had forgotten everything after and had to recall by staying still. I realized that a group of people were missing after looking round this field I was on, who were there when I previously looked (they were gone within a few seconds ), but I still had no proper awareness of that till a while after being awake. So I guess it's just going to take some time doing RCs and some mnemonics. I heard it takes at least a week to achieve LDs.

[Mancon]

Well when you sleep, the logic part of your brain basically shuts down. That is why most people don't recognize they are dreaming when they see totally unrealistic things. You just have to give it time and stay dedicated. You will get there! Good luck