Thread: Questions to experienced lucid dreamers

I've always wondered several things about lucid dreaming:

1. In a lucid dream, do you remember what happened before you sleep?

2. Can you 'build' a setting and dream characters in a lucid dream and return to the that setting in a later lucid dream?

3. Do you remember lucid dreams as clearly as real memories or only as clearly as non-lucid dreams?

4. Do you have to wake up from a lucid dream to remember a lucid dream?

I'm no experienced lucid dreamer or anything I've only had one haha. But I remember it like any real life memory, I can picture it in my head as if it really happened, and while it was happening it felt like real life. And I think waking up right after makes it way easier to remember, but your gonna wake up sooner or later so you can still remember it regardless. Someone with more experience can probably give you better answers though :p

Yes, you can remember all like what happened before you get into bed. You will remember your lucid dream very clearly as real memories and you have to write it in dream journal.

1.) Yes, I can remember what happened in real life in my lucid dream.

2.) you can, but this is fairly difficult. The place and characters you make up would have to stick in your memory really well. You would have to remember what it was like. Then in your dream, just change your dream scene to the one you want to go to! (See my "Change Your Dream Scene" tutorial in my signature)

3.) I tend to remember Lucids more than non Lucids. As I got better at lucid dreaming, thr vividness increased. As an experiences lucid dreamer, most of my Lucids are as clear as real memories.

4.) Obviously...xD. You can't stay in the dream forever. Not really sure what you mean by this one. Unless you mean that if you have a non lucid right after a lucid, can you still remember the lucid? The answer is yes.

Lucid dreams seem as real as real life. So as you are in them they seem real. When you recall them it is as real as you remember anything you have done in the past. It is not at all like your half-remembered fuzzy dreams!

When you become lucid its like you all of a sudden remember who you are and so you are fully you, just as if you awoke.

I cant construct much on my own yet. Been doing this 7 months.

Dont worry. Starting out you will wake up during the dream and fully recall it. Starting out you have to work to NOT immediately wake up as it is so friggin awesome. I usually cannot fall back asleep afterwards as Im so pumped up from something that seems like 'magic' to me.

Originally Posted by xdream

I've always wondered several things about lucid dreaming:

1. In a lucid dream, do you remember what happened before you sleep?

Actually, that's how I became lucid in my last dream. I was in a building that looked like an airport, but I clearly remembered being in bed before dozing off and slipping back into REM sleep. I couldn't remember leaving the house to go to the airport, so I knew I had to be dreaming.

2. Can you 'build' a setting and dream characters in a lucid dream and return to the that setting in a later lucid dream?

I don't see why not. I've been able to do it in non-lucid dreams. During a really stressful situation, I had a dream that there was a trapdoor in my bedroom that let me escape into a secret second bedroom. For months afterward, I would have recurring dreams of escaping into the secret room. The furniture would change between visits, but the trapdoor was always in the same place.

3. Do you remember lucid dreams as clearly as real memories or only as clearly as non-lucid dreams?

Memory can be a tricky thing. I remember my lucid dreams just as clearly as non-lucid dreams as long as I write them down. But I've also had dreams that seem to resemble early memories. As a kid, I used to have dreams about jumping up and down on the bed at my grandmother's house until I slipped and hit my forehead on the headboard. One day I mentioned it to a relative, who confirmed that this actually happened when I was a little over a year old.

4. Do you have to wake up from a lucid dream to remember a lucid dream?

Not quite sure what you're asking here, but as long as I stay focused in a lucid dream, I can remember what happened moments earlier in the dream without having to wake up.