Thread: Anyone who has had a super realistic lucid.

well in all of my wilds it literally feels like I'm awake. Its just as realistic as real life. I feel, see, smell, hear, and taste everything the exact same as waking life its pretty crazy.

I wanna hear more about your photographic memory!!! Describe it to me, in detail... is it difficult to see things or does it take effort to recall them? How long does it take to store information?

I've had a super realistic lucid dream or two. The aspects of them which make them feel more real are the emotions they draw out of me. The more attached I am to the situation, the more real they feel. For example, large lanky aliens lurking nearby might not be a big deal... however when I have to react to them by say, a chase developing, then I'm more inclined to believe it's real because I'm involving more of my senses and providing a more diverse environment.

tl:dr It feels more real when I'm forced to interact with my environment.

I'm still not sure if I'm doing this tl:dr crap right. Does someone know if I'm doing it right?

My first lucid dream was super realistic. What else can I say than it was amazing. All I did was fly around. It was set over yellowstone and a few corn fields, my view was distorted but it was beautifull. Greens were three times greener than in real life, same with blues and white. Everything was vibrant, It's unexplainable how great it was.

Yes I used to think it was impossible because usually my brain tricks me to believe it's vivid. But when I wake up I realize that it wasn't that vivid.
You can read the experience in my DJ it's called "Communicating with entities". It was so vivid that I at the time didn't thought it was a dream because it was too vivid for me to think otherwise.

Yes I have, I sometimes just spend my time wandering around in amazement that this is even a dream. I remember looking at the texture on my jeans and I could see the texture of it very well, and I went out and looked at the chairs around the patio and they had very distinctive patterns.

I actually had an experience like that this morning, it was very vivid, seemed like every detail was filled out, I had to wonder if I was sleep walking, but there was a christmas tree in our living room, and it's not christmas. I could see the individual needles on the tree. And when I turned on my tv, and had access to quite a few shows that seemed to make perfect sense, but I can't remember them right now.

I do believe it works because the brain only needs to fill out the information you process, it's true that when you wake up you'll have doubts about how vivid it is, but it seems like your brain fills in the areas so well. You just won't remember all of it, and it'll seem more foggy. Purhaps it only tricks you into believing your seeing detail, but if that's the case, it really is convincing.

Mine typically have areas of vividness. Whatever I'm focusing on is zoomed in high-def HD quality, but the peripheral vision is often distorted or blurry.

All of my lucid dreams have been as realistic as waking life.

I had a dream last night that was so incredibly vivid. ^^
I felt everything you would experience in waking life, including a little breeze. I remember I was going on a trip with some friends, except I didn't have my wallet. When I did find it, my wallet was the same as in real life, even down to the words on the lanyard.
However, it seemed a bit too clear, surreal- so I was able to catch it and become lucid. Best lucid I've had in a while, everything was sharp and clear, too bad I didn't take more time to really observe everything.

Well, the best realistic feeling i had in a lucid dream was my second one i beleve. Went from SP into a lucid dream. First it wasn't all that realistic but then i i payed attention to all my senses, did some practice in that dream to try to increase all the senses. And the result was quite amasing, like some people say it felt even more real then waking life.

People who have blurry lucid dreams should try it, really helps a lot! But anyway that was by far the best realistic feeling i ever encountered in a lucid dream, or any dream really.

Thanks for all the replies guys, makes me really excited to get lucid and have a lengthy dream. I do recall one non lucid I had last year where most of the dream was fairly hazy, but one part of the dream I found myself looking at a sort of storm cloud that was only maybe 20 feet across, but it looked so clear compared to everything else. I remember looking at it and even thinking wow, that cloud looks like its in HD. That's a missed dream sign. I then followed that up by taking out my phone to capture a picture of it and couldn't unlock the screen on my phone. The device looked as it should but just didn't do anything I was trying to get it to do. Another missed dream sign haha. That was early in my lucid journey though I never knew malfunctioning technology was a dream sign. Dream signs that crop up for me a lot include: tornado's/twisters, malfunctioning lights, a beautiful sunset, ufo's/lights in the sky, being at church, being at work. Anyway, I digress. Anyone else?

I got lucid on my balcony and first thought is to go flying. For a split second I was scared to jump off, because it looked like waking life.
Next time I kneeled down to examine a blade of grass. The most beautiful color and incredible details. As if I had better than 20/20 vision.
Other time I was trying to fly through some bushes. I felt the branches moist from morning dew hitting and scratching me on my face and cool breeze blowing through my hair.
Many times saw familiar buildings totally realistic looking. As if I was there in real.

Some of my LDs really seemed like waking life. I remember a LD where I just observed my surroundings and I was able to see the wooden chips on a tree trunk that was growing on the side of a narrow alley with black basalt floor. LDs and dreams in general can be very vivid since your mind which creates the world around you as you see it also creates your dreams.

My second lucid dream was as realistic as waking life. I really enjoyed that dream.

My first lucid dream i had in my first REM cycle so it was really short but that was crazy realistic. Looked like real life, took alot of mental power to convince myself it was a dream. I tried flying but fell the ground xD After that I went outside and started blowing stuff up. As you do

Just last night I had one. I realized I was dreaming and to stabilize I dropped to the asphalt I was on to focus on detail. There was a squirmy bug there that I examined in detail. It was so realistic as it squirmed in a little pudd le of water that I started to think I must be awake. This caused me to stare at it too long. According to Michael Raduga you should only focus for 5 seconds or less... I think he is right as I awoke. But it was realistic. Most are and get better as you have more. Used to notice periphal issue, but no more.

My lucid dreams are extremely vivid, even the most minute details can be picked up just by looking around the surroundings (creases on the shirt of a dream character, dirt stain on my kitchen floor etc).

Also 14 years of lucid dreaming experience has allowed me to develop very effective stabilization techniques to prolong such realistic dreams for a lengthy period of time.

Originally Posted by ThePieMan

Also 14 years of lucid dreaming experience has allowed me to develop very effective stabilization techniques to prolong such realistic dreams for a lengthy period of time.

Do you mind sharing your stabilization techniques? Maybe in a new thread?

When you become lucid, try to engage all your senses right away. I like to focus on listening to the sounds (laughter, chatter, music etc) and looking at the texture and patterns of objects around me. Combine this with physical actions such as spinning or jumping makes a powerful stabilization technique because it loads the sensory system so it cannot change its focus from the dream world to the waking world. When the brain is engaged in producing the experience of any dream action, it will be more difficult for it to create a contradictory sensation based on external sensory input, allowing the dreamer to anchor themselves better to their dream environment.
Doing mathematical calculations (regardless of level of difficulty) can help stimulate the logical part of the brain and prevent loss of dream details such as colour or shape.
Another very simple and effective stabilization technique is simply to demand clarity through inner speech. Talk to yourself in your lucid dreams. Remind yourself that you are dreaming by repeating things like "I am dreaming!.... This must be a dream!". But don't forget to accompany these phrases with a few physical actions.
Even if you find that despite all your efforts to prolong the dream you still wake up, all is not lost. As soon as you awaken just stay absolutely still and deeply relax your body, there is a good chance that you will fall back into REM sleep consciously.