Thread: Just how vivid/realistic can L.D be?

Well for me these have never really applied to me, for instance when I have a DILD it's possible to mistake it for real life. So if by the logic there I can mistake a dream as real life but it's only a six. Although, I have heard that you can go beyond the vividness of real life, which I think has happened to me in a non-lucid dream in which case I suppose I would classify that as a ten. But my idea of vividness is based off of how clear the dream is, how well can I recall it? How well was my vision while in the dream? Was it foggy? Also, I go based off of realism, for instance this morning I was flying in a lucid dream and I could feel the wind on my face while flying. For me that made it more real and therefore more vivid. And one last thing, I heard that the more lucid you are in the dream, or more aware, the higher the vividness could go so I believe that you could raise the vividness of a dream from when it begins to where it ends. This is just what I think though..

That scale you posted is bogus. There are many factors here at work which influence vividness. But to answer your question, how vivid/realistic can LDs be, I ask you "how vivid/realistic can waking life be?"

And there is your answer.

I think those awareness:method statistics are ridiculous, people lucid dream in different ways. On some days lucid dreams can be really vivid and almost too-memorable, on others they can be so fuzzy and unclear that I only remember snippets, implying that methods give you different varying states of awareness in dreams is bogus.

Thanks krarom.Hmnn wow so i can really go beyond the vividness of real life,thats cool

Hey all those who didnt like dat scale...dat scale is not made my me.......it is of dreamviews.its in the tutorial-The Beginner's Guide to Lucid Dreaming..I know dat there r many factors which affects the vividness of dream..but just think logically,how can d scale b completely useless..what harm is in it to rate it,,dat way u can keep track of ur progress,,,i mean see,everything which we do for d 1st time looks difficult,more enjoyable/intimidating etc...i mean if ur eating KFC for the 1st time,it will taste gr8 but if u eat it daily it will taste like a normal meal,nothing special,,So if someone LD's for the 1st time,he may feel its overwhelmingly real & suppose rates it as 10,which advanced LDers rates 6. Now even though if he dreams his next dream with the same vividity..he will feel it a less vivid cause he is getting used to it..Now suddenly if he have a dream more vivider than before & he may think omg! i thought dat 1 was real,then this 1 may be super real...& rate d previous dream 7 & the new dream 10....Then he may have many dreams ,& rates it in between 8-9...So actually the 1st dream he had,is now the least vivid to him now...so rating lets u know systematically how far u've progressed..Well that is my theory though..the rest is up to u..but just give it a thought!!!!!!