Thread: What happened? Obstructed view and distorted apartment in lucid dream...

This morning I had a strange, frustrating lucid dream where part of my view was obstructed by a black overlay of cracked-LCD like designs that somehow correlated with the dryness felt in my eyes. On top of that, the world that I could see was extremely distorted. The doors of my apartment were tilted diagonally, couches were tilted and mirrored horizontally, and it was difficult to explore this world because I could barely tell where I was, what direction I was moving, and on the whole what was going on. The one thing I wanted was to be able to eliminate the black 'cracked-glass' overlay, and explore a somewhat normal world, but I couldn't change the situation no matter how hard I tried.

Here's a very 'rough' idea of what it looked like:
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I also tried yelling "increase clarity!" in my dream, along with various other expressions. My voice sounded very muffled and fake. The lucidity felt quite fragile - like I might wake up any second. There are many more details I could include but I think you got the main idea.

Overall, this was a pretty strange lucid dreaming experience, and my question to you is, WHAT HAPPENED? Has anybody else had an experience similar to this, where the view is obstructed somehow and the world is distorted or unclear? Perhaps there is a term for this kind of dream. Could this have been an extremely complex hypnagogic hallucination? Any insights you guys can offer would be greatly appreciated! While I'm not sure how likely I am to experience something like this again, I'd like to know what I could do in this sort of situation to improve clarity and perhaps change the dream scene.

Thanks,

Dalal