Lucid For 3 Hours

[CaLeB-]

Last night, I caught myself experiencing a DEILD between REM cycles and somehow stayed conscious throughout an entire ~3 hours of sleep before waking up again. It simply came out of nowhere, because I only have lucid dreams occasionally nowadays. The experience seemed like forever. Though, I didn't bother taking much advantage. All I did was explore my dreams and had discussions with dream characters as I followed them around, while constantly checking my hands to make sure I was still dreaming. Talking to these dream entities gave me the feeling of a direct connection with my subconsciousness. We laughed with each other, discussed topics, related to each other, but I unfortunately can't remember any of the conversations at this point. My memory is hazy, but I do recall that all of the dreams took place at night, toggling from indoor to outdoor scenarios. Even when the dreams transitioned, I somehow kept full awareness. The hand-checking trick never failed to re-ensure me; I remember my hands either having extra fingers or being distorted every time I checked. I was very surprised how long I kept going without waking up. No doubt it was the longest lucid period I've ever had. It was almost 5AM when I finally woke up. My DEILD must've occurred between 2-3AM, because I went to sleep a few hours before. Has anyone else experienced such long lucid periods? Feel free to share.

[dutchraptor]

Wow thats amazing, never really tried Deild chaining myself, however I am quite good at it. The longest period I've ever chained is 1 1/2 hours, I stopped for fear of losing my precious memories .

[Matte87]

I've never had a LD that lasted more than 20 minutes or so. Congratz! Sounds like an awesome experience

[DotEtc]

Wow! Just wow. 3 hours of lucid dreaming.. If it was for meee I would have done so much freaking things and talk to my sub-conscious firstly because I want to know more about myself. I'm a selfish bastard

[Alyzarin]

Three hours! Nice. So much chaos and destruction is possible in that time span. Makes me want to get back into having lucids frequently just so I can reach this potential....