Thread: How long are your lucid dreams?

Originally Posted by KingYoshi

Huh? Sometimes I do actually go. Sometimes its quick like a teleport and sometimes it isn't. I calculate based on the time it felt like I actually spent in a dream. I don't add in false travel time as you have assumed . I have hour and two hour lucids all the time. I'm surprised with your 150+ count that you haven't experienced dreams longer than 10 minutes (in dream time). Of course, I'm not actually dreaming for 12 hours compared to real time, but time in a dream doesn't work the same as in real life unless you have trained yourself to see it this way. Your perception of time in a dream seems to be very realistic. I encourage you to try and change this, so you can prolong your lucid experiences.

How does someone go about changing that easily? It's pretty drilled into our heads, meditation?

Originally Posted by EmptyBucket

How does someone go about changing that easily? It's pretty drilled into our heads, meditation?

I'm not sure about meditation, I don't really meditate (in the traditional sense) very often. I mean, it might work, but I don't know that much about it.

Like you said, its pretty drilled into your head, so you need to try and prove it wrong first. I would start by doing a WBTB and look at the time in waking life before going back to sleep. Then in your dream, try to keep that dream going as long as possible. Then once you wake up, ask yourself, "How long did the dream feel like it lasted?" Once you have come to a conclusion, look at the clock and actually see how long it lasted. The idea is to get one of those dreams that felt like it lasted for ages, but it actually only lasted a short time. This way, your mind has proof that your perception of the time it took doesn't always match up with actual time. This can help break that initial wall.

When I first started lucid dreaming, my dreams seemed to last a short time (about as much as they lasted real time). I've simply been trying to prolong my lucid experiences throughout the entire time I've been lucid dreaming. I'm at the point now where I almost always feel as if my dream lasted for 20-30 minutes. Many times, 1 or 2 hours. A few times, 8-12 hours. The last category is rare for me, but the 1 to 2 hour dreams are quite common.

To be honest, I don't know how it works exactly. Otherwise, I'd be able to prolong them for 12+ hours at will. Doing the time calculation could help you get your mind into the "My dreams are lasting longer than actual time reveals" mindset. That is a start at least .