Thread: why is it that my dreams get vivid and almost realm but yet i still cant tell myself im dreaming?

It's normal. Our subconscious can often easily convince our dream self that we are awake, where in fact we are dreaming, even if none of the things in the dream are normal. That's why we use reality checks, to question whether we are awake or dreaming.

Yeah, boost up your awareness in waking life. Keep questioning if you're dreaming or not while you are awake. That way, that mindset will carry over into the dream and help you out. Having vivid dreams yet not becoming lucid is pretty normal, in fact, that's pretty much what happens to normal people everytime. If it weren't we'd all be lucid all the time. Good luck!

It's not so much that your subconscious is convincing your dream self that you are awake...it has more to do with specific areas of consciousness and logic centers that are normally powered down when you are dreaming. As paige said, the key is practicing awareness, and learning how to turn those areas of the brain back on inside a dream. Some people will naturally have a much easier time of this than others, and a lot of it has to do with luck and life circumstances as well.

As Nina mentioned, when you are dreaming, the logic center of your brain is off while dreaming. I think it is the same reason you don't actually run when you dream of running. We have evolved so that you don't punch your mate in the face while you dream of fighting.

I would say that a vivid dream gives you a better chance of becoming lucid, but that is just a guess. Consider attention and intention. Intention programs your mind. This guarantees nothing, but hopefully sets up opportunity. Attention is what Paige is talking about. Daily RC's, ADA (All Day Awarenes), and such. You dream of life events and an amalgamation of what you can imagine. Give your mind lucid food. Think about it during the day and it may find its way into a dream and trigger a lucid.

Also, understand that many lucids manifest when the logic center of your mind is naturally on or will soon be on. Just before you wake up, your internal clock knows you need to wake up. The logic center turns on, and you may be in a dream; therefore, you may become lucid. Unfortunately, since you are about to wake up, your lucid will be short.

When you take a nap in the middle of the day, the logic center of your mind is on. When you go to sleep, it may stay on and you slip into a lucid dream. I believe there is a much better possibility of this if you are aware of the concept of lucid dreaming.

Summing up these last two points, the logic center of your mind is on when you wake up for the morning, or if you've been awake and take a nap. It makes sense. This is why some people don't mind waking up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night. I sometimes like to log my dreams in the middle of the night, or at least say a couple key words from dreams I've had so I have something to help me remember a dream I've had. When I go back to bed, I've waken up my mind without getting up, and I can go back to sleep and I may become lucid.

I hope this wasn't too long for you.

Napping during the late morning/early afternoon was always a surefire way to get me lucid.

i wish there were pills that could make the logicness in your brain stay active overnight, that would be amazing

Originally Posted by dreamer7

i wish there were pills that could make the logicness in your brain stay active overnight, that would be amazing

If only that would exist....