Thread: Why Do Some People have Lucid Dreams easier/with No effort than other people?

Personally I think most of it can simply go back to awareness. Some people are naturally aware and self-aware and question what's around them, resulting in natural lucid dreams. This can be a result of any number of things and there's no really one answer for it (curiosity for example is a common reason). Usually others don't really think about what's around them and more about just daily things in life (school, work, family, etc). This isn't necessarily a bad thing; it just means that you need to train yourself to be more aware, which, really, is what lucid dreaming breaks down to. Like VagalTone said, lucid dreaming takes time (sometimes it takes longer than others), and remember that even if you don't have a lucid dream yet, you're still improving and getting closer and closer every night as you improve dream recall and practice lucid dreaming methods.

Originally Posted by voByJunior2013

Some people have them easier with almost no effort. Some didn't even know what lucid dreams meant or do any dream journaling and they say they have had lucid dreams since childhood. How come some people have that and some other don't?

I'm a person who would like to have lucids but i haven't yet. I practice everyday since 2 weeks+ and nothing yet. Even my recall is not that great.

I'm guessing maybe people who can sleep well and people ,i dont know....but i just don't know.
Maybe more social people get them more often? I'm not social, i'm quiet shy and don't do any social stuff in real life. i'm disabled too cognitively .

I do not know why, I've always had lucid dreams since I was a little kid, and my mom did too. We used to talk to each other about them and she would give me cool ideas of stuff to do. But I know that my dad never even remembers any of his dreams, let alone becomes lucid in them.

But I do know that the common theme between me and my mom is that we both wake up a LOT during the night, and my dad sleeps like a rock. So maybe it does have to do with how restful/restless you sleep. Also, I tend to constantly question whether I'm awake or sleeping, whether life itself is just another form of dreaming and whether I can become lucid in this dream too?

I'm also super shy and socially awkward, verging on aspergers, so I don't think that has anything to do with it.