Thread: Have you ever seen someone RC in real life?

I'd love to see someone RC in real life, just to confirm that there are lucid dreamers that live in my area. It'd be nice to know a LDer in real life. <:

Nope...lucid dreaming seems weird to most of the people out there but not me

No, I have not, but I have also had the thought that it would be cool. I should seriously start looking. Also maybe I should start being more obvious in my own RCs in public to allow someone else to spot me.

No, everyone around me seems on a hurry and are so absent-minded that they startle when someone comes up behind them, and almost everyone seems very uncomfortable when I mention lucid dreaming to them.

I honestly doubt that around 17% of the world population experiences lucid dreams more than once per month - 17‰ sounds more likely.

I do know that a few of my family members and relatives at least know about lucid dreaming and are mildly fascinated by them, though.

Never.. when someone sees me do it and i tell them why, they just say i'm crazy and that controling your dreams and making them as vivid and lucid as real life is impossible and i should get a proper hobby (as if i need more hobbies anyways)

One of my mother's friends told me that she is an occasional lucid dreamer, so I met one person who does LD.

Originally Posted by Leo96

Never.. when someone sees me do it and i tell them why, they just say i'm crazy and that controling your dreams and making them as vivid and lucid as real life is impossible and i should get a proper hobby (as if i need more hobbies anyways)

It's one of the best hobbies in the world because you can do anything in a lucid dream. These crazy people don't know what they're missing out on!

Cool idea with the avatar, if this your RC, jammerro!
I never saw somebody do one of the more open RCs like nose-plug or really intensely, not somehow camouflaged hand-looking.
But I think, I can - or at least could do these inconspicuous as well - take a handkerchief and pretend a cold, maybe..?

The thing with awareness to the surroundings - well - not a lot to witness, that is correct Laurelindo.
Once you look yourself for it - not many seem to have it switched on in normal life.
That does not mean, though, that it is never switched on. Some people open up less easily than others while commuting or else in public - for various reasons.

But I know people who lucid dream - some just like that - esp. only, when they were children - and some have learnt it.
A friend of mine per Castaneda - but in the end, that brought her off it - under the assumption - which the books plant - that it would be dangerous.

Another friend learned it from other books - he also meditates.
Then there are quite many people, who have heard of it - and many, who are interested, when I told them lately.
Including my darts-buddies.

Not one person has reacted even with disbelief - let alone antagonism.
Probably I am a lucky person, with whom I am in contact.

Maybe it´s Germany..


German Wikipedia:

Studies differ concerning the percentage of a population to lucid dream between 26 % and 82%.
Depending on the group asked - the below study is prone to high results, simply because of general interest almost being preprogrammed - or more random samples.
Also percentage does depend on the narrowness in definition of LD.

One study from 2004 with 444 German psychology students has also studied frequency:

Never 18,0 %
Less than once a year 7,5 %
Once a year 10,9 %
Around 2 - 4 per year 26,7 %
Once a month 16,2 %
Around 2- 3 a month 10,3 %
Once a week 8,0 %
More than once a week 2,5 %


Soo - don´t be pessimistic!! wink.gif

Let's be real. Don't we sort of look both ways before RCing in public? lol

Originally Posted by LucidHealer

Let's be real. Don't we sort of look both ways before RCing in public? lol

Nod, so that's why I am suggesting, let's start doing more obvious RCs ourselves now in public - I think I shall. I am past the age where I care too much if strangers will think that I am crazy, so what if they do?

Originally Posted by JoannaB

Nod, so that's why I am suggesting, let's start doing more obvious RCs ourselves now in public - I think I shall. I am past the age where I care too much if strangers will think that I am crazy, so what if they do?

Maybe this is how lucid dreamers are supposed to identify themselves. RCing is our flag. Let it wave!

I haven't seen anybody else do it, but I do RCs during school, which merits me a lot of what the hell is wrong with you looks.

Originally Posted by DreamscapeGoat

I haven't seen anybody else do it, but I do RCs during school, which merits me a lot of what the hell is wrong with you looks.

I do RCs in public and I get a lot of weird looks too you're not alone in this!

I have seen people looking at watches twice, but i doubt that's a RC, but who knows

Originally Posted by anotherdreamer

I do RCs in public and I get a lot of weird looks too you're not alone in this!

Kinda depends on what kind of reality checks you are doing in public, though;
if I saw someone suddenly jumping into the air, walking into walls or mumbling "is this waking life?" then I would also feel a bit uncomfortable around that person.

Originally Posted by Laurelindo

Kinda depends on what kind of reality checks you are doing in public, though

I only do the nose-pinch and hand RCs in public. It's still a bit odd to see someone intently staring at their hands while trying to push a finger through your palm.

Originally Posted by Leo96

Never.. when someone sees me do it and i tell them why, they just say i'm crazy and that controling your dreams and making them as vivid and lucid as real life is impossible and i should get a proper hobby (as if i need more hobbies anyways)

People need to stfu then. Why would you tell someone to get an other hobby?

Originally Posted by DreamscapeGoat

I haven't seen anybody else do it, but I do RCs during school, which merits me a lot of what the hell is wrong with you looks.

Don´t you have a close friend who ticks similarly to you?
When I did the Castaneda-first steps - I did it with a friend - both getting scared away after our first success(es) - but anyway - great to have somebody to talk with.
Of course you do have - on here - but we didn´t have internet back then - but with real life friends - should be even better.

Originally Posted by DreamscapeGoat

I only do the nose-pinch and hand RCs in public. It's still a bit odd to see someone intently staring at their hands while trying to push a finger through your palm.

I also do - and I do as if something was sticking somewhere - cleaning a fingernail or do whatever - fiddle a piece of skin from somewhere imaginary.
And what I wrote above is not so bad also I think - do the nose with a handkerchief and pretend to blow into it - besides the RC - as if it had been blocked.

I do not enough RCs unfortunately - but I think, I can do them without even another LDer noticing.

Originally Posted by LucidHealer

Maybe this is how lucid dreamers are supposed to identify themselves. RCing is our flag. Let it wave!

Yeah - like the Freemasons having finger-signs to recognize each other!!
I mean - in Germany - the lowest percentage with random people is 26 % - that´s a tad more than every fourth person!
Lets say half of them are "active" about it and RC - that´s every 8th.
On a compartment of underground-trains - with 40 people - there should be 5 present - make it one person - you might observe exactly this one doing something.
To meet somebody or observe somebody doing something "suspicious" - you could always catch their eyes and do something similar.
Maybe like that you can find like-minded people.

Originally Posted by Leo96

Never.. when someone sees me do it and i tell them why, they just say i'm crazy and that controling your dreams and making them as vivid and lucid as real life is impossible and i should get a proper hobby (as if i need more hobbies anyways)

I believe one reason why a lot of people feel uneasy about lucid dreaming is because, I guess, in many ways it might sound similar to some form of drug-induced experience.
It might sound a bit trippy and eerie to hear about events like talking to your subconscious, flying, transforming into different objects, teleporting etc.
A lot of people are too restricted to waking life to really understand the fascinating wonders of lucid dreaming.

Not that I know of. However two of my friends said that they have occasional lucid dreams when I told them about it - now they do RCs as well.
I have often encountered weird looks and the question "Do I smell bad?" or "Is something wrong?" whenever I perform my nose plug RC haha

I did show LD-ing for others, does that count? If not, then no.

I do RCs in the supermaket and in the supermaket parking lot but I really don't care . I've been a loner all my life and i do things i do that are weird to other people but it doesn't really matter to me because I am free to express myself.

I haven't. However, I've asked several of my friends if they knew what lucid dreaming was, and a surprising amount said yes (though one of them thought it was when your dreams are so realistic that they seem like real life). One of them said that she wished she could lucid dream, but never really tried, and another said that he saw no point to it. Apparently he has no interest in flying around and all that awesome stuff... I have no idea why.

I still haven't found someone who'd want to try out lucid dreaming with me :/

Originally Posted by StephL

Don´t you have a close friend who ticks similarly to you?

Alas, no - I've yet to find someone else who wants to lucid dream.

However, I shall not give up. As LucidHealer said, let the LD flag fly.