Thread: What makes a LD vividly realistic?

Originally Posted by LouaiB

Is it a long WBTB? Stabilization? Self awareness? All?
A lot say it is increased awareness.
Can we train to have our LDs very vivid? Is there a technique? I have these dreams occassionaly, and a boost of awareness sometimes does it, like a long WBTB.
Any thoughts?

I think it's just memory. When I'm dreaming, they are just as vividly realistic as when I'm awake. But as I forget the dream in the morning, it becomes less and less vivid. The same applies to my waking life. As I forget things that happened, those experiences seem more hazy and unclear. The main difference is that most of the time I am in waking life, and it's pretty easy to remember things from 1 second ago, making it seem very vivid. When I'm in a lucid dream, it is always just as vivid as waking life.

Another potential for vivid dreams might be in terms of more unusual details and settings that we don't normally see in waking life? In that case, creativity seems to play a big part.