Thread: What makes a LD vividly realistic?

Originally Posted by FryingMan

Gives new meaning to "Gone in 60 seconds"....

Aw man just 5 seconds? Yeah I suppose that feels right. I only a few times have woken "aware" from a non-lucid, actually feeling the dream fade, into being fully awake, and the recall from that dream was amazing, like a lucid just without realizing I was dreaming. I guess those were nearly-lucid at the end. Otherwise there's always this darn discontinuity that seems to sap away the details. It's possible that it involves falling back into NREM before realizing you've woken.

One thing's for sure: when I have an active and operational "wake up after every dream" intention, my recall is wayyyy better. Like 17 paragraphs vs. 3-4 sentences.

Daggum it that intention never works for me! I can sleep through a hurricane, literally! I slept through a gas station explosion a few blocks away, literally! Lol (or woke up then fell asleep right back lol). I'm such a deep sleeper.

This gives me hope that it's mostly memory issue, meaning I can have crystal clear memory of amazing HD dreams if I directly wake myself up from it !