Thread: Letting my SubConcience mind know that my Concience mind knows I am dreaming.

I think my subconscious is a better watchmen than yours. Most of the time when I notice something is weird, before I even think about doing an RC or whatever, my subconscious already does the mindpolice and either gives me a false or a real awakening.

For example: I had a dream that I was in the USA shopping in a mall. I suddenly met my best friend, which I thought was a bit odd. Then I realized that he wears a shirt I own but I know he doesn't. And as soon as I sense something is up I'm thrown out of the dream.

I guess it's a stupid natural "ability" of our brain. Just like how it actively tries to let us not remember our dreams (At least I read something like that somewhere.). Everyone has this though. That is exactly what you practice when learning to lucid dream: You try to overcome these exact things. And the more you try and practice the better you get in stabilizing the lucid dream. It's nothing unusual.

Originally Posted by Coheed

I think my subconscious is a better watchmen than yours. Most of the time when I notice something is weird, before I even think about doing an RC or whatever, my subconscious already does the mindpolice and either gives me a false or a real awakening.

For example: I had a dream that I was in the USA shopping in a mall. I suddenly met my best friend, which I thought was a bit odd. Then I realized that he wears a shirt I own but I know he doesn't. And as soon as I sense something is up I'm thrown out of the dream.

I guess it's a stupid natural "ability" of our brain. Just like how it actively tries to let us not remember our dreams (At least I read something like that somewhere.). Everyone has this though. That is exactly what you practice when learning to lucid dream: You try to overcome these exact things. And the more you try and practice the better you get in stabilizing the lucid dream. It's nothing unusual.

I didn't think it was unusual. It was just something I noticed. It happened twice for me. It was weird on the second one because the dream went on for a while. It is written down in my dream journal if anyone wants to read it. Naked people, peacocks, and magic tricks. - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views