Thread: Was this a LD?

I don't think it was a lucid dream
A lucid dream is a dream in which you realized or know that your dreaming.

A lucid dreams same as regular dreams have something like quality
Some dreams are less realistic (vivid) than others while other might be very realistic.

Maybe you accidently did WILD method dream entry
Or it might've been just false awakening

Hmm, maybe. Does that definition of LD still apply if you are so young and know nothing of LDs? I hear that this type of dreaming is easier for kids to have, so is there a chance of them not understanding that they are awake?

I forgot to mention that this event happened when I was very little, not that I dreamed recently of being little.

LD means lucid dream- dream in which you know you are dreaming. It doesn't matter whether you know or not about LD...

Part of normal dream can also be lucid... like DILD - you use reality checks to make yourself aware that you are dreaming, therefore normal dream turns into lucid one. If your concentration is weak, you can loose lucidity and LD will turn back into regular dream.

Thanks everyone.

I have a similar question. I notice lately that when I'm sleeping or about to sleep, that I'm able to control my "dream". But it seems more like a daydream than a real dream. It seems more like my imagination than a dream.

It's like a scenario I would play in my head, but I'm in it, it's vivid like a dream but it feels like imagination.

Do lucid dreams seem any different than regular dreams?

That's happened to me recently, too. I feel like I'm falling asleep and daydreaming but I don't know where it came from and I'm very aware of my real body. Is it like that with you?
I'm guessing it's just my mind slowly falling asleep.

I've read that both lucid and non-lucid dreams can be either vivid or blurry, but it seems like the major difference is that you are definitely aware that you are dreaming when you have a LD. But I am curious if you can actively control the dream and make decisions without realizing you are dreaming.

It lacks the emotion and realness that a dream has. It's like a dream but its more like imagination.

I don't know if I recognize my body or not. It feels like a fake dream. Like I'm wishing for a dream, but it's not when I'm conscious, but I'm fully aware that I control the dream. But I feel like I'm in it.

I only really started to notice this when I started to keep track of my dreams.

I wonder if it's a low level LD.

Could be, I don't think I've ever had a LD.

Hmmm, I've had something similar before.
You've basicly just seen a dreamsign (deforming hands) and it didn't spark you enough to become Lucid, you were pretty close though.
The trapped labyrinth feeling is something I experience every time I get Lucid, but then I just take a deep breath and sometimes I say 'This is a dream' at which point I fall to the ground on my knees and can feel the cold air rushing down my throat.

Wow, how interesting. Why the cold air rushing down your throat, though? Is that from breathing?

Originally Posted by Noell

Wow, how interesting. Why the cold air rushing down your throat, though? Is that from breathing?

It's cause when I get lucid I still doubt the fact that it could be a dream, so I do a nose-plug test. In that test you focus on the air that you breath, if you can breath it means you're in a dream, so when I think I'm in a dream I pay EXTREME attention to my breathing. In a dream this attention causes the feeling of air to be very sensitive.

Sounds to me just like a nightmare.

You did not realized that what was going on with your hands is impossible, you bought the dream (being afraid) and it bothered you, so unfortunately, there was no LD there, but just a nightmare.