How does lucid dream looks like

I never had LD and I haven't actually described the point of this question in title, I can't actually describe it very well, so I will give an example. I want to have wings and fly. I have lucid dream and I fly. Do I feel everything while I am dreaming and that is like reality or will I just remember the sensations in the morning? Or both? I hope it is clear what I don't understand :)

Think of a moment you had 2 days ago, you can probably remember it but not the tiny details of it. That is probably how you will remember a lucid dream after an hour of being awake. However sometimes they are so clear you can remember them as vivid as a few minutes ago. Most of the time the dream world looks almost the same like the real one but with some weird things in it.

Yea it depends on the level how vivid your dream is. But I would say yes, you can feel everything, your brain is making a very good simulation based on your imaginations and experience.

It'll be like any other memory of stuff you've done, maybe a little more fuzzy but that depends on you.

Let me rephrase, I will say two situation and you tell me which is more like or exactly like LD:
1. I am writing this post and I am aware I am writing it NOW. Tomorrow I will remember writing it.
2. Tomorrow I will remember I wrote this post, but I am not aware I am writing it now
You get what I am asking? Because I read somewhere it is situation 1 and somewhere 2, so I am confused :/

I think #1, if I understand you correctly.

This actually brings up an interesting point, I think with very vivid dreams and lucid dreams your mind remembers but your body doesn't, which causes a sort of dislocated memory.

It is #1. That is what Lucid dreaming is.
If you want to know what it feels like, look around you right now.

Without lucidity, you can fly in a dream, and remember it on waking (#2).
With lucidity, you can fly, and feel all of the reality like sensations, in the present tense! It is like being awake, in completely new dimension.

Look around right now. Imagine realizing that everything that you see is a dream. That is what LDing can be like.

Thanks guys, you've helped a lot :)

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Originally Posted by Elaol

Thanks guys, you've helped a lot :)

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Something that I found can actually make your surroundings seem like a dream is when it's late and you're sleepy close your eyes, imagine yourself going to bed and resting your head on the pillow. Then imagine closing your eyes in bed and after a couple of seconds open your real eyes and think of it as you entering a dream. For this to completely work you must be quiet sleepy and relaxed though.

Personally when I LD even looking back on it, it's as if I'm still experiencing it. It's a bit stronger than a memory. It's not just that you remember doing it but you could recreate it given the same circumstance.

It is quite real. Even the characters you meet in lucids tend to be just like real world's people (Surprising, Emotional and really awesome :D).
You can do anything you want, even the stuff you don't have knowledge about:
- Flying
- Eating your favorite food all the time you want (Yeah, taste exists in dreams aswell)
- Swimming on warm beaches of Hawaii
- Fighting Action Movies Style (Naruto, Mortal Combat)
- Exploring places from your favorite movies (Could it be island from LOST Series?)
- And many more also not so forgotten ld sex ;-)

Lucid Dreams are one of best experiences in the life as long as you spend time in them wisely
Wisely aka being mentally prepared for them by having already knowledge on things like:
- Dream Stabilization
- Dream Control
- Prolonging Destabilized Dreams (Dream Chaining or DEILD)
- Wrotten down already and memorized list of things you want to do when you get in dream. (Flying, talking to your subconsciousness, breathing underwater etc.)
And now goodluck on your path to lucidity fellow dreamer :offtobed:

As the others have said....if it didn't seem real there wouldn't be much excitement about LDs. You experience them in the NOW and recall them as having really occurred.

Zdravo! Lucid dreams certainly do seem real! Just keep in mind that the more you practice the more vivid they will become :)