Thread: Feeling like I'm actually there, inside the LD

Originally Posted by LouaiB

What makes the dream more aware? What makes it not fuzzy? Makes it feel like I'm actually there. Not like a distant memory. This is not so much about the senses as it is about the awareness, the being 'fully awake' inside the LD.

What can I do? My LDs feel fuzzy and like a distant memory, not like what I hope them to be. Do I train my dream recall? Is it about taking time to focus inside the LD? Is it about later REM cycles for example that tend to be more aware?

Ugh this is so depressing for me.

If you're already aware that you're dreaming I would say that this all comes down to your mental senses. Do you feel like you're about to wake up?

Originally Posted by JoshMcNaught

If you're already aware that you're dreaming I would say that this all comes down to your mental senses. Do you feel like you're about to wake up?

Nah, I don't get that much lately, but I still don't get very calm inside the LD. I lately try to stabilize and focus, and it makes things better, but still not good enough.

Maybe it's a combination of good sleep chemicals (at later REM periods mostly), high focus, self awareness(lucidity), mindfulness, stabilizing the dream, and good dream recall afterwards(especially well if I wake myself up from the dream)?
Does WILD make awareness particularly strong? What makes the 'being there' or 'I was just there' effect?

Originally Posted by LouaiB

Nah, I don't get that much lately, but I still don't get very calm inside the LD. I lately try to stabilize and focus, and it makes things better, but still not good enough.

Maybe it's a combination of good sleep chemicals (at later REM periods mostly), high focus, self awareness(lucidity), mindfulness, stabilizing the dream, and good dream recall afterwards(especially well if I wake myself up from the dream)?
Does WILD make awareness particularly strong? What makes the 'being there' or 'I was just there' effect?

You should try meditation, It can help you attain lucidity and will give you a +1 on your awareness. You could call WILD some sort of meditation because you're expecting your body to fall asleep while your mind stays awake, Hence why I said +1 because your body is in a deep relaxed state which leaves you to enter a lucid dream. I have actually heard when someone is in a Lucid dream you can shout command out like "CLARITY NOW" which could help you with the process.


So yes, I would say it makes your awareness particularly strong.

Originally Posted by JoshMcNaught

I have actually heard when someone is in a Lucid dream you can shout command out like "CLARITY NOW" which could help you with the process.

This has always worked for me. Definitely worth a try