Vivid or Lucid?

[Spontaneous]

Today after coming home after a picnic I took a nap, and I don't remember how I ended up here but I was standing in my living room "where I was taking my nap", and it was really really vivid, I didn't exactly notice I was dreaming, but eventually it seemed as if I knew, I was trying to think of rainbows because I didn't want it to be a scary dream. I kept plugging my nose and trying to breathe and was breathing still, so I figured it was a dream, It was my first ever complete success if it was lucid, I kept ending up in the same spot in my living room, every time i woke up and went back to sleep.

[ParanoidLlama]

Definitely a lucid. Added bonus because it was vivid! You could definitely use that nap dream sign as an advantage. Abuse it for lots more vivid lucids! Sweet (lucid) dreams..

[Spontaneous]

Alright thanks, it was weird because I didn't feel like there was ever a "click" point where I knew I was dreaming, it felt like the whole dream I just knew I was. It also felt like it was never ending and it got to the point where I was slapping myself trying to wake myself up, and I kept ending back up in my living room and not actually being awake. It also felt like I didn't have much control almost as if I was just watching from the outside.

[martakartus]

It happens to me in some lucids that there's never a "click", like you say, but I just seem to have started the dream already lucid. And the amount of control you have can vary a lot, but this was definitely a lucid

[Bharmo]

Some people believe there is something called "false lucids", where you dream that you are lucid but your "waking self" is not there. It is a controversial topic, so I'll just include a link to a thread discussing the topic so that you can reach your own conclusion: http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...ise-proof.html Personally, if I know I'm dreaming and act accordingly, I count it as lucid, specially as a way to keep my motivation up.

[Spontaneous]

Interesting, I guess i'll just look at it as progress XD because i'm not really sure it was a lucid after reading that to be honest.

[Bharmo]

Some would count it as lucid and some wouldn't, but all would count that dream as progress. Actually, the first thing I thought when I read your post was "What a cool dream!" so keep up the good job and ask around if you need any help!

[Spontaneous]

Thanks