Mirrors

[jd90]

Hello, I recently had a lucid dream in which I saw a rather disturbing image of myself. I have had this before in the past but thankfully it hasn't phased me too much in the dream. I tend to just walk into the mirror and into a different scenario. My question is does anyone know why we see a twisted image of ourselves? Anyone got any good tips? I find it fascinating and can't help look at the mirror look away and see what changes occur, as freaky as they may be.

[Earthatic]

There are unlimited variations to this, such as looking down and finding that you have no pants or that one leg is much longer than the other. It seems that, at least during a certain stage of dreaming, mental antagonism (subtle to extreme) is the name of the game, with the usual protean development of novel, farrago scenarios. The details as to why and how your brain does this, I cannot tell you. Looking at frightening, negative stuff in dreams, to me, is like biting into a cold, raw lemon. It can be both unpleasant and invigorating at the same time! I've slowly come to enjoy it.

[SpykeTheGamer]

I can't really say that I've experienced a mirror really... But I was taking a self shot with a digital camera in a dream once, and on the LCD screen when I had the camera pointing at me, it wasn't even me in the shot. There's no solid answer for this. They're dreams, so they're weird.

[Redrivertears]

Hey there, I have the same experience with mirrors in dreams. The images are usually twisted and often changing. They also leave me with a feeling of unease when I stare too long into the mirror. I have no idea why, but they do make excellent dream cues to start a lucid dream. -Redrivertears-

[jd90]

I agree dreams can be very weird! I too feel uneasy if I look at myself too long but I can't help just looking away and looking back to see what awaits me haha, I guess curiosity gets the better of me. It's an excellent cue to realise you are dreaming, I certainly wouldn't want to think the dream was reality after seeing myself like I do. Out of interest what other disturbing things have you seen? And was your reaction to them?

[Redrivertears]

I agree dreams can be very weird! I too feel uneasy if I look at myself too long but I can't help just looking away and looking back to see what awaits me haha, I guess curiosity gets the better of me. It's an excellent cue to realise you are dreaming, I certainly wouldn't want to think the dream was reality after seeing myself like I do. Out of interest what other disturbing things have you seen? And was your reaction to them? I guess for me the most disturbing things I've encountered in dreams on a regular basis would indeed be the mirror images, and insects. The latter just seem to grow and get more disturbing every time I look at them. A simply fly can grew to be some sort of abomination out of a horror movie. Crawling through tight spaces can be disturbing too. Those have a habit of just getting tighter and tighter as I go along As a one off, I once had a lucid dream where I decided I would 'stay in this lucid dream forever', which was immediately followed by the feeling that I was dying and the entire dream collapsing like some huge weight upon me. That was pretty disturbing (and memorable). -Redrivertears-

[lsddream]

I tend to avoid mirrors in lucid dreams because of this. I once had an LD where I looked in the mirror, saw a frightening version of myself, and woke up.