Vivid dreams and becoming lucid

[Nyra]

I have read a few times that vivid dreams help to get lucid. My dreams are often very clear but lately full of action and emotions and I struggle to get lucid because I get so immersed in this dreams. It's hard to do RC's when there's a shark chasing you Has anyone else experienced this problem?

[AlexTheDreamer]

Actually it's kind of the opposite for me. If a dreams scary enough I usually end up telling my self that it's just a dream, but wake up instead of getting lucid.

[CK246]

This is the exact problem I have. I usually remember 2-4 dreams a night and they are almost always very vivid but I just don't see how it's possible to become aware during them. I do reality checks throughout the day but I never do them in a dream. I've even had a couple dreams about lucid dreaming.

[Nyra]

I thought about watching horror movies that were filmed in first-person view and doing a RC everytime I get scared... so the subconsciousness connects "scary situation" with "probably a dream". Maybe this will work?

[RelaxAndDream]

I thought about watching horror movies that were filmed in first-person view and doing a RC everytime I get scared... so the subconsciousness connects "scary situation" with "probably a dream". Maybe this will work? haha you can try ^^ could work but i dont like horror movies so this would be nothing for me what you can try is to meditate a little before bed, or sattle and read a book about lucid dreaming. while falling asleep try not to have random jumpy thoughts and black out but to say up a mantra or to focus on your breath or look at your closed eyes or something like this. with this approach your dreams could get ,more relaxed and therefore you might have a moment of reflection that leads to lucidity. for me its similar. when i have very action intense dreams sometimes i get lucid because it get THAT weird but sometimes the opposit is the case i have a medium active dream and there is a moment where i just walk a street (for example to a toilet or something) and while moving i notice this is a dream and get lucid.

[FryingMan]

I tried this once (I watched "Insidious" and "1480" about a year or two, and I don't like horror movies, and these are pretty freaky with lots of shock scenes) and all it gave me was a short nightmare where I saw a freaky stationary standing figure outside my window on the street and I instantly woke up from the shock. Vivid dreams are associated with lucidity because you are more present in the experience. If "you" are there, it's possible to get lucid (if your awareness is so low in the dream that "you" don't feel like you're there, how you you get lucid?). Vividness is a sign that your attention is tuned in to the right place, the present moment, and that your awareness is high. You can promote vividness in dreams by trying to remain aware of the present moment and paying attention to your experiences throughout all conscious (wake/dream) experiences.