Mistakes you never seem to learn from in lucid dreams?

Once you become lucid, do you find yourself often making the same mistakes?

I've had hundreds of lucid dreams over the past twelve years, and I've learned a lot, but there are certain lesson that I should have learned by now that just never seem to stick. For example:



Lesson 1: "It is not possible take photos to show real life people your dream after you wake up"

Lucid dreams can show us some stunningly beautiful places, and this one gets me every time. No matter how many times I wake up disappointed at the sudden realisation that those awesome photos I took are gone forever, I will still feel compelled to snap some shots the next time I find myself in some magnificent place in a lucid dream. This would be understandable if I weren't lucid, but after all these years, I should know better when I'm lucid.



Lesson 2: "Dream sharing is not possible"

I don't mean to offend those who believe in dream sharing, but I've attempted this numerous times without success, including tests such as exchanging secret words in dreams with friends, then testing their ability to recall the word after waking. I've had zero success. Yet more often than not, I still find myself being convinced that the friends and family I encounter in dreams are my actual friends and family who are sharing the same dream with me. Until I wake up, of course.



Lesson 3: "Seeking sex in a lucid dream rarely works"

This may vary depending on the person, but for me, unless a lucid dream presents an obvious opportunity for sex, it seems that this is usually not on the menu. Yet rarely does this lesson ever deter me from seeking it anyway. I may have had rare instances of success, but it usually involves me aimlessly wandering around the dream world searching for someone to have sex with, only to eventually wake up wishing that I had taken the opportunity to do something more interesting.



Can anyone relate to any of these? Are there any other mistakes that you fail to learn from in your lucid dreams?

You may not be able to take those photos outside your mind literally but you can try recreating the scenery by painting or drawing what you remember. :D Its worth a try even if you have to practice drawing/painting. Its okay if you dont believe in shared dreaming. The good thing is that you gave it a chance. I've had some dreams that make me feel that it may be possible but i feel like I need more experiences or at least to make more attempts at it.If seeking sex distracts you than maybe you can come up with an exciting goal to take your mind off it.

Although I can be brave one mistake that I keep making is that when I am faced with a fear of mine I try to run/fly away from it. Specifically creepy church, cemetery or hospitals. I don't think they've popped up in my dreams recently though.

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Originally Posted by DawnEye11

You may not be able to take those photos outside your mind literally but you can try recreating the scenery by painting or drawing what you remember. :D Its worth a try even if you have to practice drawing/painting.

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Long before I knew anything about lucid dreaming, I would often draw top-down plans of the places in my dreams (my dreams frequently take place in unfamiliar places); although these were more intended to be practical illustrations of the dreams than representations of their beauty. What I'd really like is some software that would let me recreate my dreams and the places I encounter as interactive 3D worlds; especially if such worlds could be experienced in VR. The closest I ever got was building my dreams in 90's/2000's map editors for FPS games, but the limited assets in those games didn't really permit me to create anything close to what I actual experienced.

Oh, recreating it with a 3d or VR program would be amazing. Have you ever tried using Maya? I heard it was a really good 3d program but its probably expensive.

Sometimes I see unpleasant dream characters and think I can lose them if I move away fast enough but they are always able to keep up with me, even if I fly.

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Originally Posted by DawnEye11

Oh, recreating it with a 3d or VR program would be amazing. Have you ever tried using Maya? I heard it was a really good 3d program but its probably expensive.

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I've never tried Maya, but did once try the free alternative Blender. I feel this kind of software is far more advanced than what I require; the learning curve in Blender to even do something extremely simple was super steep.

My preferred tool was the Build engine (Duke Nukem 3D, Blood, Shadow Warrior, etc.), which let me easily create and edit my dream layouts in minutes, but obviously this engine has a lot of limitations and it's ancient by today's standards.

There is a game/tool coming out for PS4 called Dreams, which is a creation tool that is supposed to be about doing exactly this, but I fear the kind of aesthetics and functionality it will allow may be extremely limited, as it's not clear if they mean "Dreams" in the literal sense (i.e. flexibility to create an accurate representation of what you dreamed or imagined), or just in the fantastical sense. I fear it may be the latter, and I'm kind of not interested in a creation tool if it forces all of my creations to look like a quirky child's play room.

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Originally Posted by dolphin

Sometimes I see unpleasant dream characters and think I can lose them if I move away fast enough but they are always able to keep up with me, even if I fly.

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Interesting. My reaction in a lucid dream is usually to befriend unpleasant characters, which typically causes them to change and become nice.

If blender was too much than I guess Maya would be a no go. Its too bad the engine you use to use wont do either. When you said children's play room I was reminded of the game infinity. Hehe I hope that the game "dreams" will be up to your expectations though.