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Wow that's like trying to describe what an orange tastes like to someone who has never tasted it. You can describe it all you want, but when it happens you still think, "OH... see I thought more like an apple."

If I were to describe what it feels like, I'd have to say... Like underwater reality. The thing about lucid dreams is that they seem to always be a memory. Like regular dreams, the details fleet so quickly that it's hard to remember them with the clarity that you have other memories. But when you're in them, everything is so wild and realistic. The difference is that EVERYTHING is so unstable in a LD. Your hands will not look like your hands. They'll have an extra finger, or a couple of them look like toes. Or you have no reflection, or a distorted reflection.

Electronic items don't work properly most of the time. You have to figure out workarounds for a lot of things that you want to do.

The first description--being in a hyper-realistic video game is pretty close to what it's like. You *generally* don't control "everything", but you can come pretty darned close if you get skilled at it.

My advice to the learning to LD is to RC, RC, RC ALL THE TIME. If you have good dream recall, then dedicate one ENTIRE day to doing RC's every few minutes. I know it seems extreme, but I promise you that it will work. After you've dedicated an entire day to it, I almost guarantee you that you'll have a LD that night. The other advantage is that if you get into the habit of doing RC's all day, you'll have LD's much more frequently. The more you do something in a day, the more you do it in your sleep. That's why we so often dream of work/school.

The "brain not getting enough rest" is a very controversial topic here.... There's no evidence either way. So until some studies have been done, we really don't know for sure. The *general* consensus on this board is that it's completely harmless.

Good luck with your LDs!



Wait, if its just like a memory then whats so special about it?