Quote Originally Posted by kdavis View Post
It's a lot to read, but here is my real question I suppose.
Does realizing you are dreaming cut back from how intense the emotions are?
Perhaps I need more training on how to attain more from lucid dreaming. I will say this though, it's an extremely interesting subject and I do like the semi experiments I'm doing in my dreams.[/b]
Realizing you're dreaming does not really cut back on how intense the emotions are, in my opinion. They are much more vivid, and clear than normal dreams, and you can even program what emotions you would like to feel. Sometimes people wake up on the wrong side of the bed because the dreams they had before left them feeling sad, or mad. Though in a lucid dream you could program yourself to feel a great emotion so that wouldn't happen.
There's always the possibility you aren't at the highest level of lucidity in each of your lucid dreams, in which case, there are ways to increase this.
Of course dreams are going to be more fun and exciting then lucid dreams, because they are always random, have a sense of direction and what is going to happen, lucid dreams are completely open and are your personal playground, sometimes that feeling overwhelms you and leaves you feeling empty inside and not enjoying lucidity to it's full effect.
My tips are to try going along with your dreams when you become lucid, that way you will experience what it is you were meant to, and the emotions that go along with it will be more intense.