Strange occurance..

My recall is back up, and I have been having three remembered dreams a night average again. However, I have been noticing that when I'm dreaming, I almost always know its a dream, and I can make decisions consciously, but I'm not lucid. It's hard to explain. Like in the dream someone that means a lot to me could be saying they hate me and stuff, and I'll just shrug and walk away from them saying "Meh. It's only a dream anyway."
What the hell is up with that?! And how do I go from there to being lucid???

-rain

Now I'm no expert, but this is what I would try. Stop whatever you're doing and say "This is a dream. I'm dreaming, and I'm lucid. I have control, I can do whatever I want." Do a reality check, or rub your hands together. Force yourself out of the flow of the dream, and you should get lucid.

Hope this helps, and good luck!

Nah I mean it's like I know I'm dreaming but it never actually clicks with me that I can control the dream then. It's so weird. Idunno how to explain

I recall many posts and topics about dreaming of lucid dreaming. The mind is a wondrous thing, heh.

I've been having dreams where I'm exploring the physics of dreams, and the peculiarities of dream memories, but without being lucid. Dreaming about dreaming. It's a strange thing.

all i can think of is that ur just not stabalizing the dream when you see this person who means alot to ya and she/he says stuff like i hate u you click its a dream for that second and you have to take that second to stop and stabalize.

well thats all av got :)

I see what your saying, well the objective is simple, be able to be consciouss enough to question your reality, now i have a couple of suggestions.

Since you seem to be good at being able to make choices in the dream maybe you should try starting some reality checks, it could work especially if you are able to make choices like you say.

Another idea which is the one i'm currently using, just keep at it, get your dream vividness higher and higher, that way if you manage to get good enough you will most likely be able to lucid dream as you choose, just carry on with what your doing and see where it takes you.

It's not quite like that. If it's any form of lucidity, it's the lowest possible level. It never ever occurs to me to do a reality check. Idunno why. But I usually know I'm dreaming. I don't know how to get to the point where I can take advantage of that. It's like it never quite clicks with me that oh yeah! I can control this! That never happens unfortunatelly. Never quite gotten to that point. How do I take control of that?

as you said it is the lowest level really i would say of lucidity. Its as i said ur nearly there you just need to say to urself wen you get that chance wen you its only a dream just keep on saying to urself ya its only a dream and then it will occurs to you to do a reality check it happend to me last nyt i was walking down a road and i saw this guy in a van who doesnt no how to drive and he is to young and i said to myself ha ad only be seeing him driving in my dreams hang on and then i hid the whole reality check thing and then bam

Try to plan a reality check to do in advance before you go to sleep. The one i always use and works without fail is sticking my hand through a solid object. I'll be half lucid, then ass soon as my hand goes through that object everything clicks into place and becomes vivid.

That's exactly how some of my lucids are. Because I've been LDing for years now, it's so second nature, that I'll just acknowledge it's a dream, yet go on in the dream like in reality.

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Originally Posted by Rainman

Nah I mean it's like I know I'm dreaming but it never actually clicks with me that I can control the dream then. It's so weird. Idunno how to explain

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yeah, i know exactly what you mean. that happens with me too and i could never explain it. i know i'm dreaming but i dont get the same feeling that i get with lucid dreaming, and i'll realize i'm dreaming and just kinda shrug it off like "no big deal". you just have to tell yourself before you fall alseep to force yourself to control your dream. it's kinda hard but you'll get it eventually