How real are lucid dreams?

[westonci]

Out of a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being your typical dream and 10 being fully awake and fully conscious what would you rate a lucid dream.

[Marvo]

1. My typical dreams are just as realistic as when I'm fully awake.

[k_man21]

That is pretty crazy how that can happen, hopefully you don't have a nightmare at that much vividness lol, but I suppose you can change that pretty quickly

[Marvo]

I enjoy nightmares.

[eppy]

my dreams are very real. last night i was in a dream and i was going to do a reality check but then i thought how it couldn't possibly be a dream, but then i did an RC and it was one. i also enjoy nightmares, it just depends on what is so scary about it.

[Dallian]

I enjoy nightmares as well.

[Jaymz654]

so you guys are saying you're dreams are as real as real life. So if you think back on a dream its like thinking of what you did yesterday?

[Mato2]

I would say mine are around 9, since In my dreams I feel like I'm fully conscious, but when I wake up, I just know im awake in the real world. I would think 10 would make you a little nutty. :p

[Jaymz654]

has any one ever had a lucid dream where it was so real that if a RC didn't work then you'd think it was real?

[mylucidworld]

iv had a few dreams in which i thought i know i'm not dreaming but i'll do a rc anyway and was amazed to find out i was dreaming. It's amazing how dreams can feel so real at times.

[jamous]

my lucid dreams tend to be about a.. 9? being very vivid? but I think my normal dreams are just as vivid. It really depends on the weather in that dream, sunny days are far more vivid than gray ones.

[westonci]

i had my first lucid dream last night, and it wasnt very vivid, as a matter of fact it was about as vivid as a normal dream the only thing was i knew i was dreaming. Should the realness/vividness get better as i have more lucid dreams?

[jamous]

i had my first lucid dream last night, and it wasnt very vivid, as a matter of fact it was about as vivid as a normal dream the only thing was i knew i was dreaming. Should the realness/vividness get better as i have more lucid dreams? it could, but I mean, are your normal dreams not very vivid? I don't thinki mine will ever increase in vividness, but mine have always been just as vivid as they need to be [like a RL environment with a deformed architecture].

[jamous]

I enjoy nightmares. my dreams are very real. last night i was in a dream and i was going to do a reality check but then i thought how it couldn't possibly be a dream, but then i did an RC and it was one. i also enjoy nightmares, it just depends on what is so scary about it. I enjoy nightmares as well. then they aren't real nightmares. Maybe you just enjoy them in retrospect. I think a nightmare isn't a nightmare if it's an enjoyable situation.

[FreeOne]

has any one ever had a lucid dream where it was so real that if a RC didn't work then you'd think it was real? yep. It was crazy. Everything was in the right place. I could hear the air conditioning, the door squeaked when it opened, the outside looked exactly right. it was amazing. my DILDs are about a 8.5 in vividness. My WILDs are about 9.5, and sometimes 10. Lately the vividness has gone down with WILD cause ive been messing around with them.

[Marvo]

then they aren't real nightmares. Maybe you just enjoy them in retrospect. I think a nightmare isn't a nightmare if it's an enjoyable situation. A nightmare is a dream, in which bad stuff happens, like horror, splatter, monsters killing you and all kinds of stuff. I like these dreams, because they make me feel alive. I've not had a single nightmare for a year now though.

[27]

Dreams can be more real, more vivid, and more detailed than waking life because you're not relying on your physical senses.

[DarThDreAmeR]

The one good lucid dream I've had so far felt just like my waking life. Exactly like my waking life.

[lvlindless]

My LDs were EXTREMELY vivid when I first started LDing. Now, they're still vivid but they don't last as long. I'm just not as dedicated as I used to be. I sometimes couldn't believe it when I woke up. I just kept laying in bed afterwards going "What... The hell was that!?" On a scoring level, my most vivid LDs were 10s. They were no different than real life. I also took lots of B6 and ate lots of fruits and things, So those helped, but it's just insane.

[LucidMike14]

Well I can fly in LD's...but they still seem as real as can be. I do unrealistic things in dreams but seem as if they were possible to do in real life, it would be like that. So my point is lucid dreams are incredibley real. I had an amazing one last night

[KuRoSaKi]

I'd say 10.