Thread: this is definitly new to me, falling right into a dream.

Many people define a lucid dream as a dream in which you are aware that you are dreaming. My guess- lucid! Congratulations!

That sounds like a DEILD. I find it the easiest way to get lucid if you can catch yourself in time to do it. Congrats.

That's kind of hard; because if you thought you were awake, you didn't know you were dreaming, but you thought you were having a day-dream..so does it count?

I think so. I think it was a low-level lucid. Lucid dreaming is really a spectrum of awareness, from barely lucid at all to complete control of the dream. If you stick with it, you will have dreams that have a lot more awareness, and afterwards, you won't wonder if it was a lucid dream or not, you will know for sure.

As far as recall, everyone has good nights and bad. Just try every morning and every time you wake up at night to think about what you had just been dreaming, then go backwards from there and try to remember more. Don't be discouraged when you can't remember--we get another chance every night!

to sum up brielfy, i remember during the dream i struck a pose, and then i viewed that pose from third person and then i wondered if this was indeed a day dream, because i felt so in control, in the dream i knew i was dreaming, but was wondering wheither or not i was awake in real life.
Then when I awoke I the thoughts from the dream (wheither or not it was a day dream or a full dream) carried on in my head.

and DEILD... *to the research mobile*

thanks all for your quick responses.

[EDIT] I guess its closer to being lucid than not so im making the assumption that this dream was indeed lucid. after writing the entry into my dream journal I seem to be able to recall every detail except who one of the people was, it was very vivid.

after doing a little looking around i found this definition of DEILD posted by ninja9578:
"DEILD - You are going back into a dream that you already had. Since you are still dreaming and may still be in sleep paralysis it is extremely accelerated, but still your mind is awake when you start dreaming." (http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ighlight=DEILD)

I do beleive what I had was a DEILD and this has actually provoked my interest in alternative techniques. Althought that definition of DEILD says its a dream you have already had, I actually cannot verify that because I don't recall any other dreams from that night but when I was in the dream it did feel like I was in the middle of something or that i had just finished another task.

Thanks again, Ducky

Originally Posted by ninja9578

That sounds like a DEILD. I find it the easiest way to get lucid if you can catch yourself in time to do it. Congrats.

one question regarding what you meant by "if you can catch yourself youreself in time to do it"?

I have these all the time! I often start dreaming before I fall asleep. I do it before bed time and in the early morning hours. I thought it was normal. I can awake in the morning from a dream, get up - potty or get some water or whatever - and lay back down and istantly pick up where i left off in my dream before i even fall asleep.