Thread: Anyone ever false Lucid?

No, since all of my lucids began with me realizing it was a dream before doing a RC. A DC did, however, hit me in the head with one of those studio cameras for some reason, then I lost lucidity.

Originally Posted by Dash

No, since all of my lucids began with me realizing it was a dream before doing a RC. A DC did, however, hit me in the head with one of those studio cameras for some reason, then I lost lucidity.

haha, I would have killed that mofo. Anyway, this is true for me, too. I don't do reality checks, so I don't ever remember the instant I became lucid. I have had multiple dreams that are so realistic and vivid that have a life changing storyline. A couple of times, I actually believed these happened....leads to a big arguement with myself. Makes me feel schizophrenic.

Please forgive my newbiness, but what's a "DC"?

Originally Posted by StarryDreamer

Please forgive my newbiness, but what's a "DC"?

It stands for dream character. It basically applies to anyone who is you in the dream.

Originally Posted by Xaqaria

It stands for dream character. It basically applies to anyone who is you in the dream.

Thank for the quick reply! And OUCH...even in a dream, that's GOTTA hurt!

In fact, I have so many false lucid dreams it is a major sticky point of mine. Often times I will be trying to do a WILD and have already reached a deep state of trance with my body totally asleep, even my eyes being disconnected so I am even past HI, and then I will dream that I am trying to LD. This is what I call a false lucid dream. The problem arises as mentioned that I am often afraid to do reality checks. For instance, sometimes I have achieved lucidity but I am just dreaming that I am in my bed lying down. If I would just roll out or grab my nose and try to breath or a number of other reality checks, I would know that I am lucid. Instead, I think about doing a reality check and decide against it as I am not sure if I am lucid or not. I am afraid that if I am not lucid than I will ruin the work I have put into getting in to trance state. So as a result of being afraid of doing a RC, I then in my lucid dream decide to go farther into trance to have a lucid dream in my lucid dream. It works through too. Sometimes.

Originally Posted by jefftmcdonald

In fact, I have so many false lucid dreams it is a major sticky point of mine. Often times I will be trying to do a WILD and have already reached a deep state of trance with my body totally asleep, even my eyes being disconnected so I am even past HI, and then I will dream that I am trying to LD. This is what I call a false lucid dream. The problem arises as mentioned that I am often afraid to do reality checks. For instance, sometimes I have achieved lucidity but I am just dreaming that I am in my bed lying down. If I would just roll out or grab my nose and try to breath or a number of other reality checks, I would know that I am lucid. Instead, I think about doing a reality check and decide against it as I am not sure if I am lucid or not. I am afraid that if I am not lucid than I will ruin the work I have put into getting in to trance state. So as a result of being afraid of doing a RC, I then in my lucid dream decide to go farther into trance to have a lucid dream in my lucid dream. It works through too. Sometimes.

The best way to fix this is to just do a reality check whenever it occurs to you. For me, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt when I am awake. There is no question in my mind. If you wonder enough to think to do a reality check and its not just out of habit then you are probably dreaming. There is a chance of doing one too soon while you are still partially awake (enough so that even if you are dreaming your real body will still move) but if you have enough of these 'close call' failures then soon you will learn what the difference feels like and where the line is.

Also, I've found that just intending to do an RC or rolling out or standing up is enough sometimes. If I'm awake the intention doesn't lead to actual motion and if I'm dreaming it does.

Originally Posted by Xaqaria

The best way to fix this is to just do a reality check whenever it occurs to you. For me, I know beyond a shadow of a doubt when I am awake. There is no question in my mind. If you wonder enough to think to do a reality check and its not just out of habit then you are probably dreaming. There is a chance of doing one too soon while you are still partially awake (enough so that even if you are dreaming your real body will still move) but if you have enough of these 'close call' failures then soon you will learn what the difference feels like and where the line is.

Also, I've found that just intending to do an RC or rolling out or standing up is enough sometimes. If I'm awake the intention doesn't lead to actual motion and if I'm dreaming it does.

Thanks for the tip. I think if I work through a couple close calls then I will be abel to know better when I have reached the point of LD.

I do RCs all the time during the day, particularly if I have just been sitting down or something in case I dozed off (which happens every now and again)

a friend and I were at his Uncle's house hanging out. We are both into lucid dreaming and well aware of all types of reality checks and stuff. His Uncle was a unique and individual guy and something i experienced triggered me to do a digital clock RC. I looked over at a stereo and the digits on the display were all messed up, they looked like they were as if in a dream. I pointed it out to my friend and we both started laughing. Needless to say, i did another RC and it failed

Originally Posted by jefftmcdonald

In fact, I have so many false lucid dreams it is a major sticky point of mine. Often times I will be trying to do a WILD and have already reached a deep state of trance with my body totally asleep, even my eyes being disconnected so I am even past HI, and then I will dream that I am trying to LD. This is what I call a false lucid dream.

Ah, I get that too with WILD attempts.

One of them, though, turned into a lucid dream for a while, when I dreamed I fell asleep and had a WILD! It was a false WILD, but a real DILD. I knew full well I was dreaming during that "dream within a dream," and I had as much control as I would in my best and longest normal lucids. I did the Tasks of the Month for November.

And then I had a false awakening, in the same dream-place where I'd "fallen asleep" and with the same DC's that were with me when I "fell asleep" (my boyfriend and an internet friend I've met up with several times). I did not realize that I was still dreaming at that point, or had been dreaming before the false WILD, until I woke up. Full circle.