Thread: The "Was I Lucid" answer thing

Personally, I don't think that it's hard to tell when you are lucid or not. You just know when you are. It's some sort of gut feeling for me.

If you know that you are dreaming, then you are lucid. If you aren't sure if you were lucid, you probably weren't. When you are lucid, you know.

At least its like that for me.

I think Seeker started a was this a Lucid Dream thread before. I'll look for it later. don't have time right now.

Originally Posted by erik212

Personally, I don't think that it's hard to tell when you are lucid or not. You just know when you are. It's some sort of gut feeling for me.

Yea I'll have to agree with Erik. Same goes for me.

It seems the answer is always very straight-forward -- if you knew you were dreaming (and, in fact, were dreaming), then you were lucid. I think it only muddies the definition by getting into issues about control, etc. Obviously there are degrees of clarity, awareness and control, but the test for whether a dream was a lucid dream should stay as bright line as possible.

I do think it's an interesting point about making a willful choice. I've had dreams where I considered the possibility of dreaming and even sort of accepted the fact that I was dreaming but never actually made any choices dealing with this awareness. Rather, I simply accepted the "this is a dream" as a part of the dream logic and lost interest in it. It's not the same as the idea that you can merely dream that you had a lucid dream (a notion I find cyclical), but instead more of my dream logic not recognizing any particular significance in the realization that I'm in a dream.

Does that make sense?

I think it's best to keep it simple.

You realizing you're in a dream = lucidity
Even if you're only lucid for a split second.

The other things you mentioned are more along the lines of dream control and clarity, both of which you can also have in non lucid dreams.

i agree with all of you but the new people are always ask and do not understand the simple question.

btw, vex, how can you have control and it be a non lucid? id you are not aware, you cannot control.

I think usually if you're asking yourself that question, then the answer is yes

There's no definite answer. For me, my conscious mind is never completely awake, and my unconscious mind is never completely asleep. When I catch myself halfway through a dream, I'm maybe 50/50 conscious and unconscious. You can't just say "Completely conscious" or "Completely unconscious" because it's always a mix.

Haha who cares...If you're not sure you were lucid then it was probably a short dream and there was nothing much to it. End of story. If you're lucid, you just know.