Thread: A couple of questions

chris31, in answer to your first question, lucidity has nothing to do with "control" (meaning that you can be in a lucid dream.. but still not be able to affect any changes).

Lucid dreaming is merely the "awareness" that you are dreaming WHILE you're dreaming.

Did you ever say (or think) to yourself, "I'm dreaming?" and, if so, did you BELIEVE this statement/thought to be true? If so, then you were definately lucid.

Next time, if you're in doubt, do a "reality check". The reality check that has never failed me is the "plug my nose and see if I can breathe" reality check. It never hurts to do your favorite reality check a couple of times or even do two different ones.. just to really convince yourself!

As for your second question, since I WILD to become lucid.. I really don't do reality checks to get lucid tho I sometimes reality check to confirm that I'm lucid. Hopefully other members can provide you with answers.

Originally Posted by Clairity

Did you ever say (or think) to yourself, "I'm dreaming?" and, if so, did you BELIEVE this statement/thought to be true? If so, then you were definately lucid.

Well at the time i felt like i was falling and my body was vibrating, the dream kind of disapeared. It was either dark and blank, or i was falling in the night sky, i cant tell. I was aware of my body and was probably half awake. I dont think i could have done a reality check because i lost sense of my dream self.

I had forgotten about the previous dreaming before this happened. It was like i had just gone to bed and attempted a WILD. Thats what i thought at the time.

Thanks for your reply

Clairity is certainly correct. If you are able to convince yourself witihn a dream that you are dreaming, then you're lucid. This one seems to be on the cusp - I think you found yourself in a bit of a confused state and couldn't quite sort it out.

The whole reality test thing works for some. We'll need to discuss other methods such as inceasing mindfulness during the day by meditating. RT methods don't seem to work for everyone.

In my experience... if you don't know if you were lucid or not you probably weren't. When i become lucid from a DILD its like a thought pops up in my head that I'm dreaming and eventually i think about enough that i just stop and look around the dream world. You know you are lucid when you can break free from the normal dream scenario thats going on. Although it is still possible to be semi lucid and have very vivid dreams where u just go along with what is happening. The best lucids for me are the ones where i am just walking around exploring the dream world.

I have been writing my dreams down for 3 years and i have about a page long list of dreamsigns that i read every night. This way if a recurring dream happens i know its a dream. Doing this and combining reality checks with your dream signs when they happen during the day will most certainly produce LDs. For instance one of my dreamsigns is tornadoes and storms. If i read about it in the news or see pictures online i always do a reality check. If you get atleast 15 to 20 dreams written down that is good start for creating a list of dreamsigns (ie things that should tell you are dreaming) then you can base your reality checks off of that.

I also find that also if you set a watch or something to tell you to reality check in intervals say like every 2 hours this can work too because it puts your brain on a schedule to do a reality check instead of just doing checks whenever u think of it.