Thread: How Many Natural LDers

Originally Posted by Lord Toaster

I was just wondering, how many people here are natural lucid dreamers

Depends what you mean by natural, I guess. I think there are a lot of different definitions floating around on this site alone. I had my first lucid without having ever heard of lucid dreaming before, and after practicing for two years have had a few more. Does this make me a lucid dreamer, or not? I tend to think of myself as not natural. Of course I guess it depends... would I have had those dreams without having researched LDing online first? So I think you have to define "natural" better before anyone can answer such a question.

Wish I was a Natural Lucid Dreamer!

No.
Then again, what is natural? :/

Could you define a natural LD'er please? :3

I've been having LDs since I was a kid, helped me escape some nasty nightmares back then.

I've been a natural since I was 3.

Originally Posted by Sanquis

No.
Then again, what is natural? :/

Could you define a natural LD'er please? :3

Someone who can have a Lucid Dream without even trying. It comes naturally to them, just like a normal dream.

I'd say "natural" means that you've always had lucid dreams and that it has been normal for you to have them.

In that case, no. I've had 3 DILD's since I started keeping a dream journal.

Originally Posted by Holiace

I'd say "natural" means that you've always had lucid dreams and that it has been normal for you to have them.

In that case, no. I've had 3 DILD's since I started keeping a dream journal.

Hehe, well technically speaking it's normal for you to have them even if you're not a Natural.

As said on main page, all a lucid dream is, is a dream that you control.

Originally Posted by Jdeadevil

Someone who can have a Lucid Dream without even trying. It comes naturally to them, just like a normal dream.

I really envy those that are natural LD'ers. Being able to do anything in their dreams even without having to work for it... Now that's something I'd like to be able to do.

Originally Posted by Anoorian

I really envy those that are natural LD'ers. Being able to do anything in their dreams even without having to work for it... Now that's something I'd like to be able to do.

Same.

I found that none of the tutorials or methods worked for me and in fact putting no effort into lucid dreaming got me results. Simply the knowledge of lucid dreaming, I find, is enough to do it as I never practise doings RCs,WBTB or try WILDS.

I wouldn't say I am a natural just one that needed to know that it was possible.

I recently completed a study for the Research Team forum where I asked people, among many other questions, how frequently they had lucid dreams before they began trying to induce them (in other words, their natural lucid dreaming ability). Out of 120 respondents, here is what I found:

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So you can decide for yourself depending on what precisely you consider to be a "natural." For example, if we define a natural as someone who has always had at least 1 lucid dream per week, then we could estimate that that would be around 6.7% of the users on this forum. It's important to remember that Dream Views likely gets a skewed sample of natural lucid dreamers, so the percentage in the general population is probably much lower.

For more information on the results of my study, see the thread: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...d.php?p=772586