Thread: Half Lucid Dream.....kinda confused

If you knew you were dreaming, it was probably a lucid, even if you did just go along with the dream. Particularly if you were lucid enough to try and change a few things.

well, thats wat i was thinking.....but the only thing i guess i kinda didnt explaion enough is that tho i did try changing things, i didnt think "i'm gonna change that helicopter into a bird' or anything like that....it was just like i had super powers in my dream....i didnt change things like it was a dream....it was just like i had the power to do that in a normal setting

Keep trying. Also, set some goals for yourself before you go to bed. Keep them simple, like "fly around." Once you start sticking to your goals, you know that you are very lucid.

i'v tried doing that b4.....i read some technique bout thinking bout dreaming bout being in a room rith reality check written on the walls....i cant seem to lucid dream tho wen i try....i'v tried WILD, FILD, and MILD....also, i seem to remember dreams very vividly sometimes and others not at all.....i remember 2 dreams i had last night all the way, but i havent remembered a dream since Saturday (until today)

Originally Posted by Italian11

i'v tried doing that b4.....i read some technique bout thinking bout dreaming bout being in a room rith reality check written on the walls....i cant seem to lucid dream tho wen i try....i'v tried WILD, FILD, and MILD....also, i seem to remember dreams very vividly sometimes and others not at all.....i remember 2 dreams i had last night all the way, but i havent remembered a dream since Saturday (until today)

Whether you remember dreams or not can be attribituable to many things. However, the most intuitive, and likely reason is the point at which you awake. I do not strictly mean the time that you rise in the morning, but more so the cycle of sleep that was occurring. That is, if you happened to be the midst of a REM cycle when you awoke, then you're more likely to remember the corresponding dream compared to if you awoke during a NREM cycle.

hmmm....is it possible to wake up the same time in the morning and go to bed at the same time at night but only wake up during REM in the morning sometimes?.....

Yes.

Firstly, when you 'go to bed' you are not immediately asleep, therefore you must consider the duration it takes for you to fall asleep--it may differ each night. Secondly, REM and NREM sleep rebound if one is deprived of such. So, if you've not had enough NREM sleep one night, then the following nights shall inevitably incorporate more NREM as compensation (Bare in mind that each cycle does not last for a precise duration, and so this varability may lead to rebounds).

Nonetheless, REM cycles become progressively longer the more you sleep and as such, the preceding points shouldn't have that much effect on the later cycles. But, it is a consideration.

REM cycles begin around 90 minutes of falling asleep. Albeit short, you should experiment with your alarm sometime, and with small increments see if you can wake up during one of the REM cycles. Even easier would be to find a nice friend who is willing to wake you up after a brief period of rapid eye movements. If this does not elucidate the random rememberings, then perhaps you should look to what you are ingesting each night, and your level of activity during the day.

Hope that helps.

Originally Posted by Italian11

ok, i had a dream the other night that i realized i was dreaming and changed a few things.....the weird thing was that I just went with the dream, i didnt make it however i wanted it to be......

Sounds to me like you had a few seconds of lucidity and then got distracted by, and drawn into, a normal dream scenario, and lost your lucidity.

Originally Posted by Italian11

i also dont think i realized i could have done watever i wanted.....

Ummm.. you couldn't have.. don't believe the hype.

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Originally Posted by Italian11

another weird thing is that the only part of the dream i remember is wen i realized i was dreaming and a little bit after.....

Absolutely. Do you see the corroboration with what I previously wrote? You had a few seconds of lucidity and then lost it. Archetypal.

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Originally Posted by Italian11

was this a DILD or a dream about a lucid dream?....

IMO You had a lucid dream of a few seconds duration, and then got swept into a normal dream scenario and lost your lucidity. I wouldn't call it all a "lucid dream".

hmmm....those comments are all really helpfull....ummm one more ? tho......r there any foods or anything like that? (not vitamins or medicine, i'm only 15 and my parents think its kinda stupid to try this anyway).....i try many different techniques but non really seem to work too well except for FILD 1 out of the 20+ times i tried it....

If FILD worked for you, I say stick with it and see if it works again. When I tried a method for the 1st time, and if worked for me, I stuck with it. ( I still am.) Even if it doesn't work for you the next time, keep trying it. it'll get you use to it. I think if it becomes apart of your routine, your mind will start to get the idea. (Hehe...that's my problem... )

hmmmm i guess i'll just keep trying that.....IF, not saying it wont work, but IF it keeps not working, how long should i keep trying?

I'd say it was lucid. As long as you are aware that you are dreaming, you are lucid.

Originally Posted by Italian11

hmmmm i guess i'll just keep trying that.....IF, not saying it wont work, but IF it keeps not working, how long should i keep trying?

I say give it 3 weeks. Not too short, yet not a month.

ok will try that.....also, still wondering if there are any foods that help.....sometimes i have certain things and i get really vivid dreams and other times nothing so not really sure...

I've heard things from cheese to apples to chocolate. I've tried the cheese and chocolate, but nothing. It could work, but nothing beats practice.