Thread: Confirming Lucidity

Since I get lucid with out doing a reality checks or by any other means I usually do a few reality check just to make sure and to see what they look like when they fail.

P.S. Welcome to dreamviews

chances are if you werent sure if you were lucid or not, you werent lucid.

I remember thinking "im having a dream!" before promptly jumping over someone but I dont remember consciously thinking "hmm im dreaming what should I do?" or anything similar. The whole scene didnt last very long and i didnt remember having the dream until sometime later. Are there ways of confirming lucidity after waking up, or do you just "know" you had a lucid dream the night before? Do you remember making concious decisions in a lucid dream in the same way you would make decisions in waking life?

Thanks mustbe18

Originally Posted by Mantrada

I remember thinking "im having a dream!" before promptly jumping over someone but I dont remember consciously thinking "hmm im dreaming what should I do?" or anything similar. The whole scene didnt last very long and i didnt remember having the dream until sometime later. Are there ways of confirming lucidity after waking up, or do you just "know" you had a lucid dream the night before? Do you remember making concious decisions in a lucid dream in the same way you would make decisions in waking life?

Thanks mustbe18

As far as I know there is no way of telling if you had a lucid dream without already knowing it was lucid.

It sounds to me like you had a moment of partial Lucidity. There are different levels of Lucidity. When you get a full blown Lucid, you won't have to wonder if you were or not, It will be pretty obvious to you.

And yes, you will remember the conscious decisions you make. As long as you recall the dream.

Let me know if you figure it out. I always am able to make decisions in my dreams, and I am aware I am dreaming. I just accept it as reality and don't question it. I can't think that hard while partially lucid and that's what effs me over. I have a feeling it's going to be hard to get over the hump, but when I do it will be nonstop LDs.

Remember, you don't have to control anything in the dream to be lucid. All you have to do is realize that you were dreaming. It sounds like you had a lucid dream, one I would consider "low level". Can you remember why you wanted to jump over that person?

Well i was thinking about lucid dreaming alot and thought that if i ever had one that id like to do something impossible like jumping really high or flying or whatever. I dont remember making the decisions to do things and i had no control over what i was doing for the duration of the dream (as much as i remember) so i dont think it was what could be classified as a 'real' lucid dream. Perhaps I was partially lucid but I think I'll know when I have a real one. Thanks for the help.

Yeah the definition of being lucid is just being aware while in the dream. My most recent dream closest to full lucidity was when I had to balance while wheeling a dirt bike. I think that if I would have stayed wheeling it's possible I might have gone full out lucid. I don't know, even when I'm conscious of my dream signs I still never stop to think about it in my dreams. I don't like it.

sounds to me like what i call "lucid moments" cause there are times when i wake up and vaguely remember becoming lucid during the night, and im sure it happened, but i hadnt woken up and written it down fast enough to really remember. or ill just lose lucidity or wake up too fast. so, i don't count these as "lucid dreams" but i acknowledge that i had a "lucid moment", and even that is progress, so it keeps me happy=)

Whenever I have the slightest feeling that I'm lucid, I pinch my nose and try to breath through it. If you can breathe...obviously you've exited reality It ALWAYS works for me, but that's just me. There are alot of reality checks you can try, just choose whichever's the easiest for you to remember.

Originally Posted by Tweek

My most recent dream closest to full lucidity was when I had to balance while wheeling a dirt bike.

Hey, riding wheelies used to be a really great dreamsign for me too. Back in the day, I would recognize that one every time.

well it seams like I do a lot of RC's durring the day time, but even if I were to talk to billy goat gruff in my dream I wouldn't even do an RC. I just never question reality in my dreams. I've even tried telling myself going to sleep that I'm going to dream, blah blah blah