Confirming Lucidity

[Mantrada]

Last night i had a dream which i think was my first lucid dream but i am not sure. It involved jumping very high and over a random person and i remember thinking that i was having a dream, which is why i jumped over him but I dont remember becoming lucid at any specific point and I did nothing abnormal in an attempt to induce a lucid dream. How can I be sure a dream was lucid and that i was in control of it? I havent made any attempts to recall my dreams recently as they often just come to me during the day or in the morning when i wake up.

[mustbe18]

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

[Gez]

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

[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

[mustbe18]

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.

[Caradon]

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.

[Tweek]

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.

[Higurashi]

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.