Thread: Generally how long do Lucid's last?

I heard someone had a 2hour lucid:
my first was about ten to twenty seconds
second was about a minute or two
and my third one was about two to three minutes
anyones after that I don't know.

Is a 2 hour dream even possible?

Originally Posted by mrdeano

Is a 2 hour dream even possible?

Unlikely. 45-60min rem period is about max.

Even if you did have a 2 hour lucid, you wouldn't remember most of it.
Lucid memories, like dream memories, have a way of melting away over time.

Originally Posted by moonshine

Unlikely. 45-60min rem period is about max.

Even if you did have a 2 hour lucid, you wouldn't remember most of it.
Lucid memories, like dream memories, have a way of melting away over time.

We also dream outside of REM.
Proven simply, many people wake up during the night often, while remembering the dream that just occurred.

If you set an alarm to every few hours, and know how to wake up without losing the dream memory imprint (it is easy, just don't get distracted), then very easily you can see this -- unless you're suggesting every single time is after/during an REM period.

You can also achieve two hours of lucid dream in the morning quite easily, if you wake up and then go back to sleep, this is easy I'd say for everyone that won't wake themselves up (this period of dreaming seems to always be very shallow). If you WILD, which I also find quickest (to transition) in the mornings, then you can determine the length of lucid from entry point to wake-up. I have done this the last few times I WILDd, and kept check of the time (more-so to keep track myself of the dream-waking ratio than anything else), and it has been around the two hour mark usually. As a side note, it seems to feel longer than it is in waking life. A lot of events can pass over two hours if you just go with the flow, which can look much longer in retrospect.

Personally I find it very pleasant to lucid dream in the mornings if I do get a chance to sleep in (which is pretty often nowadays), it's much easier to keep it steady while >fucking around<.

Of course I can't prove the many hours that I LD, but if I can do it I think anyone can -- that is to say if you believe I can do it, along with all of the other tibetan wackos and posing teens at DV.
Well actually, believing is stupid, you'd be an idiot to take anyone's word for anything, especially this subjective. Either know, don't comment either way, or lie if you will, imo.

Originally Posted by ClouD

We also dream outside of REM.

True. And there does seem to be some bleed between REM and NREM sleep, so that REM like dreams can take place at the start and end of NREM periods. Apparently Sleep Paralysis has a U shaped curve in the NREM period rather than an on off switch, which would explain the overlap at the top and tail. But from what I can gather, for the most part NREM dreams, when they occour, are more like thoughts than immersive experiences.