For people who wear glasses: do you need them in a LD?

[Flashdance]

Does anyone who normally wears glasses in RL not need them in a LD? I am short sighted, and normally wear glasses for driving and seeing distant objects. I haven't had an opportunity to personally see what vision in a LD is like.

[Guinevere]

I don't need glasses in LDs because really, dream vision isn't connected to your physical vision at all. You're literally seeing with your mind so the more vivid your imagination, the more detail you'll see in dreams. But sometimes if I want *more* clarity I'll put on my glasses and it works. It's all about expectations - I expect to see better with glasses on so I do. But if you have enough confidence you can have more vivid dreams without actually putting on glasses.

[KingYoshi]

I do not wear glasses myself, but I have had a dream that was blurry, so I put on a pair of glasses and it cleared it up nicely. I'm sure it can work the opposite way as well. Like Guinevere said, you don't use your actual eyes in dreams. If you find that you do in fact need glasses in them, that is all in your mind and can be fixed if need be. If you expect to not need glasses, then you won't, and vice-versa. Good Luck!

[The Silver Bullet]

I have been wearing glasses for almost a year and I have not noticed them or put them on in a dream. It might be because I haven't wore them all my life but its probably that I just don't notice that I'm wearing them anymore. I would like to put them on while dreaming to see everything get more vivid though.

[Guinevere]

Once I put on glasses and my dream become more BLURRY. That's what happens when they're the wrong glasses for you lol.

[sheogorath]

I wear glasses, and no, i don't wear them in my dreams (although i am too stupid to realize it as a rc) However, last year, when i needed them but didn't wear them, i would sometimes have blurry dreams that i could squint in to make sharper.

[Flashdance]

I do recall my short lucids being blurry, but I always thought that was due to me losing conciousness, or lack of dream control. I'll put on some glasses next time to see if things improve.

[sheogorath]

Last night i had a LD, and yes, i did have to wear my glasses, or it was exactly the same as if i didn't in real life.

[moonshine]

Thats an interesting person. I only ever notice I'm wearing glasses in my dream when I notice I'm wearing them, if that makes any sense. I.e. most times, if im not paying attention they're not there. However on a couple of occasions I did realise I was wearing them. I experimented taking them off and noticing my eyesight was perfect. I threw my glasses away and laughed as I walked into my lucid adventure.

[Odd_Nonposter]

I only ever notice I'm wearing glasses in my dream when I notice I'm wearing them, if that makes any sense. I.e. most times, if im not paying attention they're not there. Same here. I've only noticed that I wear glasses at all when I'm from a 3rd person perspective or if I specifically pay attention to them.

[cygnus]

in one lucid i was wearing glasses (i wear contacts during the day) and yanked them off really fast and noticed no loss of clarity. normally your vision is just a product of your awareness.

[Clairity]

normally your vision is just a product of your awareness. I agree.. I wear glasses in real life and have never needed them to see clearly in a lucid. .