Thread: Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror, during a LD? wow!

Well i havn't looked in the mirror while Lucid coz im only still new too but i have looked in the mirror heaps of times before in my dreams and they were all normal looking??? ive always thought it was just what happens to me :/ might not work on all people i suppose

Originally Posted by Dylan Tinning

Well i havn't looked in the mirror while Lucid coz im only still new too but i have looked in the mirror heaps of times before in my dreams and they were all normal looking??? ive always thought it was just what happens to me :/ might not work on all people i suppose

Well looking in the mirror while dreaming is different because your logic center and awareness is completely shut down.. you could look in the mirror and see a dragon and somehow it would seem completely normal, especially if you look in the mirror and the reflection is only slightly different, you would never remember anything being out of place, but in this case, being lucid, your logic center is awake, and your conscious so you will notice anything out of place.. it was a very interesting experience for me.. as a lucid dreamer, i feel like somehow this was an interesting first leap for me.. i mean, i have already learned that I can control anything I want in a LD.. most anything, and im only 8 LD's in... but this was an interesting experience for me, and I would suggest anyone who hasnt done it yet, to do it.. its hard to explain, but its very enlightening when it comes to LDing... seeing yourself, your dreamself, right there in front of you in the mirror.. I dunno, maybe im a dork, but this was a big thing for me.. lol.

I certainly have! Problem for me is, it's hard for me to DIRECTLY see myself- even if I'm trying to in a LD. That goes with looking at really ANYTHING in a LD. I wish I knew why . I will see if I can find this one LD of mine where I saw myself fairly well in the dream- I was surprised how I looked so much like I do...Well, you can just read it.

The blue part is the lucid part. I had a different system when I typed this dream up .

Originally Posted by lucidreamsavy

I am called to the office because of the bus, with some other random DC, she was my "ex teacher" and his "ex girlfriend", even though he is supposedly my age , she was my 4th grade teacher! That seemed pretty random to me, she was a great teacher. She was there with her husband, and showed us her like 3 kids, one of which was 15...which made no sense because this was 6 years ago, and she wasn't even married. Well, I tell the guy that I was disapointed that I wasn't actually a hero of the bus, since it was only a dream. I don't think he said anything, but it was enough for me to think about it, which made me realize it was a dream. I am now just walking, now it seems to be a house more then a school. Well, I sit down. I see my reflection, even though there was no mirror , which I didn't contemplate at the time. I was quite impressed at my vividness. My eyes looked relativly normal, the pupils probably just a smidge too big. I start to say "OMG" to see how my face will move, it didn't move quite right, but I was still rather impressed. I got up, at this point my teacher and her husband are simply sitting on the loveseat, I take their baby by its feet (yeah, I know...), and I walk outside. It is dark (at this point it doesn't seem like I have the baby anymore), and I want to make it day. I believe I say to make it day, but it doesn't work. Instead, I thought of it more gradually turning bright, starting at the horizon, this did work, butthere was a lot of stormclouds, one in particular straight up, which were bothering me. I woke up, so I couldn't do anything about them.

EDIT: I remember in one LD (I looked at it without thinking, it was right there. It was from a long while ago, now.) I was a human, but my head and chest looked like my CAT . I was the same size...I think I was a little freaked!

Originally Posted by atkins513

I dunno, maybe im a dork, but this was a big thing for me.. lol.

You're not a dork; I felt the same way first time I looked in a mirror in an LD. I was SO amazed at the level of detail, and that I looked just like I had gotten out of bed, too. I was wearing the same clothes and my hair was all messed up . When I laughed with joy at my success (this was just my second LD ever) I noticed every tooth was exactly like it is in real life.

I've seen myself in mirrors several times since then, and never once has it come close to being a nightmare experience. I think that would only happen if you expect to see something horrible in it. Expect it to just be a mirror and that's what it will be. I've even used mirrors to assist in shapeshifting, so I know I'm getting things how I want them to be, and I didn't transform into monster that tried to eat me or something.

Originally Posted by LiveInTheDream

You're not a dork; I felt the same way first time I looked in a mirror in an LD. I was SO amazed at the level of detail, and that I looked just like I had gotten out of bed, too. I was wearing the same clothes and my hair was all messed up . When I laughed with joy at my success (this was just my second LD ever) I noticed every tooth was exactly like it is in real life.

I've seen myself in mirrors several times since then, and never once has it come close to being a nightmare experience. I think that would only happen if you expect to see something horrible in it. Expect it to just be a mirror and that's what it will be. I've even used mirrors to assist in shapeshifting, so I know I'm getting things how I want them to be, and I didn't transform into monster that tried to eat me or something.

Ya, that makes a lot of sense, Im going to shape shift into a nude female with DD's, and just stare at myself lol.. jk.. shapeshifting sounds cool though, I may give that a shot when I get a little further.. im still getting my technique down.. but so far, 7 LD's in just a few weeks isnt bad lol

Originally Posted by atkins513

Ya, that makes a lot of sense, Im going to shape shift into a nude female with DD's, and just stare at myself lol.. jk.. shapeshifting sounds cool though, I may give that a shot when I get a little further.. im still getting my technique down.. but so far, 7 LD's in just a few weeks isnt bad lol

7 LD's in a few weeks? Most noobs would KILL to have that many.

I was pretty well off during the start...but you don't want to hear my story .

Originally Posted by lucidreamsavy

7 LD's in a few weeks? Most noobs would KILL to have that many.

I was pretty well off during the start...but you don't want to hear my story .

Im almost afraid to ask why not, but why not? lol

Originally Posted by atkins513

Im almost afraid to ask why not, but why not? lol

Well, I will tell you if you want to know...but sometimes I feel as though I'm bragging when I tell the story (not that it's that long). And as though no one cares...

Well...I just had my first one 3 years ago, then started to get them last year about in March...Had a good "small handful" of them, then I got into the dream dictionary online, and looked up LDing (once I learned the word). DV a bit later the Beginning of April (my one year DV aniversary is Saturday), and I got more easily, and knew lots of things already, considering I was a noob . My discussions were pretty "informed" like yours seem to be .

Now, you know why .

Originally Posted by atkins513

Well looking in the mirror while dreaming is different because your logic center and awareness is completely shut down.. you could look in the mirror and see a dragon and somehow it would seem completely normal, especially if you look in the mirror and the reflection is only slightly different, you would never remember anything being out of place

Then how come when we see people flying we remember it? we see things going through walls, we remember it? yer we think its normal at the time but when we wake up we still think "why was he flying?" etc so if i looked in the mirror and saw a foot looking back at me, i would proberly think its normal and walk away but when i wake up i would think "hmmm ok so tonight my face was a foot" you don't have to be lucid to see the weird things in your dreams

To answer the question, yes, mainly when I heard the dream would turn into a nightmare here in DV, I mean, I like nightmares and all, so of course would try it, to my dissapointment... I was completely normal and just got to play with my hair-style a while <.<