Thread: James' Workbook

First of all congratulations on your FIRST lucid dream!

There are different levels of lucidity and yes, you can forget parts or even all of a lucid dream, especially if you lose lucidity during the dream or false awakening. Just last Thursday, I had a lucid dream but I forgot the first part. I can't for the life of me remember how I became lucid. There have been other times were I would just be going about my day and something will trigger a memory and I will be like,"Oh my God. I had a lucid dream last night." I have even found that when I have a really long lucid dream I have hole and gaps in my memory of it. When you think about it, it makes sense. Do you remember every little detail in your waking life?

Reality checks are for confirming to yourself that you are dreaming and can even be used to stabilize the dream. So yes, it is possible to perform a reality check in a dream that works and you keep dreaming. Personally I rarely end up doing reality checks in my dreams because when you think about it you kind of have to be at least mildly lucid to even consider doing a reality check. I mean a real RC not just a habitual one. I think that once you get used to the lucid feeling you wont need them but that just my personal experience.

That was an awesome dream my dude. Good job!