I think my brain is too good at tricky me into believing a dream is real. There was one dream a while ago where my daughter's stuffed monkey was with another little girl and I thought "that can't be right, that's Lily's monkey" and then all the sudden the dream changed and Lily was there with her monkey and gave it to the girl. I had almost caught on that it was a dream but my brain quickly corrected the error so that I would buy into the story. The dual nature of my brain is fascinating but keeping me from experiencing the LD.
Hi Herch80,

Sounds like you are gaining more awareness in the dream. Those moments of questioning your environment or thinking "that can't be right" are those advantageous moments where we can reach out and grab lucidity. One of the more effective ways to induce lucid dreams is to, before bed, imagine yourself back in that dream when that moment occurs, then visualize and feel yourself becoming lucid. Play out what you might do when lucid, perhaps some goals you have, and when you dream, it should strengthen that feeling of questioning the dream.