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      Does this constitute a lucid?

      I was dreaming, like normal, then it switched from the dream to what I normally see in bed when I lie on my right side. I remember being immediately aware of a Jaguar (I knew this somehow) clawing at the bottom of my mattress from underneath my bed. I remember feeling the mattress press up to my side whenever it clawed the bed. This lasted about 2 seconds, until I thought "If I go into S.P., this will stop"

      So I just decided to do it, and it happened straight away, not build up or anything. What I could then see sorta ripped apart from the center of my vision, and I woke up looking at what I would see on the LEFT side of my bed. I had changed sides without moving in the blink of an eye.

      It felt vivid, real, if a bit off (things in my room where off), and the jaguar clawing felt very real.

      Was this a lucid, if indeed a rubbish one?
      Or is this something else, or just a really vivid dream?

      I started this topic as it didn't really feel like a normal dream. It seemed much more real.

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      Sounds like a hypnagogic hallucination...which can be very vivid upon waking up and even mimic a semi-dream state.

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      I suppose thats what it is. It didn't feel like a proper dream, so I doubt it was some kind of uncontrollable lucid.

      Either hypnagogic hallucination, or a false awakening.

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      Quote Originally Posted by Origami View Post
      Either hypnagogic hallucination, or a false awakening.
      Sometimes the two overlap and almost become indistinguishable. I honestly think they need to create a new category which constitute the really bizarre semi-dreams that occur during hypnagogia and SP. These would include any in-bed experiences like visits from Incubi/Succubi, some perceived OBEs, and distortions of waking reality such as disconnected limbs, alien visitors, etc. They just seem to lump these into SP experiences, but I personally think it deserves it's own category...because it's not really JUST a hallucination, but not really a dream either. But I guess the bottom line is that they aren't lucid dreams.

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      A lucid dream is a dream that you are aware in. If you were aware that you were dreaming than yes it was a lucid.

      Too me it sounds like HH from sleep paralysis. You were hallucinating.

      I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.-Charley pride

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      Yeah, I think is was HH. Even so, it's still some sort of progress for me. A step up from just a normal dreaming night.

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