Thread: Can someone have the same recurring lucid dream most their life?

Hey slash, hope all is well (still have to put reality check symbols above my doors!) anyway, question..do you believe that anyone can control/manipulate lucid state..in other words ive had numerous ld's (i highly doubt as frequent or numerous as you) but cant seem to control anything (environment, dream characters, ect) perhaps its my overall negative perception of things..often i go to sleep (or wake up) with backpain (on going chronic problem)..believe that contributes to nightmares or bad dream experiences, thoughts?

Originally Posted by PrisonPlanet

Hey slash, hope all is well (still have to put reality check symbols above my doors!) anyway, question..do you believe that anyone can control/manipulate lucid state..in other words ive had numerous ld's (i highly doubt as frequent or numerous as you) but cant seem to control anything (environment, dream characters, ect) perhaps its my overall negative perception of things..often i go to sleep (or wake up) with backpain (on going chronic problem)..believe that contributes to nightmares or bad dream experiences, thoughts?

Good question. Indeed you can have a non-controlled lucid dream. You can choose to control it or not control it, for example.

But there are two things you may want to consider.

1) Level of lucidity
Some people talk about differing levels of lucidity. Reece Jones made this a big thing, you can check out his video(s) on levels of lucidity, on YouTube.
The higher the level of lucidity, the more control you have, basically.

2) "False lucids"
Sometimes in a dream we can go "hold on, this is a dream!", but still our logical mind does not wake up, so the whole dream is still controlled by subconscious.
It's kinda like "pretending you're lucid".


Dealing with #1 there, when you become lucid, you want to stop what you're doing, calm down, breath, look at your hands, look around you, feel present. Level of lucidity will rise.

For #2, You want to ingrain a thought in your head. The thought is, "When I get lucid, I'm going to double-check, triple-check and keep checking with RCs and questioning reality until my logical mind knows for certain it is a dream."


If you have full control over your dream body and thoughts, but can't control other things, then indeed you want to hold a positive attitude towards your ability to control. You really must remove doubt. I assume that your inability to control has put you in a cycle of doubt... You need to get out of that. Empower yourself. KNOW that you are literally the God of your dream world, and that the world reacts to your every thought and intention.

Thanks for advice man..i think most of my ld experiences (recently have been pretty rare) i desperately attempt reality check (most likely should be more persistent at this moment) then instantly wake up or slip into false awakening..will check out videos u mentioned , peace