Quote Originally Posted by lepinat0r View Post
ok i jus remembered that i have always had dreams where im running away from stuff trying to kill me and i realize that i am dreaming but i dont remember trying to take control, i just always remember telling my self to wake up so the guys didnt catch up to me and kill me.. lol. are these sort of like lucid dreams?
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A dream is termed "lucid" if you realise you are dreaming. That is ALL that being lucid is. However, as you gain more experience, you can start to exert control in dreams.

Quote Originally Posted by lepinat0r View Post
and btw i heard that u are always supposed to wake up before u "die" in dreams, is this true? i have been in many dreams where i have been shot and i could c myself laying there on the ground dead. its kind of freaky
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If you "die" in a dream, you do not die in real-life... that's superstitious nonsense, so if somebody tells you that, pay no heed. I've died before in dreams, and lived afterwards. So, next time you die in a dream, *try* not to wake up, if you're lucid. IF you're not, just try and train yourself to not panic. It could be interesting to see whathappens. Nothin in dreams can hurt you in real-life, so, maybe you would be killed and then ressurected within a dream? Whatever were to happen, it'd be interesting.