1. When you wake up from a lucid dream do you start to remember it or do you just say WOW THAT WAS AN AWESOME LUCID

2. Do you need to record your lucid dreams like other normal dreams to remember them?

3. Is what you do in your lucid dream really what YOU want to do? [/b]
I think the answers to your questions would vary from person to person. (Especially #3) So even though several people have already responded with answers, I thought I'd treat it like a questionaire and toss in my two cents.

1. - When I wake up from a lucid dream I remember everything that happened as though I were awake when I had done it. Some times there are little spots when I'm not sure exactly how I went from doing one thing to doing another, but that is generally only when my lucidity isn't very strong.

2. - This depends on the person, the level of lucidity, and whether you had the dream immediately before awakening or not. Writing down exactly what happened as soon as you wake up can definitely help you recall the details later though. I suppose that's similar to waking life. I find that I have no trouble remembering my lucid dreams if I don't write them down.

3. - This depends on the amount of control you have or are willing to use. For me, no. My control is pretty weak because I haven't been LDing for long and my dream characters are fairly uncooperative so I generally find myself fighting with the dream. (this could be anything from my furniture refusing to stay where it's suppose to, or my clothes suddenly going missing, or a dream character arguing with me.) BUT, it's really a matter of experience. Over time lucid dreaming becomes easier to achieve, and control.


Welcome to the Forum! I hope your dream interpretation project goes well.