Thread: I almost had a lucid dream, almost

My grandfather's zombie came in to kill me but I said to myself, "Wait, you're dead, I must be dreaming" but I didn't lucid dream for some reason

But you were so close and rational enough to at least recognize the anomaly. That's a positive step in the right direction. Better luck next time.

I beleive that was a lucid dream.
A Lucid Dream is merely a dream were you realize you are dreaming. You don't have to gain control for it to be lucid.
But then again, I may be incorrect

Can you elobate on how it wasn't a lucid dream? You seemed to know you were dreaming which is the main point of lucidity. Unless you think you dreamt knowing- no pun intended.

If you are comparing it to a lack of control, then you did lucid but with out control. See lucid dreaming and dream control are two seperate things, although they ususaly bind together.

If you knew that you were dreaming then it is technically a lucid dream. I call it a "Barely Lucid" dream: Dream Levels

I had one of those last night actually. You mind just blocked you from moving around and getting control, the first time I had a real good lucid dream it took me a minute before I figured out how to move myself.

i think it was for him like when something wierd happens in real life.
i go like omg this isnt real. but i dont really mean its a dream.
and if you didnt mean that, and you knew you were dreaming, then it was a lucid dream. sounds like the lucidty was really weak. a RC would remove doubts and some hand rubbing will higher the lucidty.
kinda reminds me when i had a dream, i was about to the a rc, but i was in the middle of something and i said 'ill do it right after' and i eventually forgot

Originally Posted by Vall3y

...kinda reminds me when i had a dream, i was about to the a rc, but i was in the middle of something and i said 'ill do it right after' and i eventually forgot

That's a good point - albeit, an aside. But since you brought it up, let me just reiterate that waiting to do a reality check is usually a bad decision when the even the slightest suspicion is already there. In dreams, we live in the moment (that's why most people never question things like "How did I get here?" or "Since when am I an astronaut?") so we tend to lose our power of reflection in thought. This makes it very easy to completely forget about our intentions - to do an RC - unless we occupy our mind with it by either going ahead and doing it or continually repeating our intention to do so.