I almost had a lucid dream, almost

[khuezy]

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

[Oneironaught]

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.

[dreamducky]

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

[NeAvO]

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.

[ninja9578]

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.

[Vall3y]

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

[Oneironaught]

...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.

[Violajoker]

Radical! That's how both of my lucids have gone. I think that the moment you say "I'm dreaming!" it counts as a lucid dream. The next step is just to work on making it last longer so you can gain more control. Congrats!

[khuezy]

i couldn't control the dream, i think i lost the knowledge of a dream after that