Thread: Just How Vivid Can Lucid Dreams Get?

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

You'd be surprised at how realistic they can be. My most effective clarity technique is to stop what I'm doing and stare at my hands for a little bit. They come into focus to where I can see my fingerprints, and even they sometimes magnify into deep crevices. Usually, after I've grounded myself, I will lower my hands and look around. Everything that used to be a blur, when I was initially dreaming, suddenly comes into hi-definition. It's amazing; not a blur or blemish, just complete, visual perfection. It's hard not to just stand there and stare, in awe, sometimes.

Thanks! That's exactly what I was hoping to hear!

Most of mine are pretty vivid, but with a sort of haze so you can tell it's a dream. But one of my lucids had PERFECT clarity. It looked EXACTLY like real life, and if I wasn't so aware then I would have thought it was real.

I've only had one lucid that I know was a lucid dream, and I wasn't able to keep a hold of it long enough to play around with it, or keep clarity. The lucidity I had been able to play with was going back to the start when things were fading. It was as if my mind was creating a world, and with me aware of it being a dream, my mind was only able to create a little at a time. I would go past the created part, and the dream faded. I would think myself back at the begining and start again, getting a little further, and it would fade again. After 3 times of bringing myself back, it was gone. I've gone out of practice of even recording my remembered dreams, so it may be a while for me to get back to my goal of lucid dreams, and I hope I can get some as realistically life like as some of my non lucid dreams.

Yes i believe tarrant is right. You would probably lose lucidity in that case lol. But i had my first real deal last night and it was every bit as real as my waking life. I just knew i was dreaming and kept myself confident knowing that i could control everything. The memory feels so real that i cant believe i cant fly in real life!

They can be as vivid as real life, though I've never experienced that. I'm in the same position as you, I really wish my LDs were more solid and vivid.

Just like everyone else has said...

I've had dreams that i thought were real life. I've woken up and been VERY confused. Like, i thought "how did i get home from my aunt's house?" or "What happened, did i black out? Why am i in bed?" and such.

LD's can be as vivid and realistic as waking life and thats why we do reality checks, to bring us back from our dream into lucidity so that we can control the direction of the dream.

I have had the trifecta, one after the other, Dreamed, became lucid, opened my eyes and saw reality (whilst still asleep, although I could not move my eyes, SP) back to dream, lucidity etc.
Now that was an experience....

Thanks to everyone for their replies and advice! Very encouraging!