soooo close??

**flipsid3** · 05-24-2008 05:58 AM

last night's dream
...I was asleep in a bed that was not my own, in a room that was not my own either. There were lazers going off all over the place with disco balls too. While i was asleep (in my dream) I told myself "this is a dream man!" "become lucid! do it!" and i became lucid in the dream that i was dreaming. (make sense?) not lucid in my actual dream. then i woke up (in my dream) and looked at one clock that was blinking 10:00 and a different one on the wall that read 6:00.

then i woke up for real.

was i close to a LD?
i feel that i was...by having a LD in my dreams dream. and the times not matching up. isint that a strong indicator to click over to an LD?

thank you

**Bethany** · 05-24-2008 07:05 AM

Well, I'm a tiny bit confused. I think you WERE lucid. As soon as you think "I'm dreaming" and know it... then that's lucid dreaming.

If I'm wrong, then yeah, you were damn close! Very, very close. A lot closer than I've been since joining here.

Well done.

**JSM** · 05-24-2008 02:45 PM

The same thing happened to me last night I knew that I am dreaming then I woke up (in the dream) and then the dream continued until I woke up (for real) !

**Iamerik** · 05-24-2008 10:33 PM

Originally Posted by JSM

The same thing happened to me last night I knew that I am dreaming then I woke up (in the dream) and then the dream continued until I woke up (for real) !

That's called a false awakening. Very common, especially when you have lucid dreams.

Tip: If you suddenly wake up after having a (lucid) dream, do a reality check to make sure that you really did wake up and that it isn't just another dream.