Thread: Are you actually fully aware when your in a LD?

Your brain doesn't work the same way as it does when you're awake. The logical part of the brain may come on a little bit more, but it's still in dreaming mode.

how long did it take you to have lucid dreams?

You can be quite aware, but admittedly it isn't exactly the same as being awake. Your level of consciousness can vary but to acheive the highest level of awareness it helps to shout commands such as "Increase lucidity now!" and similar methods. I think thinking about waking life briefly will also help, such as what you are going to do the next day. I haven't experimented much with this and it may probably in turn just wake you up or shorten the dream.

Practice does make help though and I hope that with a lot of dedication it is possible to acheive such states.

you have two minds, subjective and objective. Your objective mind can reason inductively and deductiuvely; subjective mind is capable only of inductive reasoning. Your subjective mind is your sleeping mind...therefore you simply cannot process the fact that your microwave is counting in the millions could mean its a dream. once you realize your dream, the matter of quality would be how awke your objective mind is.

Well... I always feel the same, tough thats only on the mind the pressure and those things feel dif on dreams.

For me each LD is different. In some I am really clear minded. I notice all the wildly illogical dream things, and so on. But I still think differently than I do when awake, mainly because I know I'm dreaming and have no fear of anything. In most of my LDs I have some level of illogical thinking. Sometimes I know I'm dreaming, but still accept all the crazy dream stuff.

Originally Posted by Halocuber

By fully aware is your mind like the same as it would be while your awake?

Some parts of brain that are active when you're awake are blocked when you're asleep, e.g. those responsible for logic, memory.

Please reply back if your not sure what im saying , so I can rewrite this to a more understandable text.

What did you mean by "or is it kinda of block"?

Originally Posted by IWantToChange

Some parts of brain that are active when you're awake are blocked when you're asleep, e.g. those responsible for logic, memory.


What did you mean by "or is it kinda of block"?

Not being able to think , like you would in the real world.

It greatly varies. I love when my lucids feel as real as waking life, though they are usually the shortest.

It varies from time to time. Sometimes it will seem as if you are awake and will seem completely clear at times and you will be really aware of your surroundings however at other times it can seem all distorted and unrealistic with little consciousness.