Thread: Is it really that hard?

I'm gonna sound like Morpheus now, but the "real" you're talking about is nothing more than electrical signals interpreted by your brain. It can create a world in your "mind" that looks and feels very real. When you experience your first LD, you will notice how this vividness increases. Even today I am sometimes surprised how real a LD can get.

As for your question whether or not you can mistake the dreamworld for the real one, even when lucid, well my answer is yes..maybe. A false awakening is perhaps an example of that; every now and then I have a lucid dream where I believe that I've woken up from it, when in fact I'm still dreaming. (now you can argue that I wasn't really lucid if I mistook FW for real life, but you get my point)
When in doubt, perform a RC

Good luck with the lucid dreaming!