Is a lucid dream really so realistic you aren't able to know wether you are awake or dreaming without using a RC?
As I haven't had any LD's yet, I just can't imagine not knowing the difference between dreaming and living.
Thanks!
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Is a lucid dream really so realistic you aren't able to know wether you are awake or dreaming without using a RC?
As I haven't had any LD's yet, I just can't imagine not knowing the difference between dreaming and living.
Thanks!
A lucid dream is a dream in which you know you are dreaming. If you know you are dreaming, you know it is not reality.
Once you're fully lucid you'll know it's a dream. If you remember getting in bed one second then being in some strange desert another you'll noticed it -right? That's what it's like when you become lucid.
It's not that it's realistic, it's that you're not thinking logically. The logical part of the brain is largely shut off during a dream, so even though you might be floating on the back of a purple elephant, your mind thinks of it as not out of the ordinary.
For me RC's are more of a confirm than making me become lucid. If I think I'm lucid, I'll do a quick RC just to confirm I'm dreaming.
The reason you can't comprehend it is the fact you've never had a lucid dream. Normal dreams are like a movie to me, like I'm watching something happen. Lucid dreams feel like I've woken up in a completly different world.
I am so sorry, I realise that I have chosen my words very unwisely! I do in fact know a little bit about dreaming etc. What I meant to ask was: Can the dreamworld be so realistic that even when I am lucid, It is hard to belive? The reason pose this questions is because I read about WILD or other inductiontechniques where you often go directly into lucidity, and therefore have problems knowing if you are awake or asleep. I just can't understand how it is possible for your imagination to create something so realistic its hard to tell whats what:P? Don't really know if that question made any sense at all:) Thanks for all the answers to my first question!
PS:
My gf just sat up in bed, said "uuh" loudly and kept on sleeping, i wonder what she dreamt=)
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!