What happened ? [Semi-Lucid]

**MtSaEt** · 03-31-2013 04:24 AM

So I was in the street, walking with some friends of mine. Suddenly, I see a porcupine lying on the street.
My friends are gone. I want to remove him from the street so he doesn't get hurt. Just before I touch him, I realized that I could get hurt if I touch his sharp spines.
So I hesitate. I approach my hands once again and I try to find a way not to get hurt.
And then I told myself: "oh that's true, I can't get hurt, it is only a dream.".
Just before I touch the porcupine, I realize what I had just say, and I screamed: "OH MY GOD, I'M DREAMINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!".
Then It shifted into a REALLY weird transition, it was like my brain was simulating what it was like to be lucid but I was not lucid, and that was that "simulation" that made me fail. This is really weird.
I've never had a Lucid Dream, that is probably why my brain did a simulation and not let me be really lucid.
Can any of you rely to this?

What do you guys think ?

Thank you for your time of and course, sweet dreams!

**Scionox** · 03-31-2013 06:47 AM

Are you sure you were not lucid? Because from post it sounds like you became aware of dreaming state, even for a second, which is what being lucid means.

Also what you mean by 'simulation' of being lucid?

**MtSaEt** · 03-31-2013 08:09 AM

Well, I would say that yeah I was lucid for like 2 seconds.
But by 'simulation' I mean that It felt like it was a dream scenario that my brain created that included the fact that I become lucid for some seconds..

**Pabo3** · 03-31-2013 09:52 AM

Yeah, that was probably a fake lucid dream, I have had some of those. You realize you're dreaming, but instead of going lucid your brain creates a history involving being lucid, though you are not.

**Scionox** · 03-31-2013 08:41 PM

Ah, you might have been still lucid though if you were being aware of dreaming state during 'simulation', waking life memory is not always present in the lucid dream, and sometimes indream memory can be strong enough to pull one back into the dream plot while still being lucid or just drop back to non-lucidity. It's quite normal and is just one of tricks that subconscious sometimes uses.

To increase chance of regaining waking life memory in dream i can suggest writing or typing your goals before going to sleep/nap and/or using them as mantra.

Originally Posted by Pabo3

Yeah, that was probably a fake lucid dream, I have had some of those. You realize you're dreaming, but instead of going lucid your brain creates a history involving being lucid, though you are not.

There's no 'fake' lucid dreams, either one is lucid, or not.