It seemed so real

[martydee]

Normally it takes me awhile to fall asleep. A half hour, at least. Anyway, last night, about five minutes after getting into bed I felt this urge to look at my hands. I was 100% certain I was still awake but I looked at them anyway to find that my fingers were about ten inches long. It was such a shock to realize that I was dreaming that I awoke with a start. I mean I'd have bet my life that I was still awake, and yet . . . A learning experience if ever there was one.

[Mr0Blonde]

Nice, when you WILD like that it normally is a surprise to find you're actually Dreaming. good luck for keeping it longer next time.

[Scionox]

Congrats! That's why we all do reality checks when waking up, false awakenings can be potentially amazingly exact with recreating the place where we fall asleep.

[martydee]

Congrats! That's why we all do reality checks when waking up, false awakenings can be potentially amazingly exact with recreating the place where we fall asleep. Right Checker. I'll never take anything for granted again.

[JoannaB]

I remember the only time that I actually got lucid because of a reality check (instead of realizing that I was probably dreaming and doing a reality check to confirm): it was one of my best lucid dreams back in the days when I was still good at them, I was in the kitchen in my dream, and saw something written, and thought "ok I guess I will reality check, but I am sure I am awake." To my utter shock the writing changed! I managed to stay dreaming though (this was not one of my first lucid dreams - my first few had been short and/or low low awareness), this one I managed to get pretty good awareness, and carried on an extenssive conversation about lucid dreaming with the dream character of my father, whom I informed that he was just a figment of my imagination, and he argued back.

[TheSpiderSilva]

This reminds me of something that happened to me a few years ago, before I really knew what lucid dreaming was. I was lying in my bed, trying to fall asleep, and all of a sudden a very bright, VERY vivid image of a meadow appeared before my eyes. It was actually pretty beautiful, and I felt very peaceful. It faded after a couple seconds, but the next thing I know... I'm back in my room. I don't remember waking up after the meadow faded, so I'm pretty sure I was still dreaming when I was suddenly back in my room. I don't even really remember falling asleep in the first place, so who knows how long I was dreaming. Afterwards, I was completely amazed because I didn't know dreams could be THAT vivid, most of my dreams are hazy and unclear.