Have you ever been not sure if you were lucid?

[Amiana]

I think I had a lucid dream last night, but it felt a little off from the other ones I've had, like it was missing that special feeling. Perhaps what I mean by that is I didn't experience any touch sensation which is normally pretty strong for me when I'm lucid, but it may be more than that. I sit up from bed and immediately know I'm in a lucid dream. No AHA! moment, no triggers, I'm not even excited [not normal]. I look around and see I'm in a windowless room with bright red walls [common for my lucid dreams, I call them my "training levels"]. To my left there are 4 garden hoses in a line coiled up and mounted on the wall, in front of me there's a doorway and an elaborate looking telephone. I stand up and look at my hands [FINALLY remembered!]. Three fingers. Excellent, I look like a freak. I wish I would have tried rubbing my hands together here, but one new habit a time I suppose. I remember I have a goal tonight, there's someone I'm trying to find. At this point I have a one track mind, only accomplishing my goal mattered to me [not normal]. I call out her name and my voice comes out muffled. No response. I step into the hallway, it's dark but I check my hands again and still have three fingers, and also notice my body in the dark. Without thinking much I start flying, faster and faster and as I keep calling out my voice becomes clear and loud. I finally hear a female voice saying 'Just a moment!' Now I'm excited! I don't remember landing but I'm too impatient to wait, so I go looking for the voice and see a hooded figure in the dark. I grab her and lift up the hood, and the lights come on -- not the person I'm looking for, doesn't look like her at all. "Just kidding, my name's Sue!" I'm ANGRY about being tricked. I tackle her to the ground with the intention of beating her to a pulp [not normal!] and wake up. When I woke up, I didn't feel like I had been lucid at all! It had all the signs, but I normally wake up from a lucid feeling like something intense happened to me and that was not the case this time. In any case, I wish I would have tried the telephone!

[Box77]

Hi! Check this thread here, it could help you to have some idea about what could have happened: http://www.dreamviews.com/general-lu...-lucidity.html

[Scionox]

Sounds like you were lucid, if you were aware that you were dreaming at that moment you were lucid, sometimes awareness can be low and due to not perfect waking memory one in dream can do some stuff that he would ask 'why?' after waking up, like following dream plot while still being lucid, it happens. At the same time it could have been non-lucid dream about actions that one would do when lucid, it can happen sometimes though i haven't experienced that personally, the ways to check are: dream recall that feels to be closer of non-lucid and feel of not being aware of dreaming at all, but really in those cases it's only up for dreamer to decide whether it was lucid or not, and even if you were not it's still a good sign that you think alot about lucid dreaming.

[TheSpiderSilva]

I know what you mean, I sometimes wonder if I've ever actually had a real lucid dream. Sometimes I think they just might be dreams of lucid dreams. Not sure if that makes sense though, lol.

[Amiana]

Thanks for the suggestions! I really did wonder if I had a super realistic dream about being lucid. I think what probably happened is I started out lucid and lost it by the end so I woke up feeling like I had come out of a regular dream. I mean no harm to my DC's and I'd never try to beat one up while lucid just for messing with me a little! Sorry, Sue.

[Sibyline]

The only thing I have to add to what the others said is that anger always causes me to lose control of the dream and wake up. I'm working on recognizing it before it escalates.