The Closest I've Came to Lucid

Yesterday i posted a thread talking about how i was getting flustered i wasn't getting lucid. So the whole day i cut back on my ADA although i still tried to do it regularly. Anyways tonight i went to sleep and a time in my dream i had a cut on my knee and i could see through the cut to the other side of my knee. And i thought it was weird and how i also felt no pain. So it hit me i think i'm dreaming. I went to go reach for my nose and i could feel myself moving in real life. And when i plugged my nose i woke up. I don't know if i almost had a lucid because i was waking up anyways or if the lucid woke me up. Either way this made me really happy i got to realize i was dreaming in my dream for the first time. Have you guys experienced something like this? If so is there a way i could stay in my dream next time? Thanks in advance!

Hello again, Apos10 :)

It sounds to me like you were not yet fully in the dream. You may have been in the beginning stages, when the dream was beginning to form and your dream body was being immersed. Since your actual body moved to perform the RC, rather than your dream body, you were most likely experiencing some very vivid HI that was transforming into the scene.

Another possibility is that you THOUGHT you were really moving. If you are experiencing your first LD's, it's not uncommon to get overexcited and wake up (happened to me all the time!) Do you remember if you were able to complete the RC? Or did you wake up as it was happening?

I'm pretty sure i was deep in my dream. There was a lot that led up to the point of when i realized i was lucid. Maybe i got too excited but it kinda felt like i was just starting to wake up anyways. Its hard to explain and sorry if i confused you more :lol:. Also when i performed the RC originally my dream body started to move but i could feel my real body move too so i panicked and tried to stay in the dream so in the middle of the RC i stopped halfway between touching my nose. Then when i went to finish and put my fingers on my nose i woke up to my fingers on my nose. So i would say i woke up as it was happening.

It is very possible that you were nearing the end of the dream when you became lucid, and your body was naturally waking up. Regardless, that is considered progress and technically, a lucid dream! Congrats! :D

Sure!You can, but it is limited.Dreams don't last as long as you think, they represent real life or your imagination, lucid dreaming on other hand is a different story.Being conscious in your dream is a hard task.Why?Because your brain is multi-tasking he is creating your dream and keeping you conscious which is hard and will not last a long time.But don't worry :D there are a lot of dreams to come.