Thread: How did you realise you were dreaming?

last night i got lucid With A Little Help From My Friends.... to be specific, i was dreaming i was on msn and one of them said to me "THIS IS A DREAM! THIS IS A DREAM!"

...and hey, That's What Friends Are For

I go lucid when something unrealistic happens in my dream. And that happens... all the time. I also sometimes go lucid just from noticing the dream "feeling", that I only know what is like when I'm dreaming. The dream can seem normal and realistic, but if I notice this feeling, then lucidity is triggered.

Originally Posted by Line

I go lucid when something unrealistic happens in my dream. And that happens... all the time. I also sometimes go lucid just from noticing the dream "feeling", that I only know what is like when I'm dreaming. The dream can seem normal and realistic, but if I notice this feeling, then lucidity is triggered.

Same here.

Originally Posted by LibLord

last night i got lucid With A Little Help From My Friends.... to be specific, i was dreaming i was on msn and one of them said to me "THIS IS A DREAM! THIS IS A DREAM!"

...and hey, That's What Friends Are For

I don't think you could ask for a better lucidity triger than that. I wish i could get simple triggers like that.

I go lucid when something slightly strange happens in a normal situation. i.e: my carpet is the wrong color, my bed is in the wrong position.

On the other hand, being chased by spiders through a museum dedicated to fruit loops doesn't seem to faze me...

Same with me, usually it's something minor that I notice. Either that or it's just a feeling that I get.

one time i had this really long crazy dream and near the end i was holding this paper that my friend wrote. Then i woke up (or i thought i did) and i was extremely confused because i was laying in my bed and holding this paper from my dream. Everything felt real. And i was about decide that this was a dream, when i woke up for real. >.< took me 5 min during that FA to just realise that i might be dreaming.

what a waste. This is why i dont get many DILDs as of late.

Last night i was robbing this old lady (watching knights of prosperity before sleep) and i realised i was dreaming because i know i would never rob anyone.

Something or someone acting out of character usually triggers me. Like when I dream about a friend or family member acting out of character. Or whenever the scenery isn't quite right. Or something very small is off.

Yet when I dream about something totally off the wall and bizzare (like vampires or someone trying to eat me) i never seem to get that I'm dreaming.

It's almost like it takes something small - something relatively non-noticable - to trigger my lucid dreaming. The big things, the totally bizzare and "this could never happen in real life" things never seem to trigger it! weird!

Hi there,
first post so bare with me.I've had a few lucid dreams,nightmares where I realise I am dreaming and take controll.However my most realistic one was when I was standing with some friends from primary school (about 5-11 years old)and just got the feeeling I was dreaming.I spent the rest of the dream flying and swooping toward the ground whilst singing(perfectly in tune) "Stop Whispering" by Radiohead.....go figure?

One of my most entertaining triggers is dental: in the dream, one or more of my teeth will loosen and start to fall out, and I go into such a panic (probably because I've never fully recovered from the horrors of having braces), that I refuse to believe that it's real, and BAM! Lucidity.

Fear and imminent danger makes me lucid. Don't know why, but it does.

Originally Posted by naikou

On the other hand, being chased by spiders through a museum dedicated to fruit loops doesn't seem to faze me...

Ha, haaaaaa......

Originally Posted by Asymptote

One of my most entertaining triggers is dental: in the dream, one or more of my teeth will loosen and start to fall out, and I go into such a panic (probably because I've never fully recovered from the horrors of having braces), that I refuse to believe that it's real, and BAM! Lucidity.

Do you know that dreaming about losing your teeth is a sign of stress?

Two nights ago I got lucid... I can't remember what it was that triggered it, I think I just realized it randomly... however, I didn't become lucid until I was outside of my house in a fairly normal environment, so I see what you mean about minor things triggering lucidity, and that "feeling."

However, what confuses me is that the rest of the dream was ridiculous, and I didn't get lucid till I was at my house... I was in Russia? And i got arrested and i was on a plane and I somehow escaped and go to my house (in california) and I was lucid when I left it. Weird as hell. Awesome dream though.

i was getting stoned in my room with the cast of freaks and geeks, and the guys were all being ass holes so i pretty much hinted at them to leave. as i was helping them get the fuck out, gathering all their stuff and throwing it in a box, i was walking out into the hallway outside my bedroom, and i distinctly remember wearing a large framed pair of glasses. ( i never wear glasses) so as im walking towards the stairs to go down, i look in the mirror on the door across the hall. i see my reflection and i notice although i felt the glasses, they werent on in the reflection.

that was the best lucid dream i ever had. cause of the stuff i did afterwards and stuff

Originally Posted by kichu

Do you know that dreaming about losing your teeth is a sign of stress?

Really? Well, seeing as I had a whole cluster of those dental dreams towards the beginning of this semester at University, it makes sense.

I rarely get any help from DC`s, my logic just suddenly kicks in and I realise that what I am doing is impossible. Also, I`ve taken a habbit of questioning reality, so I often ask myself if I am dreaming in dreams.

Ever since i made my "flash of alertness" technique i am realising i am having flashes of alertness in dreams very regularly which is great.

Though alot of times i become suddenly aware i am dreaming but i am either paralysed or i have a high, and drunken feeling combined

The only times I can remember are,
I was in art class and I randomly decided to do a RC, for some reason I didn't think anybody would think it was weird a kid was plugging his nose and breathing in really hard in the middle of class x.x
And of coarse I could and then proceeded to rape the girl sitting next to me :p
Lmao it's great when you realise your lucid, I gotta have more control over that It's like you see a girl and: RAPE

and the other time, first time I was lucid. I had gotten my hair cut the day before and when I looked in the mirror in the dream I still had long hair.
HOMI SHIZ NITS IM FREAKIN DREAMIN MAAAN.
lasted pretty long actually, fore I tried to fly and then I felt like lightning struck me and then I woke up and yeah.

Originally Posted by Asymptote

Really? Well, seeing as I had a whole cluster of those dental dreams towards the beginning of this semester at University, it makes sense.

There you go.

There was a point where I could just 'feel' or 'sense' I was dreaming... It's hard to explain but it just happened... Otherwise it's just something that doesn't seem right - I don't even have to guess, you just get the feel of dreams

I agree with the above poster about just getting a feeling that you are dreaming. That has happened a couple of times to me lately and neither time did I bother to do a RC...I don't know if that is a good or bad, though.

I know what you both mean. You are just walking along and you just suddenly become aware that you are dreaming. (i become lucid most times this way)

its weird ive never really used a reality check to find if im dreaming i just sorta...realise.

as i was reading this topic i just remembered what it was which made me think it was a dream.

I was at school and asked a teacher what the time was then the little start bar at the bottom of the computer screen popped up and a mouse went to the time...this is where i thought hang in a minute thats not normal did a Rc and hey presto!