Thread: Mirrors in Lucid Dreams (and bad experiences with them)

I've only looked into a mirror once in my lucid. The only strange part was that my reflection was there before the actual mirror materialized, if that makes sense.

In other words. I saw myself standing before me. And I thought "What the hell? Is that a mirror?" and then a frame of a mirror showed up around my "image".
The reflection/image itself wasn't deformed or anything as far as I could tell. I was just a bit startled when I didn't see the mirror itself at first.

Although after reading this I have a feeling next time I look into a LD mirror my image WILL be deformed..

I think belief is everything in dreams. You believe you can't fly so you can't. You believe you have to ground the dream because you might wake up, and so if you don't, you wake up.

If you worry about mirrors being bad in some way, they almost certainly will.

Originally Posted by Photolysis

I think belief is everything in dreams. You believe you can't fly so you can't. You believe you have to ground the dream because you might wake up, and so if you don't, you wake up.

If you worry about mirrors being bad in some way, they almost certainly will.

ya i agree. Theres nothing necessarily evil or bad looking into a mirror. Its just the thoughts you've already acquired of them.

There was another mirror thread I replied to not too long ago where people related that they have normal reflections when looking in a mirror. I've had normal reflections and some that would be considered scary but weren't scary to me due to the fact that I knew I was dreaming. I was only curious as to why my reflection looked like that.

Mirrors can be a good source of entertainment in a lucid dream. The key, remember it's a dream and wonder logically about why your reflection might appear different.

I think its belief. back in my first lucid with my old account while this site just got started there wasnt many threads aboult mirrors so when I had my first I looked in my mirror and notice I was bald (at the time I had alot of hair) but that was it I was just bald, no black demonic eyes or disfigurment.

Originally Posted by lonestarx

I think its belief. back in my first lucid with my old account while this site just got started there wasnt many threads aboult mirrors so when I had my first I looked in my mirror and notice I was bald (at the time I had alot of hair) but that was it I was just bald, no black demonic eyes or disfigurment.

With me, too, the major difference with my refelctions is my hair. I like short hair and in my reflections it's usually longer or in regular dreams when I see a reflection I'm usually fiddling with my long hair trying to get it up out of my face.

Could probably make a game of it:
What will my reflection's hair look like this time around?
(instead of worrying about what scary image one might see)

Originally Posted by pixiedust

How many folks here have looked in a mirror and had nothing scary or strange happen at all?

In one LD involving a mirror, I did look like myself although I had longer hair.

In another, I still looked like me, but had fun by repeatedly changing the color of what I was wearing by simply thinking of different colors.

I found both of these dreams very pleasant.

I had no expectations about what I would see and I had never read any negative posts about mirrors yet I was very deformed and it was scary. I didn't prompt it, and I can't think of a reason. Though I did sort of feel it coming right before it happened. As I approached the mirror from an angle I was for some reason scared as if I shouldn't be doing it, but I didn't know why.

I've never actually looked in a mirror before... I might try it out
whenever I think something is about to happen in my dream, it usually does. so I think if someone is thinking about something like that at the time they probably will see it, maybe.

Iv'e only looked into a mirror in my Lucid dreams once. But i didnt see my own reflection, i saw the gulyiest person in my school haha!.. it scared me .. but still, i think you see what you fear the most haha. I guess i just dont wanna be ugly!.. happy dreaming, -dream-boat-...

I wouldn't look into dream mirrors if I were you.

Once I looked into a mirror and saw a very old man with a top had in my place.

Then I looked away, and when I looked back his face had practically decayed away, and then he leapt at me through the mirror.

That was really freaky, and I had to use my waking technique really hard to make him disappear

As said before, alot of the material from your lucid dreams comes from a pre-conceived notion.

So.. if you think badly about mirrors, you will end up having a bad mirror experience.

But the reason most people see a normal reflection is because the mind just simulates what is most expected. So... don't think about it too much, and mirrors can be fine.

Originally Posted by AmazeO XD

As said before, alot of the material from your lucid dreams comes from a pre-conceived notion.

So.. if you think badly about mirrors, you will end up having a bad mirror experience.

What about this post though? He says he never read anything bad about mirrors, and didn't expect anything bad to happen..?

Originally Posted by ThiefDeath

I had no expectations about what I would see and I had never read any negative posts about mirrors yet I was very deformed and it was scary. I didn't prompt it, and I can't think of a reason. Though I did sort of feel it coming right before it happened. As I approached the mirror from an angle I was for some reason scared as if I shouldn't be doing it, but I didn't know why.

I do agree that much of what happens in a lucid is what you expect to happen, but in the case of people who aren't expecting it, and still have it happen to them, I'm curious what the reason could be.

Ive had regular dreams where I have looked into mirrors and expected to see my face because I thought it was real life and my face was completely deformed, it was scary, but I became lucid

Thats true, they are great dream signs.

I dont know, i was in a bathroom once and the light switch wouldnt work, i never realized it was a dream, i was scared of the dark so it freaked me out, but i didnt look at the mirror in the bathroom for some reason, like something was telling me whatever you do, do not look to your right.

I think threads like this will cause weird images in mirrors cause it makes you think much more about a mirror than you usually would, so when you do come near one instantly you start thinking whats going to be there.

I think you are right Johnny87.

Right now I have a negative attitude, but I am going to try to tackle it in my next few lucids this week.

ive looked at a mirror many times in my Lucid dreams and there all normal, they look exactley like in real life for me

In my second lucid I looked into the mirror and my face was completely warped and twisted. This was before I'd read much about lucid dreaming, so I didn't have any reason to be afraid in the first place. It scared me so much that I lost lucidity instantly.

I basically attribute it to the fact that I couldn't conjour up an image of myself while sleeping, because I don't have a perfect 3D model of myself in my mind. I guess I don't spend enough time in front of the mirror...

Except I'm starting to think I have a weird, subconcious fear of mirrors because I avoid looking at them when it's dark.

Mirrors are very common in my lucid dreams, I often run into them, both when I'm looking for them and when I'm not. While mirrors can be scary, the only thing that I've noticed them be consistently is chaotic; they're always a little different from dream to dream.

In my experiences, the first thing I noticed regularly in mirrors is that the image was usually a little warped, though still human. When I tried interacting more directly with them, that's when things really got wierd. I once reached into a mirror in a dream, and my reflection tried to pull my hand in, and for a few dreams after that, it did act nightmarish, although always in different ways, but it stopped doing that after I stopped treating it like a hostile entity. After that, it was sometimes even helpful, although it's help rarely works. However, for every dream where my reflection was unusual, there was another where it was perfectly ordinary. In fact, around 70% of the time my reflection is almost normal, and only becomes unusual when I try to affect it.

I don't think mirrors are inherently evil or hostile in dreams, it's just that they're naturally changing things, and in dreams, without reality to hold them to just reflecting, these changes can spiral out of control. In dreams, everything changes a lot, and thus things that change even in real life, like the image in a mirror, would be unusually chaotic in a dream. They're only scary when by chance they change in a way that seems frightening, and when someone is frightened by some change, the fear causes it to become more frightening, and the whole experience causes them to expect mirrors in lucid dreams to be frightening, which ensures that they probably will be.

Mm- that sounds about right to me. Good thoughts I guess it's best just to confront the idea, if mirrors seem scary.

People say that mirrors will make you look funny so they do.... i wont ry to fix it because if i want to see myself i just ... well see myself, but i think it's what people say that makes mirrors what they are in your dream.

Originally Posted by pixiedust

How many folks here have looked in a mirror and had nothing scary or strange happen at all?

As for me personally, I'll be avoiding mirrors in my dreams for the forseeable future.

I had a vivid LD experience with a mirror today. I was standing in front of the mirror and I've seen perfect reflection of mine which surprised me a bit because in the past I usually saw something wrong in it. An idea came to me, I tried to pull my hand through the mirror to see what happens and the reflection was still in the perfect state. Maybe that means that I'm no more afraid of my reflection in the mirror in LDs.

Whoa, nice. Good stuff, I wish I could say the same.