I just got interested in lucid dreaming and I thought of a dream I had a couple years ago. I was at school in the hallway in between classes. I thought "I'm dreaming, I can do what ever I want. I should just go jump on desks and say things to people that I wouldn't really say." But I had a tiny thought that what if it wasn't a dream. I don't remember doing anything after that. I know part of a lucid dream is realizing that you're dreaming, which I did, but I didn't really control what was happening and I wasn't 100% sure I was dreaming.
2007-01-23 12:58:02 · 8 answers · asked by m e r e d i th 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Their is no question about it, you were lucid dreaming. Lucid dreaming definition is being aware that you were in a dream. Next time you have a lucid dream, do a reality check to see if you are dreaming. You can try pinching yourself and see if you have any pain. If you feel no pain, you must be dreaming. You can also try turning on a light switch. In most cases the light switch won't work, or the lighting will be dimmer then usual. I tried the light switch to see if I was in a dream and the light didn't even work, just like the reality test told me to do. You cannot always control a lucid dream. You have to focus with your mind on what is going to happen next. Its difficult to explain, but you can do it if you focus hard enough. I hope this helps you.
2007-01-24 12:28:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is a difference between hallucinating, and lucid dreaming too!
In one a person is not dreaming, but he/she might see, hear and do things that are not recognized as real to life, and he/she might do some stupid things. Only to find out that they were in life and are really getting punished by not being aware of their own faculties. (Only if it applies.)
I really have not read anywhere or find any supporting evidence that we can have total control of our dreams, lucid or not!
We dream more than one dream per night. And dreams that may seem like they last for hours might acutally only last a few minutes.
And the best way to tell if you are in a lucid dream. I don't have an answer except that, we should be able to discern the truths in reality as compared to the abstract and ficticious.
Let's look at Neo in the Matrix. He was only able to do his spectacular feats in the program. Try dodging a bullet in realtime,
well, chances are that one would know rather quick, but then again, if killed in an instant of the bullet blowing out the brains, how would one know if he were not still dreaming in a lucid dream?
Okay, we have made a full circle here, I only answered to do just that.
Reality should really not be that hard to distinguish, am I typing to someone here on yahooanswers or not. If I am dreaming then I could just say what I want.....No. I am quite aware of my consciousness....I believe that in a dream, we don't have full control of them. That is why they are dreams, and consciousness it reality.
To most of us, we don't have to ask what mental state we are in.
Because we are being constantly told by others all the time.....
2007-01-31 10:40:47 · answer #2 · answered by etienne primeau 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lucid dreaming is being aware that you are dreaming. There is an old movie all about that. It is called "Dream Scape" I don't know if you will be able to find it anymore but, you should definitely try. I have had a few of those but, by the time I figure out I'm dreaming I wake up. I really wanted to get involved in some of them too!!!
2007-01-30 07:59:15 · answer #3 · answered by major b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-01 03:09:28 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats why you MUST MUST do reality checks every hour of every day. Reality checks include pinching or hurting yourself, reading text twice, looking in mirrors, trying to fly etc... By doing them so often it will become second nature to you and when you're sleeping one night you'll be in a dream and preform a check. Youuu'll be 100% sure you're dreaming after that.
2007-01-23 13:04:25 · answer #5 · answered by Durr 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was kind of half-and-half. Just the fact that you even considered you were dreaming is a start, though!
2007-01-23 13:02:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Next time this happens, call me, I will pinch you
2007-01-31 12:18:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://spirita.blogspot.com/
2007-01-23 13:02:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋