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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (5 children)

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The other day I thought I was in a dream because my torso was missing when I saw my reflection in a window. Even when I moved. It legit made me jump. Turns out the middle section of the window was open so it was reflecting light from someplace else.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If you feel like you can think clearly and are questioning if you are dreaming but are unsure, you are not.
All methods of lucid dreaming aim at making you think clearly and question if you are in a dream. With that thought, it should be quite obvious to confirm you are in fact in a dream. Dreams are really not that good, sleeping is just kinda like a heavy suspension of disbelief.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

This must depend on the person.

Dreaming is dreaming and being awake is being awake.

Completely different experiences for me, can't imagine how someone could confuse them, though people obviously do, so they must be experiencing it differently.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

However I have a slight problem in that I struggle to connect to my mirror image even when awake and sober lmao

Then again, sometimes it does feel like I'm dreaming when awake and sober so

[–] chuckleslord 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Look at text. Look away. Look again. Are the words the same? In a dream, they sure as fuck won't be.

[–] blazeknave 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You watch Evil?

[–] chuckleslord 1 points 3 months ago

Yes, but I knew that before watching Evil. I've been lucid dreaming for more than two decades now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Wherever I see weird things in a dream and I'm lucid enough to notice, I just panic thinking that something's wrong with my brain, followed by doing anything I can to get to a hospital.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

DO YOU LOOK DIFFERENT?

Depends on how many hours I've been in bed. 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Is this really useful? Like, is this something people ever need to do? I don't do lucid dreams very often, but the rare times a dream has lead me to the thought of "hold on, am I dreaming?" were basically immediately answered by just, uh, vibes, I guess? Like, it's always just been instantly obvious that I'm dreaming the moment I'd start questioning it, no tests necessary. At worst I might have to try to remember what I did the day before and what I was supposed to be doing that day and see if that is at all compatible with the scenario I'm dreaming about, which it usually isn't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think the idea is to build a habit of checking, so you don’t even need to have that “hold on, am I dreaming?” moment. You just habitually do that thing you always do, and then “oh it seems I’m dreaming. I didn’t notice”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I see. Will avoid, then. I don't like lucid dreaming, always wake up right away. Whenever I notice I'm dreaming it becomes hard not to notice that I'm in my bed and that I can feel my covers and by that point it's all over, so whenever I notice I'm dreaming I just cut the crap and open my eyes for a couple of seconds to wake myself up and then close them again so I can get back to proper sleep.