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Originally Posted by Radical  How can you recognise a lucid dream?
Once I tried to have lucid dreams, then one night I thought I had one. I suddenly became conscious in the dream although everything was nearly completely black and there was a strange piercing buzzing sound in my ears, then I freaked out and woke up within a few seconds.
However, I have doubts about whether it was a lucid experience or not - anyone else with a similar experience? |
When I wake up in a dream, I know it's a dream in the same way I know I'm outside if I'm standing on my front porch -- if you're highly lucid, you just kind of know. And if you're still wondering, or if you're only sort of lucid, there are little tests for dream incongruencies you can try, seeing if a sign or a book makes any sense, realizing that your buddy doesn't normally wear a chicken suit, etc.
I never experienced the buzzing -- but I have a lot of dreams where my vision (and motor skills) keep degrading over the course of the dream until I'm crawling around in half blackness. Ditto with trying to move quickly but my legs and arms being super heavy and unresponsive. None of these dreams are lucid, though; if they were, I have a feeling I'd be able to turn on the lights and move around better!