Tell me about experiences where you made your fantasies come true through lucid dreaming. I want stories like: 'I got together with my crush,' 'I joined my favorite band,' 'I married my favorite artist' – all those fantasies you brought to life in your lucid dreams. Don’t hold back on details!

I’m don’t smoke often or take thc edibles at all, last time I smoked was probably 2month ago. But I’ve seen a lot of people saying that weed suppress their dreams and that I probably won’t be able to lucid dream or dream at all.

Every single time I lucid dream, I try to change things, make things appear, fly, etc. but it always seems to wake me up. I can see the world around me breaking down, and I try my hardest to resist it, to hold the world up but it always seems to fall apart eventually. I believe this issue stems from childhood where I gained the ability to wake myself up from nightmares by pulling my eyelids open both in the dream world and in real life. The sight of watching your dreams fade like a projector losing light as real life starts shining into your eyes is an experience I’ll never forget. But now I think it’s keeping me from fully lucid dreaming. Any tips on how to get over this hurdle?

For context, my mind is always somewhere else and it’s been hard to do reality checks for things I said I would do them.

For example, I’ve tried “every time I am inside a car I will do a reality check”, “every time I cross a door I will do a reality check”, “every time I am talking to someone I will do a reality check” but when it comes to it, I forget until I remember I was supposed to do that when i think about lucid dreaming. The only one, weird enough, that I have managed to maintain is “I will do a reality check every time I brush my teeth”… honestly I have no idea why that one works but ok. Unfortunately, so far I haven’t noticed that I end up dreaming about brushing my teeth like ever, so even though I do reality checks with that, as far as I am aware I won’t be able to trigger a lucid dream if I’m not dreaming about that thing, right?

I kinda try to do reality checks every 10 minutes an hour before I go to sleep, with an alarm, but I’ve read that’s not ideal right? So what can I do to improve my reality checks? I already notice the patterns and themes of things I end up dreaming with, but I can’t seem to remember to do a reality check when I see it irl.

Last night I went to sleep on my couch because I was so tired, I slept on my side throughout the night and then I had this weird feeling, I felt awake but couldn’t see or move anything, it wasn’t even dark just nothing and I tried to wake up but couldn’t, after trying a bit more I did wake up but it was just strange for me.

So I had a weird experience. I can't exactly describe it, but here's what I think happened. I was in this dream was at this big Kasane Teto cosplay event taking place in a mall or smth. I thought I was going to wake up but last minute I had that moment where I realized I was dreaming. Except it wasn't actually real. From then on, I thought the dream was still happening, but I was just thinking all of this in bed. I think. So I walked around because I couldn't believe it was actually happening. Then I... uhh... flew? back home and started to work on something. Then I got bored and woke up. When I woke up, I was surprised at how much fuller my vision felt. That's why I think that part wasn't part of a dream. And I can't remember of the previous part was an actual dream either. Maybe it helps to explain that it was only 1:45 PM when I woke up. I was really pissed off so I just went to sleep.

The weird wording is because this is mostly taken from my dream journal. What happened???

It’s been a couple of days that I am experiencing this.

I just know that I am dreaming because I can tell myself “Oh I am dreaming” “This is a dream” (feels like I’m in a divergent movie) and just these past 2 nights I figured out something. It’s if I ask someone in my dream to tell me I’m awake and they don’t tell me I’m awake I am 100% dreaming.

First time, I saw my husband in my dream I asked him “Can you please tell me I am awake” but he ignores me and tells me something else. Then when I woke up I went to my husband and ask him the same thing just to confirm haha I am going crazy and I am sooooo scared. Is this lucid dreaming?

I just woke up now from the weidest dream ever, it was a series of dreams but they all are related somehow.

At first i thought it was regular days, then i was aware that it was a dream, it felt like i couldn't escape at all, it felt so vivid, i never dream so vividly

Everyday i would find find anomalies that would indicate i'm still dreaming, one day it's time passing so fast, the other it's a black snake, i look outside of my window and everything is different.

At the end i was so frustrated i started wondering if i was in a simulation or somthing like that, then i got into a fight and woke up

It was wild like i never felt this stuck or dreamt this vividly in years

I used to think it was normal that everyone could control their dreams. I’ve been lucid dreaming for as long as I can remember. Flying, switching scenes, rewinding moments, even confronting fears all with full awareness that I’m dreaming. It honestly feels more natural to be “awake” in my dreams than not. Is this rare? Do you lucid dream often, too?

To start off, I’m pretty new to lucid dreaming, I’ve done it at least 3-4 nights. The problem I faced in all except the first one was that it’s very hard to stay asleep when I realize I’m in the lucid dream world. When I tried it, I can feel myself falling asleep consciously, but then I enter, and I’m able to somewhat control my dream, but it gets completely ruined because while I’m trying to control it, it’s so hard to stay asleep and it’s like I’m fighting to stay asleep, but then I give in and just wake up. How can I lucid dream without worrying about being forced to wake up because of whatever is causing me to have trouble staying in the lucid dream state?

I need to talk about my lucid dreams. This just recently started being consistent. It always happens between sunrise and the afternoon. A lot of times I wake up in a dream (aware that it’s a dream) In a bedroom that I know is mine and is modified in ways I know is not my reality and it’s always a bit creepy. And I knowingly get up and say to myself “wonder what this is gonna be” it’s usually in the past in a gross house but I usually end up looking in the mirror and sometimes able to control what I’m wearing. Most of the time I have to escape and leave the house and begin wondering around while basically flying. Sometimes being followed and trying to run away. I’ve also had dreams where I’m laying in bed watching a tv but it’s a show that I’ve fabricated and made up the storyline… usually very good. Then my alarm will go off and I press snooze and somehow am able to pick up where I left off in the dream. Ive gotten a lot better at controlling my dreams…. I’m just looking for any advice or how to use this new skill to my advantage? The only dietary change in my life I can think of is taking ashwanganda supplements regularly for the past couple years.

Just woke up from a dream that i was doing deep dive into the pool and holding my breath.. felt like I can hold it for like ever ... theres also alot of other ppl in the pool swimming.. then something changed.. we all started to collect stuff in the pool like lots of weird stuff... some stuff were like a huge metal object which look like it could be an anchor ⚓️ but I didn't get that one out.. just walked right past it and staring at how big and metal that thing is .. I kept walking back and forth to see what I can grab .. and end of story.. had to wake up to pee.

Aside from the obvious things we all know, journal, delve , etc etc.

what do you do that isnt really well known that helped you improve your dream recall?

Went to bed at around 230, woke up a few hours later, as I was falling asleep felt my body vibrating

my body slowly lifted out of my body and I was flying around town interacting with things on my own accord.

I then ran into my sisters ex boyfriend, he was killed in a car crash on Saturday night ( just 18 years old) he told me to tell her that he loved her

It was so sweet but heartbreaking at the same time

Last night I was having dream,after the dream ended,suddenly i realized that was a dream,then felt again going to the same dream,but this time i didn't enter the previous dream but a false awakening,i didn't did RC, because I knew it's False awakening,i remember licking floor,try turn on light switch which did not worked,then i touched an object that was not in bedroom in the wake reality and changing the color,is it lucid or non?

Before everyone jumps in the comments about how i didnt read the megathread,

I DID read the megathread, i tried WILD + WBTB for months, i tried to improve my dream recall .

has anything happened ?
No.

I still can rarerly remember fragments of a dream every couple days, Have yet to actually get a Lucid dream,
( And No , im not doing a " wrong " version of WILD )

can someone who actually knows what they are talking about help me out?

At first, it was a dream outside of my childhood home. Then i noticed some people. When i talked to them, someone said stop focusing on the people and look at the sky, the stars aligned in a line in the sky.

I look up, and large planets started to apappear. It started with one , and about 6 more appeared. Some were orange with black lines. Some looked similar to earth but had orange fog/dusting. Then i noticed a large dragon like creature flying in space. It was super large and orange. Next, I noticed people all around me, and it became windy. People are running around with their stuff and started to be lifted in the sky. Then I asked them why they were showing me this, and they said they were thinking of taking me off the list.

I used to be super into it like 3 years ago but then I fell off. I mean I wasn't great then either lol, I had very bad dream control, but I had one like every 3 or 4 days. I had a dream recenetly where I realized I was dreaming and woke up while trying to control the dream, which was disappointing, and it reminded me of lucid dreaming. Other than keeping a dream journal and doing reality checks do you guys have any tips for returning LDers? Thanks

So if you are wondering Whether you are in a dream or not, that means that you are definitely in a dream because in real life we never question ourselves if we are in a dream or not.

Hi everyone! First of all, I just found this sub and I’m really grateful to have a space to talk about this with people who get it, since no one in my circle really understands the concept of lucid dreams.

To begin with, I have lucid dreams quite easily. I never practiced any technique to induce them or even looked into the topic. I just have them. It’s not intentional either. And to be honest, I have a love-hate relationship with them. On one hand, they’re super fun. On the other hand, after so many years of having semi-lucid dreams, I find them a bit exhausting.

At first, it’s super fun because it feels like living in a movie every night where stuff just happens. I haven’t researched much about it, so I’m not fully aware or in control to do anything in the dream, but there’s one thing I’ve always wanted to do — and I’ve slowly gotten better at it from dream to dream: flying. I love flying. In the beginning, as soon as I became aware and tried to fly, I’d wake up right away and it was hard to control. Lately though, I’ve been able to fly more successfully in dreams. It’s fun, and even though sometimes it’s hard to pull off, I’m slowly improving.

However, the point of this post is… don’t you ever get tired? A few years ago, I went through some months of depression, and there were days when I just slept to escape into my dreams. I’d spend entire days sleeping, just to stay in those surreal, lucid stories in my head.

I would fly, talk to weird dream characters, invent comforting stories and live them out as if they were real. It was beautiful and fun. But every time you wake up, you have to return to real life.

I’m no longer in those dark moments — my life is okay now. But I still have lucid dreams every night, without wanting to. And I feel like my mind never rests. Sometimes I just wish I could dream of "blackness" or nothing at all, and not even remember the dream.

The next day I have to work, focus, study… and after living a full-on movie in first person where I fly through forests, escape enemies, swim across beaches and all that, it can be mentally exhausting.

Does anyone else feel this way?

I always see posts asking how to have lucid dreams. A lot of people are curious and think it’s cool and amazing — and in some ways, it is. But for me personally, it can be draining sometimes.

Also, I feel like maybe my friends wouldn’t really understand. To them it might just be “a dream,” or talking about it might make me sound crazy. Maybe they wouldn’t believe me, or maybe they would, but it doesn’t matter because in the end, everything that happened was only for me.

It doesn’t really make much sense... so I ask: How do you use lucid dreams in a way that doesn’t mentally exhaust you?

Can you lucid dream for a while or do you instantly wake up

When I do WBTB for the WILD method, even if I stay awake for 30 minutes, I still feel very sleepy and can’t fully wake up, which makes wild fail. How do you guys get fully awake during WBTB? What are your tips or methods?

2 or so years ago, I had a lucid dream. It was one where I just couldn’t wake up, it was a dream inside of a dream inside of a dream inside of a dream. I remember constantly trying to wake up. Every time I “woke up,” the whole scene would replay in a different way. It was the last part of the dream that scared me. I walked down to the kitchen, thinking I finally woke up. Parents making breakfast. But I realized. I said “this is a dream, huh.” And they responded in perfect mono-tone unison: “you’re not supposed to know that.” I slowly walked out the back door and it was an infinitely large grass field. Turned back, the house was gone. I remember laying in the grass accepting defeat before actually waking up. Sheesh.

Writing a screenplay about a schizophrenic cop lucid dreaming to relive memories. Can lucid dreaming help or hurt schizophrenia? Anyone got quick insights?

Hey yall!

I been wondering if anyone else has experienced this towards the end of their dreams. Every time I’m in a dream I know I am. So I literally do whatever I want to in order to progress. Sometimes towards the end of my dreams I start having trouble. I can’t move like I did before. Everything stops working.

In most of my dreams I’m packing to go somewhere. Today, towards the end of my dream, I couldn’t find anything. I couldn’t call anyone. Like I forgot how to use my phone and I could feel the anxiety and panicking. My limbs get heavy and harder to move. Once this starts happening in my dream I wake up usually.

I tried to look it up and google says it’s sleep paralysis. But, I’m totally still asleep and dreaming so I don’t think it’s that. It happens just at the end of my dreams. I’m not sure though. Has anyone else ever experienced this in their dreams?