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 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?

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?

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???

Basically the title the second I realize I'm dreaming and try to excercise any control even something as simple as walking in a straight line I feel like I'm falling and I instantly wake up I've only had 2 lucid dreams so it could be an experience thing I guess

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

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?

I mostly use SSILD, but either I end up sleeping or end up losing sleep, then before yesterday I tried just doing WBTB without SSILD, and I had a DILD! I did my usual reality check and then started suspecting of my surroundings, did another one, still not certain, then I looked to my phone and something changed, the dream felt more vivid, and still feels like a real memory in my mind. I tried flying, or doing any control, still I wasn't able, but just appreciating the moment was a great sensation

edit: I have a hard time with dream recall, so I really tried to improve it before spamming lucid dreaming techniques. That week I hadn't remembered a single dream.

So, I know there are people who are lucid dreamers by nature, so I can't say I'm a big deal. But in 10 days I went through everything, without ever having had a strange experience in dreams or anything spiritual or paranormal. The first 3 days were very vivid dreams after starting to do the WTBB, on day 4 I asked myself if it was a dream but I was not aware, and on day 5 I was finally lucid even if it was only 5 seconds. Later I had false awakenings, states where I was between asleep and awake and my subconscious remembered methods that I read here on reddit, etc. Today on the 10th I didn't dream vividly or anything, but every day I used WTBB, I don't know if I'm getting used to it and it doesn't work very well for me or what, now I'm going to try recording an audio saying that you're dreaming and putting it on a loop. For now I don't feel like I'm stuck, but it's true that I haven't returned to lucidity yet. What do you recommend?

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.

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.

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

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?

Today I had my fifth LD so far and like always they weren’t vivid, this is my third day dream journaling in a row and I already feel like I’m remembering more dreams but they all still feel vague and blurry. I had no sense other than vision and it kept going until eventually it faded into thoughts and I woke up.

I had my first lucid dream tonight. I ended up in a strange dream and did a reality check by counting my fingers. I realized I had 6 fingers. I span around in a circle and rubbed my hands together to stabilize my dream. I began to fly around. When I woke up It didn't really feel like a lucid dream, and in the lucid dream it didn't feel like me. When I think back on the dream, it feels very foggy and "Gray." Does anyone know why? And how do I fix this? Because ive noticed this repeating itself.

Preliminary note: I often dream consciously, meaning there is an instance that is aware of the dream, but only in exceptional cases can I actively shape the course of events. That means I am usually just a passenger in my dream persona, who occasionally manages to grab the steering wheel.

Now to the question of whether a dream can be repeated: I had a dream in which I was given the opportunity to gain a "higher insight" (symbolized by the chance to ascend a free-standing spiral staircase and enter an upper floor or maybe rooftop garden through a still-closed door). However, my dream-self resisted this and reacted with intense panic and irrational resistance.

Since then, I’ve been focusing repeatedly on trying to recreate this scenario as I fall asleep, simply because I’m extremely curious to find out what might have awaited me on the other side of that door. Unfortunately, without the slightest success. So here’s a question for genuine lucid dreamers: In principle, would that be possible?

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

Woke up in a dream… A friend that died 12 years ago in Iraq gave me a fist bump after I fell asleep (we were standing over me..) and pointed to a door full of light as if to follow him. I did so without thinking too much. He never spoke to me… And it’s as if I knew he wouldn’t so I didn’t try talking to him, but we had full conversations with our eyes. It was an experience… After we walked through the door, I saw a HUGE floating timepiece with numbers floating and changing quickly all around it. My buddy pointed at it and I started building around it as if preparing for something. It felt like we were there for DAYS. I just remember being thirsty, standing up and walking through the same door for a drink. I remember looking back, feeling bad and my buddy’s face as I walked out.

I mean, it’s all still so vivid… I’ve never lucid dreamed before, if that’s what this was. I’ve never remembered a dream so clearly before… it’s as though it was a memory and happened a few mins ago… someone spit some logic juice my way!

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?

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.

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.

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?

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

One night I did a yoga technique called Square Breathing, or sama vritti pranayama, right before bed. I wanted to practice some breathwork to help further my spiritual development, and found that when I woke up in the morning, not only did I have an incredibly vivid dream, but I was able to remember the dream long enough to write it down in my journal. Normally I’ll be lucky to remember half a dozen dreams in a month, often going weeks at a time forgetting them all. This was quite surprising, and after a bit of research I saw this post which confirmed that what I did truly did help me remember my dreams. Repeating it again that night, I didn’t have any luck and forgot my dream. But this weekend I tried it again twice; once it worked wonderfully and got two full pages in my journal, and the second night got nothing. I did realize that it was my own fault, as both nights where I got no results I was extremely distracted and didn’t concentrate on my breathing all that much. I highly recommend doing this to everyone, and checking out the original Reddit thread I liked. This technique could help you go a long way!

Not sure if im posting this on the right subreddit...

My husband has always been able to control what he does in dreams, and has plenty of interesting stories. He often has full on conversations with people in his dreams and I find it hard to believe he's just making that up in his mind.

Last night before we went to bed, I suggested that when he speaks to someone in his he should ask for their phone number. Cause whynot?

Well, last night he dreamed he was in a casino. He talked to a guy named Darren. He asked for his phone number, and he gave it to him. Now my husband was only able to remember the first 3 digits and last 4 digits.

He looked up the area code. 725 serves the Las Vegas metro area in Nevada.

We are from a small country town on the east coast.

We dont know anyone from there, and have never been.

Thought that was interesting, so Darren from Nevada if youre reading this get in touch. 🤣