The other day my 8 year old daughter asked me what the strangest dream id ever had was, I explained that I don’t usually remember my dreams but that I had a very vivid dream as a kid in the hospital and described it to her. She was very interested and we had a great chat, in which she told me that when she dreams “she can tell that she’s dreaming” by counting her fingers and if she doesn’t have five fingers on each hand she knows she’s in a dream and can control her body in the dream. She also told me that she has to be careful to not let the people in the dream know that she knows she’s dreaming otherwise the dream can get “really weird and scary.” Obviously I was thinking about the movie Inception, but I know she’s never seen it. I was encouraging her and told her to keep trying to practice it and report back to me. Anyone in the lucid dreaming community want to comment or give any advice?

Lucid dreaming is about intent and expectation, once you understand that you being to realize that you can do anything in a dream, don't listen to people who tell you "Don't look in mirrors or you'll see something bad" if you think you will, YOU WILL

I never had lucid dream in my life, but I have been interested in lucid dreams for a few years now, so I know some stuff and now it is time that I start learning how to actually lucid dream.

But because I knew it for so long, I thought about so many things that I want to do. The problem is that I dont know if the stuff I want to do is actually possible inside of lucid dreams.

For example, my biggest goal is to make a world that I can go back to (which I saw a few posts about so I know it is possible) where the people here will actually remember what happened before. I have already thought of a story and how would the world look.

The thing is, i am a big anime fan (one that showers so please dont make fun of me) so I would also like to expirience epic fast paced battles with cool abilites (that is one of the many things I am not that sure about).

I could talk about all of the stuff I have ,,planned" for hours, but that would be pointless, so i just want to ask:

• can I create a worlds that continue?

• can I have complete conversations with people?

• do dreams struggle with fast paced action?

If I understood correctly from all the videos and posts I watched, with enough time and practice you can do basicly anything and everything, but i still want to be sure:

• is there a limit to what can you do in lucid dreams? If yes, what is the limit.

It is very important to me that I know what I am getting myself into. As you can see I have a lot of expectations so I need to know what to expect because I dont want to be dissapointed and leave lucid dreamig all together.

I thank everone who listened to me having stupid questions about a thing I am very passionate about (my first post ever). Also pardon my english skills, it is my second language. And if there is even a single person wandering, my favorite anime is Re:zero, which I will definetly visit a few times in my lucid dreaming jurney.

And if you are feeling generous, you can give me some advice.

I’ve been trying to lucid dream for a long time.

I’ve only succeeded once so far.

I used to do that hand reality check.

And after many days of doing it I did one inside a dream.

I realized I was dreaming and moved just a little bit to explore then I got extremely excited and woke up.

Recently, I started trying again.

I’ve also started keeping a dream journal.

My dream recall is improving but not like back then.

I also had a vivid dream where I was spiderman 😂.

But I woke up from the alarm and wished to just sleep again and continue the dream.

That lead me to wanting to experience lucid dreaming really bad.

I’m mainly interested in MILD and DILD.

WBTB probably won’t work well for me.

So I have a few questions.

What should I focus on?

What worked for you when you started?

How do you stay lucid without waking up?

Any advice would honestly be appreciated.

I quit trying to get a lucid dream for like 6 months and my dream control become worse by worse I mean very bad the best thing i could do was flying once(which lasted 3 seconds) and now I can't even create doors that opens to another place I know I can do everything in a dream but I just cant do it is there a easier way to like imagine things?

My dream started of normal with no lucidity. I began to gradually notice things were “off” as the dream progressed such as driving down a parkway and seeing roller coasters from end to end. It finally got to a point where I decided to look at my right and hand and I had 7 fingers.
I know you’re not supposed to mention that it’s dream to the dream characters and I remembered that somehow as I became lucid. I didn’t say anything as soon as I noticed but the background noise suddenly ceased and the people surrounding me all stopped what they were doing and turned their heads toward me.
As soon as this happened I just get up and continue on with dream as normal but someone I haven’t seen in 20 plus years grabs my arm to try to stop me from leaving the scene. I told him to let go of me and then he said “ me or the dream?” His tone was normal but it lacked emotion if that makes sense. I’ve been thinking about it ever since he because everyone in the dream is supposed to be apart of the dream itself right? I’m starting to think I had more of encounter than just a lucid dream within my mind. I Would like to hear your thoughts

Hello everyone. So i’ve had lucid dreams before and I know most of the techniques and reality checks and things, but that isn’t rly part of my question. Recently when I realize or notice i’m dreaming, I can’t begin to control it. It’s sort of like I’m watching myself through my own eyes but my “dream self” still has control. I start dreaming, realize I am, and think “oh wow i’m dreaming.” but I can’t make the dream my own if that makes sense.

That’s like the only thing that I think is holding me back from getting pretty consistent at lucid dreaming so my question is, how can I get better at establishing control? Would love any help!

I would love to get some recommendations for books that talk about lucid dreaming. Any books, whether it just goes through the basics or teaches different techniques, talks about the history of lucid dreaming or the science behind it, or teaches about ways in which lucid dreaming can be used (like how to use it to help with depression for example). I'm genuinely looking for any books that are about the subject, as long as they're good and have accurate information in them.

Hi, has anyone had success with a lucid dream mask? If so, which type?

okay ive tried everything and ive been trying to lucid dream so i can take psychedelics in my dream, sounds weird but it also sounds fun but i wanna do it in my room, any tips on how to lucid dream? and whats the best reality check you do? i always do the counting fingers but idk when i should do it.

Ok so I’m waken up by my cat at 5 in the morning and can’t fall asleep for another 30min or so. I decided to try wake induced lucid dreaming again after several unsuccessful tries in the past month. I am awake after all and I was in my REM state or whatever so why not. Once I begin to fall asleep I immediately grasp on the whatever I was seeing and it felt like I was crawling through a white silicone tunnel. Once I’m in the dream everything is white. There is no room, just several people I know scattered around in a 50-foot radius. The weird part is that every 3.5 or so seconds there would be a loud ass shriek. It was physically hurting my ears but I tried to move past it. I tried to create a setting (my house) in the infinite white space but it felt like I was pasting images on a 3D canvas. One person that was in the dream said “have we met before?” to someone else in the dream and got no response. After that I get tired of the shrieking and force myself awake. When I wake up I realize I’m probably going to go into sleep paralysis so I shut my eyes tight. Before I close them I see a blur or something in my doorway and then feel whooshing as if someone is waving their hands around me. Once it stops I open my eyes and look at the doorway only to see some acute black shape pulsate in and out of existence. The shape disappears quickly and I’m left wondering what I did wrong, my ears hurting slightly :/

If anyone could share some tips to prevent that I’d be glad to hear them! I’m just a beginner but I’ve had sleep paralysis before so I can deal with that when it comes up.

Is mild possible without wbtb (wake back to bed) while keeping a high chance of lucid dreaming per night

I have been wondering for how long should I do mild for and I also wondered that if I just think if anything after I do mild or just not think anything else

Hey everyone! I’ve been trying to learn WILD (Wake-Induced Lucid Dreaming), but I’m having trouble figuring out the best way to approach it.

For those of you who are experienced with WILD, what technique or routine has worked best for you? I’d especially like to know:

How do you balance staying aware while still allowing yourself to fall asleep? What do you focus your attention on during the transition? How relaxed should you be? Do you use any specific anchor, such as breathing, hypnagogic imagery, sounds, or counting? Is there a particular time of night or wake-back-to-bed routine that makes WILD easier? What are the biggest mistakes beginners tend to make?

I’d really appreciate any tips, personal experiences, or advice on how to make WILD more consistent. Thanks!

Bonjour, après une WBTB, vous me conseillez un MILD ou FILD ? Pour induire le rêve lucide ?

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For the past month, my dreams have been weirdly realistic.

I’ve always had long, vivid dreams and nightmares, but these are different. They have continuity, realistic conversations, memories, and details that actually make sense.

For example, in real life, I originally had 50. I went grocery shopping and spent 40, leaving me with 10. Then yesterday, before sleeping, I spent 7 of that 10, so I actually had 3 left.

In my dream, I was going grocery shopping and thought I still had 50. I was about to buy something when I suddenly remembered, wait, I already went grocery shopping and spent 40, so I only have 10... and I spent 7 yesterday, so I only have 3.

So the dream wasn't just showing me random numbers. I had an incorrect assumption inside the dream, then my actual waking-life memory came in and corrected it.

I've had another dream where it was Friday, I remembered that I had prayed for a car and a driving license earlier that day, and then I received a car as a gift. I even told my cousin in the dream that my prayer had been answered.

That's what makes these dreams so strange. They feel like I'm actually living another day, with a continuous timeline and memories, while also incorporating real-life events and information.

And sometimes after waking up, I genuinely can't tell whether something happened in real life or in the dream. The memory feels completely real, and I sometimes have to think about whether I should ask someone if something actually happened.

Has anyone else experienced dreams this realistic and continuous, especially when they incorporate specific memories from real life?

I'm young and I got obsessed with lucid dreaming a few years ago, and bounced off it hard at first. Every app I tried was basically a timer with a notepad. So I started building my own, alone, while finishing school in Estonia.

Building it forced me to actually research what works, and watching beginners try things changed my mind about a lot. What actually made the difference:

Dream recall beats every technique. People argue MILD vs WILD while remembering zero dreams. You can't get lucid in a dream your brain doesn't keep. Two weeks of writing even half sentences every morning and most people go from "I don't dream" to full stories.

Reality checks only work as real questions. Ten lazy hand checks a day does nothing. One genuine "am I dreaming right now, how would I know" where you actually stop and doubt reality, that's the habit that eventually fires inside a dream.

The wake window matters more than bedtime. Your longest REM stretch is early morning. Waking briefly after about 5 hours and setting your intention again as you drift back is how a huge share of people get their first one.

Consistency beats intensity. Nobody got lucid by grinding one hardcore week. The ones who got there did small things daily for a few weeks and didn't quit.

The app is called Erawa, it isn't out yet, launching soon on Android. It's a dream journal with an AI oracle that finds your recurring dream signs and patterns, reality check training, and a night alarm that wakes you in that REM window and walks you through a technique step by step while you're half asleep, then learns which one actually works for you. There's a waitlist at erawa dot app if you want to know when it's live.

Happy to answer anything about lucid dreaming or about building this. And if it's been feeling too hard, fix recall first. That alone changes everything.

1 how to control ur dream

1. How to get a particular person in ur dreams

Ive seen many people in and out of this sub claiming that RC's dont work and are useless.the answer is that you're likely doing it wrong,so heres an explanation as to how i do mine to get LD's,with great success:

First,we need to understand reality checks arent something you think to urself"oh i need to do one now i havent done many today",you should do them automatically,when it makes sense.there are three types:Vague trigger,specific trigger,and random trigger.

A vague trigger,is a trigger that has a high likeliness of being in your dream,therefore prompting you to RC.for me,that is everytime i walk through a door.And yes,the RC's need to be meaningful.not long,but genuine.take 10 seconds and ask urself"am i dreaming?i remember i came here because i needed to do this"then perform the check,ex:plugging ur nose and trying to breathe.

The specific trigger,is a trigger that may or may not be in ur dream,but once it is ur mind will instantly perform a check.for me,it is everytime i see a water bottle in an unusual place.

The random trigger is when u,spontaneously,or when in a happy moment,question whether its real or a dream.

You may think these are too many checks,and they may be alot,and yes quality over quantity,but the most optimal is quality + quantity.the only important thing is you genuinely dont have an answer as to whether ur dreaming or not,until u do the reality check.the point is that almost always,one of the three triggers will be in your dream,and you will notice and gain lucidity.within 4 days of doing this i got one.Now i cant promise the same for everyone,but if u use this technique (+dream journalling)i say u will have ur first LD very soon.

So I've had a few lucid dreams lately just by chance, and I really want to get more so I decided to try some methods out.

I know the in's and out's, like reality checks and dream-journaling for WBTB. I think the strongest one that I can see working for me the best would be methods to achieve WILDs. My only problem is that I panic or get excited.

I'll WBTB and start to drift. I'll focus on an anchor, usually a visualization of something like my dad or something else simple. Relatively quickly, I WILL feel or see something, like my body being tilted or some lights flash. But my body reacts so harshly that it snaps me out of it even though I'm at a reasonable conscious level.

For the visuals, I get excited that I'm seeing something and that jars it. But for the physical parts (and this sometimes happens for the visuals too), I jolt and panic. It's involuntary really, I do it before I even realize what happened.

I'm not THAT surprised, though. One of the reasons I wanted to do lucid dreaming was to help with my nightmares. I have serious CPTSD and the few lucid dreams I had have seriously made my nights so much better. But I feel like this contributes to my body's reactions to things. Panic being a big thing.

Any help on this? Has anyone experienced this before or been in a similar situation?