I often wondered what are the differences between a genuine lucid dream and a false lucid dream?
Whether FLD operate even in highly vivid dream Scenarioes?
How to identify whether the dream is a real LD (WIthout attempting WILD, its pretty scary there ?
Sometimes, i get a dream, randomly (without RC) remember its a dream and do some action, then wake up, remember that i became aware in a dream but the dream was so dull and blurry.
This topic has been brought up several times. Regardless of method, my general way of deciding between them is quite simple. Did you ever go “hey, this is a dream” (or something similar). If so, then yes it was an LD. If not, it was probably an FLD. There are some exceptions and the topic is open for debate, but lucidity literally means awareness. If you were aware it was a dream you were lucid.
I find that you can tell for yourself it you were lucid or not.
e.g. If you say "I;m dreaming and then proceed to do nothing and not think about, you were probably going through random thoughts and didn’t even realise what you were saying.
If you said , I’m dreaming,then performed a reality check and thought about what you wanted to do next, that to me would a be a lucid dream.