My Dreams are too realistic!

I think my dreams are just too realistic. I just can’t seem to get lucid! And what was THAT about? :eek:
Last night, (my third night on trying to get lucid) my mum woke me up because she was pretty angry with me. so it was about 8 AM which is early for me. (it’s still summer holidays in germany…) I was angry because i couldn’t even remember one dream… felt like absolutely had none, i was very exhausted when i went to bed.
so i got up, and checked your replies on this forum. feeling too tired, i decided i’d go back to bed and catch some more sleep, and give it another try. i held on to my fob watch (my main- reality check tool :content: ) and said to myself “when i start dreaming, i’ll realize i’m dreaming.” but not that often. like 10 times maybe. i was in some sort of a doze for maybe 3 hours… where i’d kinda felt more awake and then drifting off, i’d feel like i was half asleep… at some point, i felt like i’d just see white light before my eyes, nothing else. i said to myself “oh my god, now don’t ruin this by feeling to exited!” (i wasn’t really fully aware of anything, i rather felt like i took medication or something, i couldn’t think of anything but to sort of stay calm.) For some reason, i automatically tried to open my “asleep eyes” and not my “awake eyes.” like i read in this forum. As i said, i didn’t think about this forum, it was more like the thought was stuck in my brain and it was one of the few that suddenly got to me :wam: then i was in a dream, but i wasn’t lucid. i dreamed that i was lying in my bed. i thought i was really lying inside my bed. then i heard my brother and sister coming up the stairs asking if i was still asleep. i felt really sweaty, and turned around to look at my digital alarm clock. (why didn’t i look at my FOB WATCH like i said to myself i would when i’d wake up?! :nuu: ) the digital clock was a different colour than the one i have, but it seemed realistic. it said “17:05” i thought “***, have i really slept this long?” and i stood up. i remember then doing something in my room like folding away clothes or talking to my siblings and something else important, which might have been before that dream or after, but i can’t really remember much of it. i only realized it was a dream when i woke up in my real bed, looked at my digital clock again and it said “12:30”.
goddammit! ohno i mean i was looking at a clock in my dreams! i could’ve realized it, but it was just too realistic! but why did i look at my digital watch (wich is next to my bed) instead of my fob watch? :dingy:

sorry for the long post! i would be exited to hear what you think about that help! i mean, what was that about anyway? :wow:

ARGH i Had the same Kinda thing last night, I woke up with my Lucid eyes still in the same position i feel asleep in it felt, But as i was counting how many fingers i had, my brain said THIS IS TOO REALISTIC and i Woke up again But this time Did i wake up in a Lucid dream again or not, because i didn’t remember, so cancelled it out and tried to get back to sleep with my heart Pumping like crazy and i also felt sweaty. My first failed chance on the first night of me trying to get Lucid :tongue: I know i will get another chance tonight I can feel it! this time i am Determined to get Lucidity! :happy: Positivity is the Key, dont say dreams are too realistic they are ment to be realistic just crazy at the same time, Never say this because it will put doubt into your mind ok? :smile:

Just keep at it, it will happen eventually. It took me almost exactly a month of doing hourly and random RCs, reading book after book on lucid dreaming and reading this forum, before I had my first lucid dream

That is quite a common thought at the begining.

Just be aware of weird things happening in your dreams, even little details (there always are).

Work on your concentration to increase it, and pay attention of your oneiric environment. Know and identify your dreaming themes.

As long as you will gain in awarness/consciousness, you will realize that it becomes easier to get lucidity.

Sweet lucid dreams, Josephine :smile:

Dreams can be just as realistic or even more realistic than RL. I hear most people saying things like, “After my fourth night of trying WILD, still I’m not having any success.” four nights inst nearly enough!

I’ve recently tried doing a nose RC every time I walk through a door. The fact that I have to get up at 5:45 every morning for highschool doesn’t help with dream recall or vividness, though.

This all goes back to the way you think about realness. Having super realistic dreams won’t stop you from being lucid if you’re thinking right. People like you especially need to be doubting reality at all times. If your dreams really do feel exactly like RL, then you can never be sure if your dreaming or not. Do you really think you would catch this if this was a dream? Do a reality check, make sure you’re not in a dream right now just to be safe. So what if you did one 5 minutes ago, maybe that’s just a false memory.

Get in the right mindset and the LD’s will come.