How to Lucid Dream

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How to lucid dream

Dream lucidity is the awareness that you are dreaming. This awareness can range from a faint recognition of the fact to a momentous broadening of perspective. Lucid dreams usually occur while a person is in the middle of a normal dream and suddenly realizes that they are dreaming. This is called a dream-initiated lucid dream. A wake-initiated lucid dream occurs when you go from a normal waking state directly into a dream state, with no apparent lapse in consciousness. In either case, the dreams tend to be more bizarre and emotional than regular dreams. Most importantly, you will have at least some ability to control your "dream self" and the surrounding dream.

Method 1

Using Dream Awareness Techniques

*Keep a dream journal*

Keep it close by your bed at night, and write down your dream immediately after waking, or the emotions and sensations you experience right when you wake up. This will train you to remember more of your dreams, which is important for lucid dreaming. Plus, there's not much point in controlling your dreams if you forget the experience before the morning.

Alternatively, keep a recording device by your bed.

You might remember more of your dreams if you stay still for a few minutes and concentrate on the memory before you start writing.

It's normal if you don't remember your dreams right away.

*Use reality checks frequently*

Every few hours during the day, ask yourself "Am I dreaming?" and perform one of the following reality checks. Look around for a familiar object you recognize to see if it's in the correct place.[4] With enough practice, you'll start following the habit in your dreams as well, cluing you into the fact that you're dreaming.

Pinch your nose, close your mouth and test whether you can still breathe.

Simply look at your hands and feet. These are often distorted in dreams when you inspect them closely.

Read a page of text or the time on a clock, look away, then look back again. In dreams, the text or time will be blurry or nonsensical, or will be different each time you look.

Attempt to push your index finger straight through the opposite palm. Really expect it to go through, asking yourself whether you're dreaming or not both before and after attempting. During a dream, your finger would pass straight through your opposite palm, and asking yourself the question twice will increase your chances of realizing this is not normal.

*Repeat "I will be aware that I'm dreaming," each time you fall asleep*

Each night as you fall asleep, repeat to yourself "I will know I'm dreaming" or a similar phrase until you drift out of consciousness. This technique is known as Mnemonic Induction to Lucid Dreaming, or MILD. Mnemonic induction just means "using memory aids," or in this case using a rote phrase to turn the awareness of your dreaming into an automatic habit.

Some people like to combine this step with a reality check by staring at their hands for a few minutes before they go to sleep.

*Learn to recognize your personal dream signs*

Read through your journal regularly and look for recurring "dream signs." These are recurring situations or events that you may notice in your dreams. Become familiar with these, and you may recognize them while you dream, and therefore notice that you're dreaming.

You probably know some of these already. Common dream events include losing your teeth, being chased by something large, or going into public without clothes on.

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