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How often do you get "Fake" lucid dreams vs. Real lucid dreams? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by AstroLightz@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Last night, I had a dream where I was "Lucid", except I wasn't actually in control of my actions. Despite knowing I was dreaming (by doing the pinch test), I couldn't act however I wanted.

In contrast, in a real lucid dream I had years ago, I knew I was asleep, and could do whatever in my dream until I woke up.

Anyone else have these types of "Fake" lucid dreams? If you do, are they common?

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[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I only have enough lucidity to reverse an incident and prevent a nightmare from taking hold. Like if I drop a fresh lasagna on the floor in a dream, I'll think to myself, "hey, isn't this just a dream?", after which I get time to briefly reverse and the lasagna flies back into its correct place. Then I'll continue with the dream, without the incident and without any further lucidity.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

That’s how I’ve been. I know I’m dreaming, but unless I think something is egregiously wrong, I don’t bother to alter it and instead let it play out with the actions I think I should be doing.