You had a dream. Were you lucid?

A lucid dream is defined as a dream in which you know you are dreaming at some point, regardless of anything else. Even if you were lucid one second but lost your lucidity, it is still technically a lucid dream.

This terminology can be a little misleading. Sometimes you dream that you fall asleep and have a lucid dream! This is often thought of as a sign that you will have a proper lucid dream soon, as your mind is thinking a lot about lucid dreams.

Use the points below to check whether you have had a lucid dream!

Signs you were lucid
1) Doing a reality check which gave a positive result.
2) Remarks to dream characters that you are dreaming.
3) Attempting to stabilize the dream.
4) Attempting to fly, walk through mirrors, etc., immediately after realizing you are dreaming.
5) Waking up as soon as you realize that you are dreaming.

Signs you were not lucid
1) Dreaming that you dreamed
2) Treating dream characters as you would real people.
3) Having an unusually poor recall for that dream after you became lucid.
4) Not recognizing illogical parts of the dream as a dream.

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