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?
Yes, lucidity is more of a spectrum than a binary
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.
I have always had controllable lucid dreams, pretty much my whole life, but I wouldn’t call the non-control version “fake,” as the realization and knowledge that you’re dreaming is what makes it a lucid dream.
“Controllable” and “non-controllable” would be more accurate than “fake” and “real.”
Never. Once I realize I am dreaming, I can act on my own. I try not to disturb or actively control the dream world though, always want to explore it.
Man, I fight hard against lucid dreaming. I much prefer letting my brain do whatever wacky shit it wants to do.
