Looked at my watch a minute ago and it was 2:12. Just looked again and it’s a completely different time, 2:13
Welp this day is a stupid dream I guess
I know I’m not dreaming simply from the fact I can even ask if I am dreaming. When I’m actually dreaming the most random stuff can happen and I don’t even question the fact that it must be real
I think the idea is to form a habit or a tick that is so strong it carries over to your dream. So like, if you commit to wearing a watch everyday, and check it every 5 minutes, eventually you’ll do it in your dreams too. Then, you don’t have to intentionally check whether you’re in a dream, hoprfully you’ll just catch the time being wildly different and be like “holy crap this was a dream??”
Yes, that is correct. It’s one of the strategies you learn when you start diving in to lucid dreaming. Another is to look at some writing (maybe even this sign) and look away and look back, it will say something else if it’s a dream.
I got really into lucid dreaming when I was younger, but I couldn’t fly because I guess I just have no imagination, so I gave up.
Hear is an easy hack, try screaming out of fear, you won’t be able to scream or hear yourself screaming, and you will wake up on the spot.
I pinch my nose and attempt to inhale through it, if successful, I’m dreaming.
Shoutout to my piece of shit brain that figured out that trick and decided to simulate accurate nose pinching physics.
Ahhh like an old favorite of mine
DON’T PLEASE DON’T JUST COUNT YOUR FINGERS PLEASE
Genuine question, why not?
The problem is mirrors don’t have a certain appearance, they change texture based on what’s in front of them and because of that the brain doesn’t have a static model of it so the brain just mixes everything you’ve ever seen in a mirror together while trying to render it
Some people see just normal things some people see nothing and some see real fucked up shit like their face getting torn apart or something. If you panic while looking at a mirror in a dream, your brain knows what you fear way more than you
Another thing to consider is the human brain being also able to render really high quality images and animations.
Yup. In dreams I cannot achieve anything no matter the effort. And that failure loops.
The fact that I can post this means I’m not dreaming.
Bro that’s when you’re awake
