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Don’t you need to be able to distinguish it from reality in order to convince yourself it’s a dream? Otherwise, aren’t you just dreaming of lucid dreaming?

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dorkwood 6y ago
Sorry, I meant visually indistinguishable. There's other ways to convince yourself you're in a dream. The one I found worked best for me was blocking both nostrils and trying to inhale through my nose. If you're dreaming, this will still work. If you're awake, you obviously won't be able to breathe. Another simple one is to ask yourself "how did I get here?" If you're dreaming, there won't be a clear sequence of events leading up to where you are. Even with these tricks, it can still be difficult to convince yourself you're dreaming. If you're about to leap off a cliff, you don't want to be 90% sure -- you want to be 100% sure. I'd often wake up with my heart pounding in my chest because my brain was convinced I was about to kill myself.
- s_gourichon 6y ago
  > The one I found worked best for me was blocking both nostrils and trying to inhale through my nose. If you're dreaming, this will still work. If you're awake, you obviously won't be able to breathe. Learned and practiced exactly this about 6-8 years ago. A little strange to observe, and a definite sign one's dreaming! No need for any interpretation like "clear sequence of events". Your nose is fully blocked yet you can breathe through. Dreaming! This is interesting also as I felt it like a schism in body image. When dreaming, body representation is the dreamed one, separated from the actually perceptible body. Only airway (as "does air flow normally") does not have this separation, allowing you to block your dreamed nose and continue to dream peacefully because actual airway is not blocked.
  - dorkwood 6y ago
    > No need for any interpretation like "clear sequence of events". Your nose is fully blocked yet you can breathe through. Dreaming! Most people I try to explain this to look at me like I'm crazy. I'm glad the internet could show me one other person who had the same experience! This is also the reason I couldn't fully immerse into the movie Inception. The spinning totem doesn't make much sense once you're aware of the nostril trick.
- bodhi_mind 6y ago
  The only reliable dream test that worked for me was trying to put my finger through my palm. In dream world, there’s nothing stopping it and it goes through. Everything else I’ve tried, would lead to me convincing myself why is was behaving strangely.

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dorkwood 6y ago

Sorry, I meant visually indistinguishable. There's other ways to convince yourself you're in a dream. The one I found worked best for me was blocking both nostrils and trying to inhale through my nose. If you're dreaming, this will still work. If you're awake, you obviously won't be able to breathe. Another simple one is to ask yourself "how did I get here?" If you're dreaming, there won't be a clear sequence of events leading up to where you are. Even with these tricks, it can still be difficult to convince yourself you're dreaming. If you're about to leap off a cliff, you don't want to be 90% sure -- you want to be 100% sure. I'd often wake up with my heart pounding in my chest because my brain was convinced I was about to kill myself.

s_gourichon 6y ago
> The one I found worked best for me was blocking both nostrils and trying to inhale through my nose. If you're dreaming, this will still work. If you're awake, you obviously won't be able to breathe. Learned and practiced exactly this about 6-8 years ago. A little strange to observe, and a definite sign one's dreaming! No need for any interpretation like "clear sequence of events". Your nose is fully blocked yet you can breathe through. Dreaming! This is interesting also as I felt it like a schism in body image. When dreaming, body representation is the dreamed one, separated from the actually perceptible body. Only airway (as "does air flow normally") does not have this separation, allowing you to block your dreamed nose and continue to dream peacefully because actual airway is not blocked.
- dorkwood 6y ago
  > No need for any interpretation like "clear sequence of events". Your nose is fully blocked yet you can breathe through. Dreaming! Most people I try to explain this to look at me like I'm crazy. I'm glad the internet could show me one other person who had the same experience! This is also the reason I couldn't fully immerse into the movie Inception. The spinning totem doesn't make much sense once you're aware of the nostril trick.
bodhi_mind 6y ago
The only reliable dream test that worked for me was trying to put my finger through my palm. In dream world, there’s nothing stopping it and it goes through. Everything else I’ve tried, would lead to me convincing myself why is was behaving strangely.