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[arethinn]

If the brain and body are not supposed to be able to remember enough to recreate actual pain sensations just by thinking about it, then how can I actually feel the pain when I dream about cutting my thumb? (It was an odd way to wake up - I was dozing after the alarm went off, and was dreaming about wiping something off a utility knife blade with my thumb; I pressed it too far over the edge, sliced it, and was awakened by the "pain".)

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[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

Reading things in dreams is supposed to be one of the triggers into lucidity, because in a "normal" dream the writing is supposed to change every time you try to read it, whereas if it is the same, or you can somehow make it be the same, you can pop into a lucid state.

[bluegodjanus.livejournal.com]

Oh, interesting.

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

Closest I ever came to lucid was the "try to fly" test (obviously, if you succeed, you know you are dreaming). I remember having the thought that I should try to fly, but lost control, and then the dream continued on its merry way without lucidity from that point.