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Do people know anything when they're dreaming? When I'm asleep and dreaming about something I'm not thinking stuff is just happening.
Very occasionally I'll get a vague sense that this isn't actually happening and I can make it stop. But all that results in is me changing the dream and having all of the current dream go away. I don't get control over anything.
To train for lucid dreaming, you basically do two things:
First always write down what you were dreaming right after you wake up. You will start to see patterns and then be more aware when those happen again (I often dream that I can't break in time for a red light. That never happens in real life).
Second is to make it a habit to check whether you're dreaming. Look at your fingers, look at your watch, etc. Something will be off when you're dreaming. Just like in Inception.
I used to train like this and after a few weeks I could actually control my dreams sometimes.
I have always found that text doesn't work in my dreams. Another dream check is trying to read a sentence twice to see if it changes
Mine was pushing my finger into my palm. In a dream, it would go right through my hand with no resistance.