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?
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.
That’s how I’ve been. I know I’m dreaming, but unless I think something is egregiously wrong, I don’t bother to alter it and instead let it play out with the actions I think I should be doing.