MIGUEL JIMENEZ'S EXPERIENCES WITH LUCID DREAMING

Miguel Jimenez, age 18, pondering his thoughts on lucid dreaming

Miguel Jimenez is one of my best friends and his experience with lucid dreaming is


much more detailed in comparison to Willy's or Ibrahim's. 

Katrina: How did you first gain interest in lucid dreaming?

Miguel: Gonna be honest, the movie Inception got me interested in lucid dreaming. I
know, lame as f***. 

Katrina: How did you feel during your first actual lucid dream?

Miguel: I had attempted lucid dreaming dozens of times before actually being able
to do it. It wasn't hard to realize I was dreaming, but it was hard to not wake up
once I had that realization. The first time I actually stayed asleep was kind of surreal.
I flew over hills and jumped really really high, exploring the world I created without
any laws of gravity. It didn't feel like a long time and I woke up because my phone 
vibrated.

Katrina: Was that what you expected a lucid dream to be like?

Miguel: No, it was a lot more surreal and uncontrollable than expected. Yes, I had
control of the dream, but it wasn't like I could do absolutely anything. In a sense, I
was limited to only the things I could envision and I felt like i could only inhabit 
certain spaces that I had pre-thought out. 

Katrina: How did you feel the next day?

Miguel: I was so excited about the fact that I had finally accomplished a lucid dream. 
I thought about it all day....I couldn't wait to go back to bed hahaa

Katrina: How did lucid dreaming effect the way that you perceived the world around you?

Miguel: Well for one, I began noticing the structure of everyday items. I didn't realize 
how much detail we skip over in everyday life. One thing that was interesting about 
being in a dream and knowing it is realizing how many details in dream worlds are 
skipped over. You never have the right amount of fingers on your hand. I personally 
never really have faces on people in my dreams either. Also in my dreams there 
aren't always three dimensions, often times its almost as if there isn't really a setting 
to my dreams at all...just things passing in and out...very...."lucid"

Katrina: How do you get out of your lucid dreaming state?

Miguel: I usually wake up because of my phone. You usually text me (laughs). 
Sometimes though you just slowly fade out of the dream world. You feel like you are 
slowly waking up and gaining consciousness.