# How do \*you\* know you're dreaming? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 8, 2012, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-dreaming/634115 "2012-09-08T19:49:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-dreaming/634115/41 "2012-09-14T02:12:55Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > Yeah, that’s what I wanted to say. Do people actually think “Hey, I’m dreaming!” in the middle of dreams, and keep on dreaming? I’ve certainly awoken myself on purpose during a particularly bad dream, but I would think that if I ever realized I was dreaming, even pleasantly, I would wake up then also. I used to be able to - even to control the dream some - but not for many, many years now. These days, I’m lucky if I even know where I am/what day it is/what reality is when I wake up. ---
**Author:** ![Coustralee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Coustralee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coustralee)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-dreaming/634115/42 "2012-09-14T14:52:28Z")
i played around with lucid dreaming a bit, one sign for me is devices not doing what they’re supposed to - switches not working etc. continuity - a clock will have changed its time, numberplates change… a scene doesnt make sense. you train yourself to question reality, how did i get here etc. sometimes you notice the flow is wrong. annoying situations - sometimes you find yourself repeating something so boring or irritating in a dream you just say id rather be doing something else is there any possibility that im not awake now… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-dreaming/634115.md?page=2)