Lucid Dreams

“Lucid dreamers report being able to freely remember the circumstances of waking life, to think clearly, and to act deliberately upon reflection, all while experiencing a dream world that seems vividly real” (LaBerge, 1990). In lucid dreaming, people become conscious enough to realize what they are dreaming, and therefore can change the dream they are having. A theory widely accepted by many researchers, is “That lucid dreams are not typical parts of the dreaming thought, but …

…lucid dreams the dreamer and the physical body are still together, and in OBEs the person sees himself or herself separated from the physical body. Although, lucid dreams and OBEs are very different there are also some similarities between them. Many researchers say that OBEs are a type of lucid dream. Many lucid dream studies that scientists conduct have experiences like OBEs. Despite being somewhat similar, OBEs and lucid dreams are definitely two separate things.