10 Things You Should NEVER DO In Lucid Dreams (2024)

Lucid dreaming is awesome because it’s a way for you to do and experience whatever you want without any consequences.

However there are 10 things you should avoid in lucid dreams or you could put yourself in a bad situation even though it’s a dream some things you do can affect your real life.

Let’s get started;

So you’re in a lucid dream, walking across the sand on the beach, when you stop and realize, "Whoa, I’m standing here on this beach, and yet my body is lying in bed in my tiny room." You know what will happen if you think about this, that’s right, you’ll wake up, or at least, there’s a very good chance you will wake up. Because thinking about your body will cause you to lose focus on the dream world and will remind you of the fact that you are dreaming, which you don’t actually want to happen. Once you become lucid in the dream, all of your attention should be on your surroundings and nothing else because anything you think of will become your reality. If you imagine yourself back in bed, that is where you will be.

This includes real life places, people you know, or anything that happened to you in the past. Unlike the other things on this list, dreaming of memories can seriously affect you in real life, which is why it’s important to avoid this while in a lucid dream. Memories are highly malleable; they can be interfered with easily. Say, yesterday, you went to Chick-Fil-A and while you were ordering some crisp chicken nuggets, you had a conversation with the girl behind the counter about the weather. You go home, fall asleep, and enter a lucid dream, and you decide to revisit that Chick-Fil-A and approach the same girl but this time you ask her on a date and she says yes. Afterwards, when you wake up and you return to the same location, you see the same girl, there’s a chance that in your mind, you will actually believe that she wants to go on a date with you in real life. Now, this is an extreme example, but confusing real memories with dream ones could result in scenarios like this.

I could make a whole video on mirrors in dreams because they are extremely mysterious. There is such a wide variety of experiences you could have by looking in a mirror while in a lucid dream. So, you might be wondering why I’m telling you not to do it. When you look into a mirror in a lucid dream, there is a risk involved, which is that you will see something unsettling or even outright scary if this does happen. Negative thoughts will enter your mind and from there the dream will go downhill. It doesn’t happen to everyone, but the reason why I tell people to be careful is because it happens to me and it has turned my dreams into nightmares before. If you’re a beginner, I’d stay away from mirrors until you are prepared for what you might see.

If you start to doubt whether or not you’re really dreaming, you may lose focus and wake up. Trust yourself and your abilities and remember that anything you think of will become your reality.

When you become lucid, you quickly realize you’re in a world just like real life and you can do whatever you want. This in itself is super exciting so you need to take time to stabilize yourself in the dream before jumping into things. If you’ve had a lucid dream before and it only lasted three seconds, you probably became too excited and as a result woke up. If you’re new to lucid dreaming and this is one of your first experiences, don’t do anything too exciting. You may need to put off some of your goals until you become skilled enough to actually do them without waking up. Otherwise, you will waste every lucid dream you have and the whole experience will just be frustrating.

It may be tempting, but remember that dreams only exist in your mind. The consequences of killing someone in a dream can be very real, as it can leave you with the feeling that you just killed someone. Additionally, every character in your dreams is an extension of yourself, representing your feelings and emotions in some way. Instead of killing characters, try having in-depth conversations with them to learn more about yourself.

If you close your eyes for too long in a lucid dream, you might wake up. It’s happened to me before, I close my eyes and when I open them, I am back in my bed. Try to avoid this if you can, and your dream will last longer.

Dreams are extremely real if you become lucid. You’re pretty lucky because it’s not natural to question your dreams. Once you’re in the lucid dream, however, you want to avoid questioning your reality too much or else you might trick yourself into thinking you are in the real world. It’s good to remind yourself once in a while that you’re dreaming, but don’t keep asking if it’s a dream. Reality checks can fail and since your surroundings are extremely vivid, it’s easy to slip back into a non-lucid dream.

Your dreams are controlled by your subconscious, and your subconscious knows your deepest and darkest fears. Even if you are lucid and aware that everything is a dream, you still need to be careful with what you think about. Every thought that enters your mind has a chance of becoming reality. If you’re walking down the sidewalk in dream city and think of a blue ice cream cone, turn to the side and it’ll be there. If you start thinking about IKEA, it’s the store right on the left. On the other hand, if you think about a giant monster that’s right behind you, you’ll have a bad experience unless, of course, you enjoy being scared. Think positive thoughts and everything will go well.