How do you have lucid dreams?

Are lucid dreams vivid and and how long do they seem?

• Im just wondering are lucid dreams vivid?, and on a scale of 1 to 10 ,1 being not vivid at all like when you have dreams that you cant remember and 10 being like real life would you rate your most vivid lucid dream. also do you feel stuff in lucid dreams like if you shook someones hand how would you rate that? and also how long did it seem did it seem like you were dreaming for hours or just a couple of seconds? and if you'd like you can tell us some of you lucid experiences

• Answer:

  Lucid dreams vary in vividness just as much as non lucid dreams. Sometimes they are even more vivid than reality, other times they are blurry and harder to manipulate. However, during lucid dreams, you can usually increase the vividness, which can be done by spinning your body around its own axis or rubbing your hands together and/or looking at your hands. You might also experience that your regular dreams increase in vividness the longer you sleep. You are also more likely to have lucid dreams later in the night because you have already had some rest by then, which means that they will likely be more vivid than your regular non lucid dreams. Lucid dreams typically feel as long as they last for. Say you have a lucid dream that last for 10 minutes, then it will probably feel like it lasts for 10 minutes. However, if you have a really long lucid dream (lasting for maybe 30 minutes or more) you might lose track of time so that you might be unsure of how long it has really lasted towards the end of it. I have 4-5 lucid dreams a night.