# Lucid Dreaming/Glossary


CAT :See *Cycle Adjustment Technique*.\
Cycle Adjustment Technique
:   Adjusting your sleep cycles to increase the likelihood of having a
    lucid dream.

DC :See *Dream character*.\
DILD :See *Dream-Initiated Lucid Dream*.\
Dream character
:   Any character inside your dream. Some people believe they are real
    people or spirit guides, others that they\'re just products of the
    dreaming mind.

Dream-Initiated Lucid Dream
:   A lucid dream that begins during a \"normal\", non-lucid dream.

Dream recall
:   The ability to remember details of one\'s dreams.

Dream Result
:   Result from a reality check that indicates that one is dreaming.
    *Ex: Breathing through your nose while pinching your nostrils.*

Dreamscape
:   The landscape and scenery of one\'s dreams.

Hypnagogic imagery
:   The images, sounds, etc. that you perceive as you fall asleep. Not
    to be confused with *phosphenes*.

EILD :See *Erotically induced lucid dream*\
Erotically induced lucid dream
:   A lucid dream with sexual activity. They may trigger a real orgasm,
    a phenomenon know as nocturnal emission or wet dream.

HI :See *Hypnagogic imagery*.\
LD :See *Lucid dream*.\
LILD :See *Lucid Induction of Lucid Dreams*.\
Lucid dream
:   A dream in which you are aware that you are dreaming.

Lucid Induction of Lucid Dreams
:   The technique in which you do something in a lucid dream that
    theoretically will remind you that you\'re dreaming in your next
    dream.

MILD :See *Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams*.\
Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams
:   The technique in which you mentally repeat to yourself, as you fall
    asleep, your future intention to realize that you\'re dreaming.

Named Subconscious Technique
:   (See \"Getting more help with MILD from your subconscious\", in the
    forum links box in the MILD
    section.) This technique
    is a useful aid to the MILD and autosuggestion techniques where the
    dreamer actively engages his or her subconscious for dream results.

NST :See *Named Subconscious Technique*.\
Oneironaut
:   A skilled lucid dreamer.

Phosphenes
:   Patches of colour (usually red or blue) that you can constantly see
    while your eyes are closed.

Rapid Eye Movement
:   The stage of the sleep cycle that your most vivid dreams occur in.

RC :See *Reality check*.\
Reality check
:   A simple and quick method of determining if one is dreaming. *Ex:
    Breathing with your nose shut, faulty light switches, etc.*

Real-life result
:   A reality check result which indicates one is may not be dreaming.
    *Ex: Being unable to will oneself to fly.*

REM :See *Rapid Eye Movement*.\
Sleep paralysis (SP)
:   The body\'s natural phenomenon of paralyzing the limbs of the body
    while asleep. This may be experienced consciously, either by
    accident or during the WILD technique.

VILD :See *Visual Induction of Lucid Dreams*.\
Visual Induction of Lucid Dreams
:   The technique in which you incubate a dream that reminds you to do a
    reality check and become lucid.

Vivid dream (VD)
:   A dream with a notably higher level of detail.

Wake-Back-To-Bed
:   The technique in which you wake up for a bit after a few hours of
    sleep and go back to sleep again. Usually used in combination with
    other techniques.

Wake-Initiated Lucid Dream
:   A lucid dream triggered by consciously falling asleep.

WBTB :See *Wake-Back-To-Bed*.\
WILD :See *Wake-Initiated Lucid Dream*.

