Lucid
Lucid adjective - Having full use of one's mind and control over one's actions.
Usage example: decided to make out her will while she was still lucid
Mental
Mental adjective - Having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind.
Usage example: humane treatment of mental patients
Both words in one sentence
- Rosemary goes Ax-Crazy, ends up losing everything, gets ruined, and is last seen placed in a mental institution, possibly to never become lucid again.
Source: Literature / Sisterhood Series -
Mental Story: It's about a hikikomori lucid dreamer, whose primary interaction with the products of her subconscious is to stab them with knives.
Source: Video Game / Yume Nikki - In the Inside Out fanfic Intercom, the protagonist Riley is able to enter her own Mental World while lucid dreaming.
Source: Your Mind Makes It Real
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