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Lucid Dreaming
March 2, 2015 at 11:01 pm
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I have made a bit of headway in lucid dreaming. The other night I had a dream and once I realized I was dreaming, but before I woke up, I got enough control of the dream to start investigating. Apparently, I was living in a garage apartment. On the floor were two bed rolls and some brown square and rectangular 'things'. My wall has just caved in and I just realized that I had neighbors. I remember thinking for some reason that they were well to do and it did not impact me that they were living in a 'hallway'.
OK, now for the investigation. I decided to check out the brown chunks arranged on the floor and they appeared to be Kit-Kats. Just about then, a couple of my cats started fighting and I fully awoke. I shut the cats down and went back to bed to see if I could recover. Fully awake now, I realized just how many things were out of whack in the dream. Why am I living in a garage with no door. Why are rich people living in a garage hallway with no door. And what in the hell were the Kit-Kats doing on the floor. They were arranged in what I thought might be a pattern or code. I was never able to recover, however.
My point? Even though I knew I was dreaming and was now in full control, everything still seemed normal.
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RE: Lucid Dreaming
March 3, 2015 at 2:50 am
The thing that fascinates me about lucid dreams is whether "knowing you're dreaming" is just part of the dream.
I've had dreams the other way round, where I ask myself if I am dreaming, and decided I'm definitely not dreaming. No way, this is real, I just know it. Then I wake up. Frightening experience, just goes to show you can never be sure you're not dreaming.
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RE: Lucid Dreaming
March 3, 2015 at 5:31 am
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The topic of lucid dreaming is really interesting.
I've had several dreams where I realised I was dreaming and forced myself to wake up. I've never had control in a dream, though. I heard that you can train yourself to lucid dream through recalling your dreams regularly. Is that what you're doing?
I usually don't remember my dreams, save for some foggy details. I can barely recall anything after waking up, but with time I can put the story together. Sometimes it's completely blank though.
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RE: Lucid Dreaming
March 3, 2015 at 8:03 am
Although I can't remember the exact details, I have woken myself up because I have thought in the dream that I must be dreaming. My subconscious apparently doesn't like it when I break down my dreams' fourth wall. How do you remain in the dream once you realize you are dreaming?
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RE: Lucid Dreaming
March 3, 2015 at 9:02 am
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(March 3, 2015 at 2:50 am)robvalue Wrote: The thing that fascinates me about lucid dreams is whether "knowing you're dreaming" is just part of the dream. As everything else seemed normal except for the Kit-Kats, that may be very well true. I wish the cats had not woke me up. I would had a chance to gather more information.
@ Nope
The first thing is do not move or open your eyes once you are aware of the dream. I will elaborate later after work. I am on my iPhone and it is not forum/typing friendly.
@Norman Humann
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RE: Lucid Dreaming
March 3, 2015 at 9:41 am
Taking a load of drugs probably helps too.
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RE: Lucid Dreaming
March 3, 2015 at 9:47 am
Did anybody else start reflexively humming Row, Row, Row Your Boat?
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RE: Lucid Dreaming
March 3, 2015 at 10:30 am
I had a lucid dream once. I dreamed I was back in the house I grew up in, but it looked like how it is now that the new people have renovated it. once I realized the disconnect, I reimagined it as it used to be.
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RE: Lucid Dreaming
March 3, 2015 at 10:49 am
Ok so I have some questions...
Is lucid dreaming dangerous? I'm intrigued by the idea, but I've heard horror stories about people who have brought on their own death by lucid dreaming, which obviously scares me away from it.
Also, I don't think I've ever had a lucid dream, so it this something that can't happen by accident?
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RE: Lucid Dreaming
March 3, 2015 at 2:39 pm
(March 3, 2015 at 10:49 am)NuclearJaguar Wrote: Is lucid dreaming dangerous? I'm intrigued by the idea, but I've heard horror stories about people who have brought on their own death by lucid dreaming, which obviously scares me away from it.
Sounds more like you're talking about sleep walking than lucid dreaming - lucid dreaming is when you become aware that you're dreaming while in the throws of the dream. You don't actually get up and walk around or do things while lucid dreaming, unless you're also, simultaneously, a sleep walker.
Quote:Also, I don't think I've ever had a lucid dream, so it this something that can't happen by accident?
I don't know if it can't happen by accident; I think it probably could. I'm not a lucid dreamer but I've had dreams where I've been aware that something is "off" (like being in my parents house but it's too big, or too small, or proportions are wrong, or something; or being in my childhood neighborhood and the streets are wider, the landscapes different, the houses further away or cleaner than in real life, roofs are different, hills are steeper, etc.) which makes me aware that I'm dreaming, but I never really become capable of controlling my actions in the dream, I just continue in the dream with this strange awareness going on in the background. This is markedly different from the times that I realize something was "off" about the dream only after I wake up.
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