i never had one before and was wondering what you guys have done or would do.
personally i would try to talk to my subconscious
i never had one before and was wondering what you guys have done or would do.
personally i would try to talk to my subconscious
I started having a few of them about a year or two ago--but I was aware that I was dreaming in such a way that I became uncomfortable about the fact that I was physically laying down in the body's natural form of sleep paralysis. So instead of really enjoying the imaginative side of the experience I would quickly try to rouse myself into wakefulness. I think there was one incident of the three in which I forced myself to relax and try to enjoy the dream for a bit longer; but I was too aware of being asleep for it to be comfortable.
I have had a few lucid dreams, they can be to real at times. I have yet to achieve dream control though (being able to completely shape the dream realm to your will). Anyway I've never had a really interesting lucid dream it always just has to do with real life so it can be pretty underwhelming.
Never lol and I wish I can..
Ive had a couple but i found that i could only alter them slightlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Jack Spicer
Awe Man! Thats what they are called. I love those dreams. Normally I Have control when it is a repeat dream.
For example, One time I was dreaming I was in school. I opened a door to go to class and I got killed by a zombie. The next time I had that dream, I was about to open the door again, my subconscious said, don't open that door, remember the last time you did it, you died, and my dream changed from their.
I also had....a gay sex dream. I was about to bang this dood, but then my subconscious was all like, DOOD! YOU'RE NOT GAY! Then I did not have gay sex. So that is how I know i'm not gay. Luckily, I didn't have to have a repeat in-order for this to kick in.
I love those dreams. It is like an alternate version of my dreams, pretty cool
you could have told your subconscious to gab a shotgun then open door and blow the zombie away, revenge.:revwacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by lizard81288
he may have limited control over it
I barely dream, and when I do it's really difficult for me to remember what it was all about. I have never been in control of my dreams. How do you do that?
you DO dream even if you think you dont, the second you wake up you have about 5 minutes to focus on the dream you just had so you can remember it, if you dont, poof gone forever
Actually, I had one of these for the first time about a month ago! It was such an awesome feeling, but once I realized it only seconds went by until I felt myself fade out.
I decided to read up on it now that I knew what one felt like. Apparently falling back in the dream, or spinning around with your eyes closed would have kept me lucid. I decided try and learn how to lucid dream. It's tough, I'm too busy in life to fully dedicate time. One weird tip that's actually helping is eating a banana before bed. Apparently it has a certain nutrient or vitamin but it is working, it's increasing the vividness of my dreams which helps the potential for lucidity. I would've never thought eating a banana would help me have vivid dreams that I actually remember when I wake up.
It's kinda hard to explain why I sleep with a banana every night though roflmao~
Trust me, vivid dreams are all crazy; Usually because of some stupid game death happens and you wake up feeling scared. Or you're feeling too real in a great dream (Personally I was in a dream harem, no no details) then you wake up right before the best part.
Vivid = Awesome
Agreed:minkoff:Quote:
Originally Posted by SwordOfTime
I don't ever really remember any of my dreams but when I do seem to actually notice I'm dreaming they are all like this. usually just like a work day or hanging out with friends. usually pretty boring
i had one where i was talking to this chick about......somthing, relized she was too hot to talk to me in real life, became lucid, and then i boned her.:awesome:
You're a twat.Quote:
Originally Posted by killerklown
Moving on, I'm not sure it was lucid dreaming buut I had one hell of an experience once. I was aware I was in a dream as I began too notice all the rules of reality and time were wrong (it was at the point where I was Brian Griffin, I honestly have no idea why) and I kept thinking to myself things were wrong and tried to wake up, only I was completely unable. The dream started to fall apart from some sort of lighthearted action thing into Silent Hill's sister town and I was scared shitless. Eventually I got up and had to feel around to make sure I was in reality, my body was completely cold. I still have no idea what the fuck was up with that.
So glad I haven't had one. :shrug:
I've had a lucid dream once or twice, I remember I was able to take control of the dream and I was aware that I was dreaming.
i'm going to sleep.
It happens to me all the time. Almost too much. Scary. init?
Night terrors? Sounds more like you had a nightmare if you had no control. I think the fact things were wrong was more fear induced than a realization itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkseid
hey its totaly true, but in all seriousness i did leave out some details. like how every every thing was like a cartoon, and i was in a tube shaped tower thing. the sky was brown, i was flying, and oh yeah, that chick was me. i saw my real self fall from the roof and i caught ....me. then i turned back into me, saw girl me, realized it was a dream, then boned her, or at least tried to, because then we both fell down and died and then i woke up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkseid
Almost every night for the past few years. Generally they involved me being asleep/in bed in some strange combination of several familiar rooms/places I've visited and impending senses of doom :/
As Andy said they can pretty uncomfortable especially if it happens for the first time. A few weeks ago was the first time I have experienced such a lucid state of dreaming. I began running up stone stairs to this altar (picture a Cathedral type setting with the huge stained glass window) then crashing through the stained glass window with a pair of daggers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy
This is when the lucidity took root; as i crashed through the window i began feeling the pull of weightlessness and the pull of gravity in the pit of your stomach. I was getting pretty freaked out at this point, I knew it was a dream but couldn't seem to wrap my brain around the fact that I wasn't really falling, that i was laying flat on my bed. After a few moments of that I began to shake it off and come back to the present (or back to my body). Lucid Dreams will always be interesting to me, especially after watching Shinreigari: Ghost Hound (Anime).
There is a lot of lore and legend and myth surrounding and attached it and other altered states, not a whole lot of credible research though
Theres some psychology, mostly Joseph Campbell and some Carl Jung, dealing with the psychological nature of them and the archetypes typically encountered
People have obviously been doing it for a loooong time though
Im terrible interested but rarely have them
A lot of times I have moments in dreams where I remember there was something wrong, and I should have realized it was a dream
I suppose that would be one of my chances
Ive also heard flicking on and off the lights during the day periodically to check to see if its reality,
it might make you try it in the dream and when it doesnt work you realize your dreaming
Ive read some techniques on dream recall and such, but it requires a tenacity I dont have for the subject,
plus Ive seen the negative effects on relying on a lucid dream state in people around me - although it was in conjunction with
large amounts of hallucinogens, conspiracy theories, and MDMA
Yea, basically making anything habitual in your daily routine (such as randomly stopping and looking at your hands) might make you do it in the dream. I think it's just dedication, doing this often along with setting yourself up before you sleep (for as long as you can, lie in bed and visualize what you want to dream, the people, the smells, the feel, the sights of the places, etc.) and just sticking to it. As I said before, eating a banana before bed seems to help. And not drinking anything before bed, preferably not after 7pm/19:00 so bathroom urges don't wake you from your dream.Quote:
Originally Posted by IcaruStyx
If anything I believe when you do it once successfully (intentionally) every time thereafter becomes a lot easier.