how do i lucidly dream

[Tango]

i tried it once and got to forget the man of my dreams

[Ad Bot]

[Fracture]

Im trying one tonight.
I have a... Few ideas on what I want to do...
Hehe...

[Alyx Vance]

Are lucids always nightmares?

[Boomerangdog]

If you go into sleep paralysis, and open your eyes you see a bunch of people walking around your room. I did it once and I was scared as forget. there was a giant caterpillar on my computer, and some weird hobo or something walking around my room groaning.

You can lucid dream if you take notice of everything all day and then go into sleep paralysis, and you will be able to control it then.

[Tango]

Are lucids always nightmares?

i tried it once and got to forget the man of my dreams

[Fracture]

This is the first time (in this thread) that ive ever heard of Sleep Paralysis. Usually people just tell you to keep a journal, or reality check.

Now im scared to Lucid Dream.
starfishs.

[Alyx Vance]

Are lucids always nightmares? <-- Must know >:C

[CreamTurk3y]

I had one. At first I got up out of bed, looked around my room and saw osama bin laden loving my xbox. I then realized  I was dreaming and pulled out a tazer shaped like a paynus. I then shouted "Stop humping my life u crazy jew" then tazed his mouth. Osama then gurgled cum and fell to the floor in a grating motion. I then made my entire room the american flag did a heroic pose and played epic music out of my ass. I then went downstairs and greeted mom and she looked at me saying "facebook, just checking, my." Then she vanished I then hopped on the computer and searched for research and ever single girl's face was the woman of my dreams face. As well as me being the person humpin her. I then decided to go outside and fly. I grew some wings on my feet and took off. It was an amazing feel bro. I decided to land and saw Tali, I pulled off her mask and saw this alien which then said "YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITION PYLONS!" I then fell into a hole on top of a spike lost control of the dream and though to myself "What will I do now? Find out next time on family guy!" Then I woke up in a sweat and the biggest boner ever.

[Sheath]

Q: Is it safe?
A: Yes, you are simply dreaming and sleeping but with consciousness. There is nothing unnatural or dangerous about it.

Q: Is it real?
A: Lucid dreaming has been practiced by millions of people for a long time. But just for peace of mind, yes, research on the brain and dreaming concluded that lucid dreaming does indeed exist and it may even be a special different form of consciousness.

Q: Is it cult related / new age / evil?
A: No, it is neither of these. Everyone in their life time will experience a lucid dream naturally, but many forget or don't identify it. People who believe lucid dreaming is evil, ungodly, unnatural, or related to 'black magic' or any other nonsense are grossly misinformed and do not understand what being lucid means.

Q: Will it ruin my sleep?
A: Lucid dreaming requires you to be in a deep sleep and experiencing rapid eye movement (REM) so you will have to be in a state of quality sleep in the first place. The brain is always very busy during sleep, lucid or not. It will not impact your sleep, cause sleep walking, or any other sleep issues.

Lucid dreaming is no more harmful then regular dreaming. If anything the opposite. Anybody who thinks it is dangerous or harmful in any way needs to do more research and learn what they are talking about first.

As for sleep paralysis, some dreamers notice it every so often and some dreamers never experience it.

You can enter sleep paralysis when going to sleep. It has nothing to do with being lucid. If you decide to try for a lucid dream or not, you are still just as likely to end up experiencing SP. The only reason why its noticed more when lucid dreaming is because people are more aware of their sleep process. If you want to avoid that as much as possible, just do DILD.

I have been lucid dreaming for what will soon be a decade and I've experienced "paralysis" for a few seconds about 7 times. Thats hundreds of lucid dreams a year and less than 1 paralysis experience per year

You don't have to go from awake to dreaming to get lucid (called a WILD, wake induced lucid dream). You can teach yourself to realize it mid-dream.