Lucid Dreaming

[BluetoothBoy]

I lost the ability to remember my dreams a while ago, so this would be pointless for me.

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[Theepicman]

I lost the ability to remember my dreams a while ago, so this would be pointless for me.

Recall your dream as soon as you wake up. Works for me everytime.

[BluetoothBoy]

Recall your dream as soon as you wake up. Works for me everytime.

I don't remember it. At all. Even as soon as I wake up. As in, my brain's telling me I didn't dream at all.

[Doom Mantis]

I don't remember it. At all. Even as soon as I wake up. As in, my brain's telling me I didn't dream at all.

You were abducted by aliens.

[BluetoothBoy]

You were abducted by aliens.

Every night?

[cooldawson3]

I don't remember it. At all. Even as soon as I wake up. As in, my brain's telling me I didn't dream at all.

That shouldn't happen :/

Ever try drinking a glass of milk (Doesn't even have to warm) before you sleep? For some reason that always makes my dreams really easy to remember and way more vivid.

[BluetoothBoy]

That shouldn't happen :/

Ever try drinking a glass of milk (Doesn't even have to warm) before you sleep? For some reason that always makes my dreams really easy to remember and way more vivid.

No, I only drink milk at dinner.

[ResonKinetic]

sleep paralysis is a process that your body executes every time you go to sleep so that you don't physically act out your dreams. the 'scary' part that everyone hears about is when one remains conscious during SP. episodes usually last a few minutes before you transition into sleep. it's scary if you let yourself get scared.

anyways, the process op is trying -- that is, going from fully awake to fully dreaming -- isn't recommended because dreams occur during REM sleep, which happens around an hour or so after falling asleep. it's like telling someone to pick you up at 4, and you start waiting for them at 3; it's a waste of time.

Lucid dreaming is a pretty neat thing, though, with a rather large community behind it, so go read up on some stuff if you're really interested. the sidebar at http://www.reddit.com/r/LucidDreaming/ has some good info

you took the words right out of my mouth

[Ben Grapevine]

I lucid dream almost nightly and it's self-destructive.  I reach intense moments in my dreams that could happen in real life, but are improbable.  Things such as killing people (don't worry, I'm usually the hero).  It's almost like I can feel bullets hitting people and it causes great pain in my own body; my soul feels really heavy after doing it, I can't explain the feeling.  I feel the rush of driving fast cars and crashing them.  I play out any possible scenario I could face within my own life, the benefit allowing me to make faster decisions when that situation actually arises.  There are unbelievable negatives to this. I wake up in panic attacks, I do complicated activities in my sleep like cooking food etc. and hold conversation, and one of the most noticeable things is that I wake up as tired as when I went to sleep and have apnea like symptoms except I don't have apnea.

It started when I tried lucid dreaming almost ten years ago, and when it worked the first time I kept wanting more.  It was great to have these dreams where you couldn't distinguish whether it was reality or not.  Eventually I stopped trying and then altogether didn't want them anymore, but I can't control it.

Don't do this.

[ResonKinetic]

I lucid dream almost nightly and it's self-destructive.  I reach intense moments in my dreams that could happen in real life, but are improbable.  Things such as killing people (don't worry, I'm usually the hero).  It's almost like I can feel bullets hitting people and it causes great pain in my own body; my soul feels really heavy after doing it, I can't explain the feeling.  I feel the rush of driving fast cars and crashing them.  I play out any possible scenario I could face within my own life, the benefit allowing me to make faster decisions when that situation actually arises.  There are unbelievable negatives to this. I wake up in panic attacks, I do complicated activities in my sleep like cooking food etc. and hold conversation, and one of the most noticeable things is that I wake up as tired as when I went to sleep and have apnea like symptoms except I don't have apnea.

It started when I tried lucid dreaming almost ten years ago, and when it worked the first time I kept wanting more.  It was great to have these dreams where you couldn't distinguish whether it was reality or not.  Eventually I stopped trying and then altogether didn't want them anymore, but I can't control it.

Don't do this.

dude that sounds hardcore as forget why can't i have your sleep patterns

[XR-7]

I don't have the patience to intentionally cause a lucid dream, but I've done it before.

[ResonKinetic]

I can't remember if I talked about this on the forums before, but I had a reverse-process WILD thing dream.

Basically, I was asleep, realized I was dreaming in the dream, did weird stuff in the dream since I knew I was aware and stuff, then I lost control, woke up, and when I woke up I realized I was still in sleep paralysis.

So then, out of fear of the possibility of seeing something frightening, I did the toe/finger wiggling technique to get out of it.

[hillkill]

I've never had a lucid dream. I always wanted to though.

[ResonKinetic]

I've never had a lucid dream. I always wanted to though.

forgetin' do it; it's the coolest stuff ever and you'll remember it like it really happened

[hillkill]

forgetin' do it; it's the coolest stuff ever and you'll remember it like it really happened

i really want to. not for love, i want to BE link from LoZ and save hyrule and stuff.