Post: Lucid Dreaming
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01-25-2009, 02:33 PM
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MATT51723
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Lucid dreaming is basically understanding and recognizing when your in a dream and then doing whatever you want. It doesn't sound very hard at first but it is in fact, hard.
Here is a definition of lucid dreaming:
Originally posted by another user
Lucid dreaming means dreaming while knowing that you are dreaming. The term was coined by Frederik van Eeden who used the word "lucid" in the sense of mental clarity. Lucidity usually begins in the midst of a dream when the dreamer realizes that the experience is not occurring in physical reality, but is a dream. Often this realization is triggered by the dreamer noticing some impossible or unlikely occurrence in the dream, such as flying or meeting the deceased. Sometimes people become lucid without noticing any particular clue in the dream; they just suddenly realize they are in a dream. A minority of lucid dreams (according to the research of LaBerge and colleagues, about 10 percent) are the result of returning to REM (dreaming) sleep directly from an awakening with unbroken reflective consciousness.
The basic definition of lucid dreaming requires nothing more than becoming aware that you are dreaming. However, the quality of lucidity can vary greatly. When lucidity is at a high level, you are aware that everything experienced in the dream is occurring in your mind, that there is no real danger, and that you are asleep in bed and will awaken shortly. With low-level lucidity you may be aware to a certain extent that you are dreaming, perhaps enough to fly or alter what you are doing, but not enough to realize that the people are dream representations, or that you can suffer no physical damage, or that you are actually in bed.
The basic definition of lucid dreaming requires nothing more than becoming aware that you are dreaming. However, the quality of lucidity can vary greatly. When lucidity is at a high level, you are aware that everything experienced in the dream is occurring in your mind, that there is no real danger, and that you are asleep in bed and will awaken shortly. With low-level lucidity you may be aware to a certain extent that you are dreaming, perhaps enough to fly or alter what you are doing, but not enough to realize that the people are dream representations, or that you can suffer no physical damage, or that you are actually in bed.
I'm going to start trying to do lucid dreaming, but the reason I made the thread is to see if anyone else has heard of it, and if they can do it. I don't expect any younger members of this site being able to do it, maybe remembering a few dreams in the past, but not lucid dreaming.
Fierce also told me about the bads of attempting lucid dreaming such as, old hags syndrome, sleep paralysis, and other weird happenings.
I remember my sister taking a psychology course in college and talking about the teacher introducing lucid dreaming and he wanted to see how many people could do it. He said try out this scenario; Your in a cafeteria all by yourself eating or doing work. As your doing whatever, you hear footsteps coming closer and closer. You take it from there. In lucid dreaming you would be able to control your dreams, so most likely it wouldn't be anything creepy. But he said that what he made the dream into was a very attractive women in a red dress... I'm guessing he did naughty things from there.
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01-25-2009, 05:45 PM
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elfmotat
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i just read what old hag's syndrome is, and its the same thing as sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is the main cause for people thinking they were abducted by aliens, lol.
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01-25-2009, 08:24 PM
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SeArGaNt-KoCk
B.O.D figure that out :p
01-25-2009, 10:35 PM
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MATT51723
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Originally posted by lordafi
Of course I've heard about this. Actually, I think once or twice I was able to Lucid dream, actually, but that was a long time ago.
Also, I've heard about people Lucid dreaming, and they could actually do it every time they went to sleep. Some even Lucid dream their sexual fantasies and control that they have sex every sleep.
Also, I've heard about people Lucid dreaming, and they could actually do it every time they went to sleep. Some even Lucid dream their sexual fantasies and control that they have sex every sleep.
The sex thing is what a lot of people do when they first master lucid dreaming.
Originally posted by ThEdEe1996
Ive done this many times.Usually,if it is not an enjoyable dream(scary:p) I slap myself in the dream until i wake up.Believe it or not,it works
I really doubt you can do lucid dreaming often. Remember, lucid dreaming isn't only remembering a dream, it's recognizing that you're having the dream and being able to take advantage of it.
Originally posted by elfmotat
ya, i heard about it from some thing on the discovery channel last year. i got it to work a couple of times by waking up in the middle of the night, walking around a bit, then going back to sleep. problem with it is i cant really remember them that well :p.
What you want to do is create a dream journal, you write down all your dreams after you have them so you can remember them.
Originally posted by Agentjon
i think i do this all the time, even did it last night 
I'm calling a bluff here because you may be able to remember a dream, but I highly doubt you're actually controlling your dreams. This takes a real long time to master so its not something that can just happen.
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Most of you guys probably can't do lucid dreaming, although you can remember the dreams. I'm sure Itsonfire would be able to clear some of the stuff I don't know up because he's taken a lot of the psychology classes and stuff like that.
Sure I can remember some dreams sometimes, but I can never control them.
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