lucid dreaming...

anyone ever had a lucid dream, or do you get them often? the other day I realised I was in a dream, but then I woke up before I could do anything :mad:

although in the last 2 years I have had sleep paralysis a few times (which is awesome btw) and now I'm just watching videos on youtube that tell you how to have them lol

so, has anyone ever had any?

Reply 1

kenk

Yea a couple of times.

It's a pretty cool feeling. I once had a dream where I was shot in the jaw, and was left to die on the ground. Just before I "died", I realised that it was just a dream, so I got up and was running around looking for medical help with a gaping hole on one side of my face :smile:

But I hardly remember my dreams. Only the ones that are truly outrageous or frightening.

Reply 2

LooieENG

OP

3

Nightmares are the best. I love the relief when you wake up and realise it wasn't real.

Reply 3

riotstar

6

Come close? Generally speaking if I do realise I'm dreaming in a dream, it surprises the **** out of me and I just wake up.

I do get nasty sleep paralysis though - at least that's what I think it is? Generally speaking something incredibly unpleasant will happen in a dream and I'll wake up but not fully. Most people just seem to claim they can't move but not only can I not move but I still feel only half awake somehow. It's the sky high heartrate once I snap out of it that really gets me distressed.

Reply 4

Teveth

17

Lucid dreaming is ace. Best tip I an give is repeatedly count your fingers before you go to bed. The number of fingers on ones hand during a dream is rarely accurate, and counting your fingers before bed makes it more likely that you'll try to count them in the dream world. Once you realise that you hve more than 5 fingers in your dream, then the Lucid dream will begin, and the world is you oyster.

Reply 5

L i b

19

LooieENG

anyone ever had a lucid dream, or do you get them often? the other day I realised I was in a dream, but then I woke up before I could do anything :mad:

Yeah, I have. They don't last long, and even though I'm aware, I do seem to be limited in what I can do - I can just fly or whatever.

although in the last 2 years I have had sleep paralysis a few times (which is awesome btw)

Are you being sarcastic? I get sleep paralysis, and it's the most horrible thing imaginable.

Reply 6

Democracy

20

Most of my dreams are lucid. It's really cool, I can do whatever I like :bigsmile:

Reply 7

LooieENG

OP

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L i b

Yeah, I have. They don't last long, and even though I'm aware, I do seem to be limited in what I can do - I can just fly or whatever.

Are you being sarcastic? I get sleep paralysis, and it's the most horrible thing imaginable.

Nope. I love how scary it is, and then when the relief when you realise it wasn't real. Better than watching any horror film :p:

Teveth

Lucid dreaming is ace. Best tip I an give is repeatedly count your fingers before you go to bed. The number of fingers on ones hand during a dream is rarely accurate, and counting your fingers before bed makes it more likely that you'll try to count them in the dream world. Once you realise that you hve more than 5 fingers in your dream, then the Lucid dream will begin, and the world is you oyster.

Yeah, this is what the videos suggested so I'm gonna start trying it.

Reply 8

riotstar

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L i b

Are you being sarcastic? I get sleep paralysis, and it's the most horrible thing imaginable.

I totally missed that in the original post and am now mortified.

OP, please enlighten me as to how you could possibly find it pleasant in any way. I think it's about as pleasurable as I'd imagine having someone unexpectedly shove a cold glass rod up your backside to be.

Reply 9

L i b

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Democracy

Most of my dreams are lucid. It's really cool, I can do whatever I like :bigsmile:

Socialist dreams probably aren't all that exciting.

Reply 10

naivesincerity

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L i b

Socialist dreams probably aren't all that exciting.

There's nothing more exciting. It's a gorgoeus idea.

Reply 11

Feral Beast

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L i b

Socialist dreams probably aren't all that exciting.

lol

Reply 12

dreadnaut

13

I often know im dreaming yet the dream is oddly distant or out of focus in the sense its never as real as reality; and i cant control it still.......still want a lucid dream, it sounds amazing

Reply 13

L i b

19

LooieENG

Nope. I love how scary it is, and then when the relief when you realise it wasn't real. Better than watching any horror film :p:

Yeah, this is what the videos suggested so I'm gonna start trying it.

I can't snap out of sleep paralysis when I want to. Then I inevitably think I'm having trouble breathing, then panic sets in. It's horrible. When I wake up, I just feel exhausted and unpleasant.

Reply 14

kenk

Yea sleep paralysis is just freaky. Wanting to move and not being able to because of some imaginary weight holding me down just scares the **** out of me. And when it happens, I'll be like a walking zombie for the rest of the day, too exhausted to do anything.

Reply 15

Feral Beast

9

Teveth

The number of fingers on ones hand during a dream is rarely accurate.

I often have a hook instead of a hand.

Reply 16

Fusion

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LooieENG

Nightmares are the best. I love the relief when you wake up and realise it wasn't real.

Deffo

Reply 17

Democracy

20

L i b

Socialist dreams probably aren't all that exciting.

Better than endless wet dreams about Maggie's Thatch though, amirite L i b?

Reply 18

tired yet?

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I can lucid dream quite easily. It just takes practice.
(Being lazy)

Reply 19

LooieENG

OP

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riotstar

I totally missed that in the original post and am now mortified.

OP, please enlighten me as to how you could possibly find it pleasant in any way. I think it's about as pleasurable as I'd imagine having someone unexpectedly shove a cold glass rod up your backside to be.

L i b

I can't snap out of sleep paralysis when I want to. Then I inevitably think I'm having trouble breathing, then panic sets in. It's horrible. When I wake up, I just feel exhausted and unpleasant.

I remember one where I was at a friends house, and we got into his car and then it went round the corner at about 10x normal speed, then everything stood still and zoomed in on this demon type thing and I couldn't do anything, then it went back to me and my friend in the car and went really fast again until the car was about to hit it, then I could just see the thing's eyes looking into mine, then the car hit it, and then I snapped out of it :eek3:

It was scary, but after I just thought, "awesome"

lucid dreaming...

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