Had a lucid dream last night...

[Az.]

Rarely I fall into a dream like state but at the same time can percieve whats going on around me in the physical world. The first time I was sitting in the back of a car (dream) and at the same time was able to view my physical surroundings. I was lying on the couch at the time. It only lasts about 30 seconds (to my knowledge) and I was completely unable to move (physically). The 3 times its occures it has scared the shit out of me and I dont have a clue what it is. All three times occurred the night after I had X. Is this some form of lucid dreaming or something completely different?

Sounds like "out of body experience" or somthing sililar
lucid dream is actually being asleep but you are aware you are dreaming...therefore giving you the power to completly control your dreams....get what i mean?



ohh just read the above post and that sounds right...ive never heard of thet before...

[ermitonto]

but id never really thought about people speaking during dreams....i cant think of one sentance someone has said to me or to anyone in a dream...

I can. During my dream last night, for some reason I was back at my house upstate, and for some reason my brother was shooting a gun at me. Of course I wasn't hurt because I could control all my sensations, and I said to him "You suck at lucid dreaming!"

[Az.]

LOL excelent....thats fuckin cool...
its making me want to go to sleep and dream now...lol

Yo rarrr
yuou should read that wikipedia link that was posted above...some good info....just incase you couldnt be arsed to read it...lol

[mike jones]

i'm gonna read up some more on lucid dreaming. i've never given any thought over whether or not we have control over our dreams, and now i'm curious on what i can find out about this. cool thread

[Rarrr]

Thanks for that

[Rarrr]

I read the link and the symptoms were exact. Some crazy shit

[Edgar]

np.

[420ultimatesmokage]

the crazy thing when i realize i am in a dream, its not because something wierd is happening, its just a thought that comes in saying hay your dreaming or something to that effect

[Edgar]

I've noticed that when I'm dreaming, I'm sorta guided by my emotions. (sometimes) Like if I'm horny, I'll have sex, or if I'm afraid, I'll be chased. If I'm angry I fight and if I'm excited I fly or jump really, really high. Now this isn't always the case, it's just something I've noticed on several occasions.

the crazy thing when i realize i am in a dream, its not because something wierd is happening, its just a thought that comes in saying hay your dreaming or something to that effect

Actually, that is the pretty much the same thing that happens to me. Sometimes doing or witnessing very strange things or events in dreams doesn't have the desired effect of lucidity because strange events dont always seem strange when experienced in a dream, so if nothing seems out of the ordinary, a reflective state of mind isn't likely to be triggered. I think that being able to reflect on any given moment in a dream is a key to lucidity. The problem is not knowing how to trigger a reflective state of mind. Sometimes the absurdity of the situation one finds him or her self in is enough to trigger it. Other times it just seems to happen at random...

[vermillion]

I can lucid dream at will. Its taken a lot of practice, but basically what you do is when you are ready to go to sleep, do a body relaxation excersise. An easy one is while lieing down on your bed, start at your head, really focus on it in ur mind, tell your head (not speaking) to relax, let go, sleep. slowly work your way down your body until its all relaxed. Then, you must find a way to keep your mind focused on something, but be relaxed enough for your body to go into it's sleep state. You could do simple mathmatical problems, or what i do, is just focus on the sound of my air conditioner. The key is not to let your mind wander, if you do, then you will just have a normal dream. Keep your mind focused, and the you should start dreaming, and you can control what you do, where you go, you can fly, you can hook up with some chicks uve had ur eye on or whatever u want.

Happy Dreaming