Lucid Dreams

Darkest Hour · 09-05-2009, 12:16 AM

What are they exactly, and why do so many people practice them?

Astronomer · 09-05-2009, 01:00 AM

To put it simply, a lucid dream is a dream in which the sleeper is aware that they are dreaming and they can actively participate in the dream and control the imagery of the dream. It's been researched scientifically and its existence has been well-established.

I've personally never been able to have a lucid dream.

Darkest Hour · 09-05-2009, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Lateralus

To put it simply, a lucid dream is a dream in which the sleeper is aware that they are dreaming and they can actively participate in the dream and control the imagery of the dream. It's been researched scientifically and its existence has been well-established.

I've personally never been able to have a lucid dream.

So are you seeing yourself through 3rd person or 1st person in the dream?

Astronomer · 09-05-2009, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Darkest Hour

So are you seeing yourself through 3rd person or 1st person in the dream?

I think it depends on the person, if you are someone who usually dreams in 1st person than it will most likely be through 1st person, and vice versa.

boo boo · 09-05-2009, 01:48 AM

Lucid dreaming is basically the idea once you become fully aware that you're dreaming, you're able to have total control of everything that goes own, you become a god of your own dreamstate.

I have had a lot of dreams where I became aware that I was dreaming, but I have never been able to manipulate my dream environment, there's some kind of technique to it or some sh*t. Would like to learn, because that would be f*cking awesome.

I tend to have just about any kind of dream, from both 1st and 3rd person perspectives, surreal dreams, vivid dreams, my mind is so f*cked up I never know what to expect.

Guybrush · 09-05-2009, 03:21 AM

I've had several lucid dreams, but how much control I have over the sleep environment varies. Sometimes I'll suddenly be aware I'm only dreaming when there's something unpleasant going on and then it's a kind of relief and I just shift the dream onto a more pleasant course. Sometimes the awareness that it's just a dream is a little more lasting and I actively try to use it, usually I try to fly

But I don't usually have full control. Typically, it's a bit hard to gain height above ground.

My perspective (such as 1st, 3rd) in the dreams can change as well, I think.

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boo boo · 09-05-2009, 05:55 AM

I've had a lot of dreams that basically looked like non-existant 2D platformer games.

And a lot that looked like cartoons.

For me that's really no surprise.

savannah · 09-05-2009, 08:16 AM

someone has been watchin vanillia sky way too much

(p.s. good to see you boo)

Barnard17 · 09-05-2009, 01:11 PM

If I have a dream it'll frequently be lucid. A while back I started becoming aware that I was dreaming, usually at this point I'd wake up out of surrise I guess but eventually began to take that in my stride. After which I became more and more determined that this was my dream so I'll do what I damn well please in it. Sometimes that doesn't work so well, others it can be pretty successful. Though another way to look at it would be to say I'm not controlling the dream, my subconscious is telling me what's going to happen next and I'm convincing myself that I'm determining the direction of the dream. Sometimes it's hard to tell.

jackhammer · 09-05-2009, 03:39 PM

I have woken up for a few minutes and I have been able to put myself back into the same dream as it were. This usually happens in the summer when it's light around 5-7 AM so I know I have woken up checked the clock knowing it's too early to get up and slipped back into the dream. Obviously this is only the pleasant dreams.

Slightly off topic but I have had a few dreams where you seem to meet your perfect partner but you have never seen them before in your damn life. Talking about a kick in the balls when you wake up

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Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	I've had several lucid dreams, but how much control I have over the sleep environment varies. Sometimes I'll suddenly be aware I'm only dreaming when there's something unpleasant going on and then it's a kind of relief and I just shift the dream onto a more pleasant course. Sometimes the awareness that it's just a dream is a little more lasting and I actively try to use it, usually I try to fly But I don't usually have full control. Typically, it's a bit hard to gain height above ground. My perspective (such as 1st, 3rd) in the dreams can change as well, I think. edit : Thread moved to Lounge and cleaned up. __________________ Something Completely Different

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Barnard17 My home? Discabled, Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 204	If I have a dream it'll frequently be lucid. A while back I started becoming aware that I was dreaming, usually at this point I'd wake up out of surrise I guess but eventually began to take that in my stride. After which I became more and more determined that this was my dream so I'll do what I damn well please in it. Sometimes that doesn't work so well, others it can be pretty successful. Though another way to look at it would be to say I'm not controlling the dream, my subconscious is telling me what's going to happen next and I'm convincing myself that I'm determining the direction of the dream. Sometimes it's hard to tell. __________________ Vita brevis, Occasio praeceps

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jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I have woken up for a few minutes and I have been able to put myself back into the same dream as it were. This usually happens in the summer when it's light around 5-7 AM so I know I have woken up checked the clock knowing it's too early to get up and slipped back into the dream. Obviously this is only the pleasant dreams. Slightly off topic but I have had a few dreams where you seem to meet your perfect partner but you have never seen them before in your damn life. Talking about a kick in the balls when you wake up __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.” Last edited by jackhammer; 09-05-2009 at 04:26 PM.