Poll: Lucid Dreaming

[Z of the Na'vi]

I believe I have done it maybe once in my life.

I trained dragons, and had about three of them at my disposal.

I was reading the Inheritence Cycle at the time, and dragons were on my mind.

I had a female dragon (like Saphira) who was my personal assistant in training the others.

It. was. awesome.

 

[RagnorakTres]

Yeah.

I gave myself a chainsaw-scythe. And saved the world. It was interesting.

 

[BaldursBananaSoap]

Anything.......

 

[Lullabye]

The only lucid dreams I have are the ones where I'm just playing videogames. Even in those I'm too absorbed in what I'm playing to bother with dream life. I could be having amazing threesomes, but instead I choose to kill zombies and get the man vs tank achievement, even though I still never do. Am I a gamer or what?

 

[AndyFromMonday]

It happened to me twice and it was fucking awesome

To bad I can only scarcely remember the 2 dreams.

 

[Burningsok]

only once was I able to actually know what was going on and have a good amount of control of my dream. I could run around where I wanted to and everything, but there was one problem... I was being chased by some giant ghoulish monster thing. and I had no time to stop or
I would be eaten alive. The dream ended with me hiding in small with a huge thick door that I locked, and there was a small hole in the wall that I could look out. Last thing that happened was for some reason my dream decided to go 3rd person and the view went out of the room I was in which outside this little room the place was huge. Then the view was fixed on the entrance to the hallway the ghoul was coming out of. Last thing I saw before waking up was his shadow slowly popping into view on the wall. Lol I think the ghoul was glowing green as well.

 

[SantoUno]

Dude, I've had a TON of these in the past, but lately I have had none.

 

[the idiot computer]

i'd like to try but i never seem to dream...i blame the sleeping pills.

 

[WestMountain]

Heres a tip when lucid dreaming: avoid mirrors, if you look at your reflection while in a dream theres a big chance that it will turn into a nightmare

 

[Orcus The Ultimate]

yes, once only, i was in a jungle world, there was a jurassikpark-base-thing and a wooden wall that was jamming an ocean, then we were fleeing from there by jeep against dinosaurs and shit... pretty wierd...

 

[TheDrHuw]

i've had a few, when i was 12 i had a very vivid one were i was being chased by a pitch black figure with glowing white eyes, at one point i realised i was dreaming, i turned to face the figure who was running at me with a kind of knife thing and said to hi, 'ha ha, this is a dream, goodby!' and woke up. For some reason i was really proud of my self for showing that guy whos boss

 

[Orcus The Ultimate]

it is said that dreams often happen at dawn;

also i did have a dream/nightmare that actually nearly happened.

 

[Ryuk2]

I always know that I'm dreaming, but i don't consider those as lucid dreams.
People say to me that it's lucid dream when you can go where ever you like and do whatever you want. Some say that you can go out of your body and see all the world while being asleep. I have never had those, so no, i have not had those lucid dreams.

 

[CptCamoPants]

Most of my dreams are lucid dreams. But I don't dream much in the first place

 

[Ryuk2]

Heres a tip when lucid dreaming: avoid mirrors, if you look at your reflection while in a dream theres a big chance that it will turn into a nightmare

I have never paid attention to that, but it seems to be true. There was a dream where i was just living my ordinary life and doing the same thing I do everyday and then i looked in the mirror and noticed that my brothers and sisters ayes were red. I turned around i said that that was just a dream and that i'm going to open my ayes, then i ''opened'' my ayes, but everything changed colors and nothing changed. I was so scared. I thought that they were some kind of monsters or something.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

I've had several, apparently it can be related to not getting enough sleep, which would seem consistent with my lucid dreaming. I quite enjoy them.

 

[RabidusUnus]

I have somewhat lucid dreams most nights, the only problem is that as soon a I realize I'm asleep, I wake up involuntarily. I know, for a split secod htat I can do anything, but then I'm awake again. Annoys me.

 

[ribonuge]

I always know that I'm dreaming, but i don't consider those as lucid dreams.
People say to me that it's lucid dream when you can go where ever you like and do whatever you want. Some say that you can go out of your body and see all the world while being asleep. I have never had those, so no, i have not had those lucid dreams.

You are referring to Out of Body Experiences(OBEs). I have had one or two of them. It usually when I am in a hypnagogic state. I can see through my eyelids while I am sleeping and travel around my room.

Just another tip for any wanting to become and Oneironaut. Your success rate of remembering dreams is the important part. Learning to this is what takes time, not the actual achievement of lucidity. Most everyone has had a lucid dream in their lifetime, it's just they can't remember. Watching televison or playing games directly before going to sleep affects your dreams by making them less tangible. They become messy and random.

Before you go to bed, turn off the Tv and read for an hour or something to stimulate your mind in the right way. You'll find your dreams to be more pleasant. Trust me lucid dreaming can be extremely enlightening so it's worth learning about.

it is said that dreams often happen at dawn;

You are correct! You're melatonin levels are much higher after sleeping for a few hours. It's related to the sun in some way. Set your alarm to wake up around dawn, then get up and walk around for a bit and go back to bed. Concentrate on wanting to lucid dream and nothing else. Picture yourself becoming lucid in a dream. The success rate from studies is extremely high with this method, known as MILD.

 

[Standby]

There has been one or two occasions when i've kind of realised i was in a dream. It's a strange feeling, the only thing i can remember is walking along a road, then deciding i wanted to fly instead, with varying levels of success (i'd keep losing the ability but being able to regain it as i went), it got to the point where i knew it was a dream and if i wanted to i could.

It's quite an interesting concept, who knows with improvements in technique and technology it might one day be possible to initiate lucid dreams at will, although if you can decide what happens is there much point in living in the real world?