Poll: Lucid Dreams

[Bags159]

What do you call it when you know you're dreaming, but are unable to control it?

I say I've had lucid nightmares. Very disturbing.

I think its called sleaping paralysis, had it a fev times.

I thought sleep paralysis was when you wake up and can't move.

It's strange, I saw this same thread on ponychan a few days ago. Difference was there about 60% of the people said no, and here 90% say yes. Very interesting.

 

[AngryMongoose]

Plus all I do is have imaginary sex anyways, no loss there.

Wasn't gonna say it but, yeah, this is the other thing I do with lucid dreams.

 

[similar.squirrel]

I've managed to do it once, and I'm trying to master the technique again.
For the record, that one dream involved me flying in and over the treetops of a pine forest with Morgan Freeman. The setting and companion, scenic and welcome though they may have been, were incidental; the only thing I controlled was the flight.

But yeah, my slumber had better involve naked-lady aeronautics soon.

 

[yunalasca]

Yes, I have them with some regularity. Usually my dreams become lucid when I'm having a bad dream, such as a zombie apocalypse dream.
I realise "wait, this is highly improbable. I must be dreaming." Then I develop some awesome power and blow the zombies up. Its very fun

 

[Korak the Mad]

What do you call it when you know you're dreaming, but are unable to control it?

I say I've had lucid nightmares. Very disturbing.

I think its called sleaping paralysis, had it a fev times.

I've had sleep paralysis, this was entirely different.

I was dreaming and I knew I was dreaming, but I was unable to wake. I actually remember yelling at myself to wake up while I was dreaming.

Sleep paralysis is when you wake, and are aware of it, yet you find yourself unable to move.

 

[linwolf]

Almost every night.

 

[yanipheonu]

No, though I am actively trying to have a lucid dream, and hell, I may have had one already. But I don't have one I remember at least. D:

 

[Dwachak]

I often come to the conclusion that I am dreaming, which yanks me right out of it. But until I realise I am dreaming, I am able to control what is happening to some extend.. is that weird?

 

[Best of the 3]

I did have one. I set myself romping through rapture, against all those freakys, shooting lightning and fire. I was gunning through that section where you meet the weird artist guy (I forget names =/) was very fun.

After that I went for a spot of flying. Was the most awesome dream ever. Never had another though, but have wanted one ever since.

 

[robodukky]

I have had several of these lucid dreams. One notably is a time when I was aware I was dreaming, tried to bend reality by flying, then falling flat on my face. I swear my brain has quite a disliking to living in my cranium...

 

[MK75]

Although I don't often get a lucid dream it is very awesome when I do. Especially since I tend to realize I'm dreaming given a scary situation. That being said I rarely ever have nightmares and most of those end up with me tackling the fear with heavy weaponry, or time powers. Or the ability to change the course of a disaster, you know whatever is necessary. I rarely get the chance to lucid dream without being in a nightmare, those dreams tend to be me just hovering around in school hallways. Or playing advanced video games, I still remember getting lag while playing a mash up of C.O.D and Halo but in a virtual reality setting. (I blame the COD part)

 

[honestdiscussioner]

I've had them, but rarely. Maybe once or twice. Yes, flying is awesome.

 

[Adrian Madhog]

My friend and I were having a discussion today after watching part of Inception and came to this question:
Have you ever had a lucid dream*? and if so what did you do?

*For those who don't know, a lucid dream is one in which you realize you are dreaming and are thus able to control the dream.

I kill dinosaurs in my dreams.

 

[Gladiateher]

I also have lucid dreams. They happen with regularity. But it usually involves deliberately sleeping in for me. I also find it helps if you wake up just a little bit to move position, then fall right back to sleep.

This exactly. If the ladies at school only knew... ohhh chunky.

 

[Laser Priest]

I'm not sure I've ever had one.

It seems like it would ruin reality even more for me, though.

 

[Tharwen]

I've never had one...

I've wanted to for ages.

 

[Fayathon]

I have lucid dreams about whenever I want, and I tend to do what I want when in them. It is beyond cool.

 

[Secret world leader (shhh)]

I am super jelly of everyone here's strange lucid dreaming abilities, I used to try and have them but never worked so I gave up.