[Feklore]

Well I must say I haven't come to the random musing much, this will be my 2nd time.

But anyhow, does anyone here ever try to experience lucid dreaming? I mean where you control your dreams, and do what you want it them? My professor randomly brought up the subject today, thought it would be cool to see if anyone else here does or tries this


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[Maruman]

hmm well you could say i've experienced that but i dont think you really need 2 know about that. ;-) heh

hey do you mean daydreaming ??


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[Spitfire]

I dont intentionally try to dream "in control" but i�ve experienced alot. When i was little and a dream turned ugly, i�d just wake up cause it wasnt fun anymore. The same way, when i got older, i could "realize" i was dreaming and just do whatever i felt like - often no good

[FaithInChaos]

my dreams suck, they are very boring and blury and i never remember them that well.

i do a lot of meditation and bio feedback. i have not tried "lucid dreaming," but i am able to control my thoughts, heart beat, and brain waves to some degree. sometimes when i meditate i see things in my head, sometimes i hear voices...i can never control them though.

[aquamire]

A trick I picked up from a friend, is to look at a clock about 10 times an hour or so. Do it throughout the day. When you go to sleep, either your dreams will be more powerful and easier to remember, or you'll be able to have lucid dreams. It works to some degree, but I forget to look at the clock.. I hate time.


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I'd put my wittiest remark here, but I'd scare you.

[-- Transcendent --]

I've had a lucid dream before, but then, strangely enough, I denied it as "ridiculous", and then I went back into normal dreaming.

And in another instance, I woke up the instance I realized that I was dreaming. Too close ... too close.

[agent44]

I had a lucid dream a while back. I was with a friend of mine in my dream when I realized I was dreaming I tried to show him that we were in a dream and our actions didn't reap any consequences. To prove the point, I started punching people and they didn't do anything . Anyway I heard about a device that you put on your head over your eyes and it detects rapid eye movement (what happens when you dream). When that happens it turns on a light that you can see through your eyelids and that is suppose to trigger your brain to realize your dreaming and you then wake up in your dream. Apparently it takes a little practice to get it to work.

[Lukias]

agent44 - Yeah I went to a site where they were advertising those devices - 3 different brands..
Interesting to try one......

[Lukias]

Anyone ever had 'Sleep paralysis'? ,its some scary shit.....really really really scary shit.

[shahar2k]

I learned about Sleep Paralysis in Psychology, remind me what is it?
as for lucid dreaming, I've done that, interesting thing, once you experience it, it's like being a stranger in Dark city
I've tried some limited meditation, and the first time I've actually managed self hypnosis. I freaked myself out!

[Mergatroid]

Lucid dreaming is great! When I start to dream about something, I'll usually acknowledge that I'm dreaming so then at that point I'll begin to have control. For example, I have this recuring dream about being married and I can usually control whats happening. I could be sitting in the kitchen eating toast when my wife would come into the scene and I would suggest going to Home Depot or something and then we would go as opposed to my dream dictating what we were to do. I realize that this a pedestrian example but its the one I remember the best cause it comes up so often. There is a show on NPR called the infinite mind that did a really graet show on this topic a few months back and you could probably find the show on archive.


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[Nightime]

Yeah, unfortunately I suffer from Sleep Paralysis every now and then. It's a supposedly rare disorder.. and from what I understand so far, a result of intense anxiety or depression... I'm starting to write a paper on it now actually.

To sum up sleep paralysis, it's waking from a deep sleep, usually on your back, and finding yourself unable to move in your bed.

Try this sometime, lay in your bed in the middle of darkness and not move an inch.

Now add a rapid heart beat, an intense feeling of fear, and you got the disorder. But that isn't the interesting part:

Your whole body is shut off completely, except your eyes, and you _don't_ stop dreaming, so the victim will see his bedroom, and hallucinations by their bedside. Usually these hallucinations involve black shadows in the shape of human beings standing over you, and the victim is over powered by an intense feeling of fear. And remember, you can't move an inch. "An unwanted stranger come to harm you", or something similiar is felt. Sheryl Crow (singer) suffers from this.

It's truly feels as if you're helpless and about to die.

Yep, it sucks.

So I used to stay awake all the time, hence my name.. (unfortunately that would cause more stress so I'm back to square one. Vicious cycle, i tell ya.)

JJ

P.S For those who also suffer from it, there are no cures.. the only remedy suggested to me is to not sleep on your back [most cases involve waking up on your back for some reason], and live a stress-free life (hah!)

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[This message has been edited by Nightime (edited November 14, 2000).]

[-- Transcendent --]

I suffer from sleep paralysis now and then too. I don't usually see hallucinations, though, just a strong tingly sensation from my forehead through my spine, accompanied by intense feelings of fear.

It only happens when I stay up long enough to get sleep deprevation. I'm getting used to it, now.

[shahar2k]

yah, I've heard of it, closest experience is sleaping in a bad position and waking up with 100% numb arm....

although it's probably completely unrelated to your condition (sleep paralysis probably has something to do with the mind being blocked from the body while dreaming, and a disorder with that)
anyways, sleep is an interesting thing I don't do often enough

[stereophoenix]

yep, i have experienced those symptoms of sleep paralysis several times, although i have not heard about it, or knew the name of it until now... so i didnt really know what i was experiencing. (i will have to look up more about it..)

I cant say that i have hallucinations during the experience (and i dont think that i want to ) .. but i do get that fear, inability to move and the increased heart rate as well difficulty in breathing. I also find that it happens more often when i sleep on my stomach.

as for lucid dreams, i havent had any of those.. but having one does sound really interesting. I have read about several methods that claim to increase the chances of inducing a lucid dream,, but that was a while ago.. and i have a memory of a gold fish