This is a thread for all of those who are seeking help with sleeping and lucid dreaming. What's that? You say I made this only for me? Shut up you. Anyway, go ahead and post some things you do to help you fall asleep or lucid dream, because I seriously could use help with both.
I didn't use to get many lucid dreams. Now I'm having them left and right. I have no idea what caused it. I may have something to do with how long I stayed awake the nights before. Five nights ago, I dreamt we were out of shampoo. So I got some out from under the sink. Then I found the shower filled to the brim with shampoo bottles. I told myself "Okay, you're dreaming." The dream then went on to be this wierd mix of Skyrim and The Walking Dead. It was hard to describe, but I knew I was dreaming, so it was actually pretty fun and cool.
I'm having enough trouble reconciling the fact that I'm dreaming at all(Up until a few years ago I never remembered my dreams, and now I do with frequency, and it disturbs me). Heaven forbid I start becoming aware of it. Sorry, I'm not really contributing, am I? Sorry 'bout that, but I actually pondered on that this morning, needed it out.
Haha, that's part of the process; I have to remember my dreams every night so that I can write them down and increase my recall. I also let's me catch any trends in my dreams. My troll brain only has one so far and that's the fact that 80% of my dreams begin with me waking up.
Remaining stationary within the dream tends to help, forced movement usually ends up with me falling through the floor and waking up or something
Ah, Good. I really need help with Lucid Dreaming. My friends speak about how Awesome it is, But I can't seem to get it to work. >.> In fact, I only have like a few lucid dreams a year. I want a Dream about ponies, now! ಠ_ಠ They did say that you need to repeatedly think. 'I'm gonna dream about X'. And you shouldn't think 'I WANT TO dream about X'.
The way I dream is kind of strange. One night I'll sleep and...nothing, no dream at all. Another night, I'll dream but when I wake up it's really vague and I have no idea what happened. Then on another night, I'll have a really lucid dream that I'll remember. But for some reason they are super strange and kind of creepy lol. I'm not sure what causes me to dream or not dream, but I think staying up really late makes it harder to dream.
Well what I've been doing is forcing myself into sleep paralysis which really helps, but it's important to keep a sleep journal to train your brain into remembering and recognizing dreams much more. I doubt you don't have any dreams,'you probably just have a really hard time remembering them. Once you wake up, don't move. The insant your brain recognizes that you're moving you'll rapidly start to forget. Instead just try to recall before you move a muscle, then once you have a good idea write it down so it stays with you. Also try not to recall with too much effort, just let it come to you, if you try too hard yor brain will push it away.
I've been afraid of nightmares that seem so real that they affect my emotions before and after waking. I had one where I was literally stricken with sickening guilt. I've had other fantasy dreams that ended and I wake up like, "No! What happened!?" Crazy stuff. I wonder if hallucinogens can cause similar effects with a bad trip.
I had a dream like that once... It was the only lucid dream I vividly remember. While I was laying in bed I was aware of a presence behind me and shrugged it off, I thought it was just a cat. Little did I know was that I was in the dream world and my mind was messing with me. My mind raced around and I thought about some sort of shape shifting murderer, and once that thought entered my brain I heard someone whispering right into my ear. They were whispering my name and I could physically feel a hand on my shoulder. I knew I was dreaming, I mean, I don't know how I knew, I guessed I just figured there couldn't be anybody else in my room. Since it was a dream I had to break myself out of it, so I tried to make a sound with my voice. Unfortunately, I was in a very deep sleep paralysis(that was involuntary), so I was completely immobilized. I sat there for what felt like an hour struggling to wake myself before I let out a weak whimper and rose from my bed and ran for the light. I'll say this though, sleep paralysis is a serious wild card. It can go bad really quickly depending on how much you want to achieve it. *SP is the final stage of your body shutting down and allowing your mind to wander off. It gives one the sensation of full body numbness, being aware of your own body heat, heartbeat, and any shakiness in your breath. As you slip into it you literally feel yourself sink into nothingness, and waking up into it feels like being paralyzed, hence the name. TL;DR: I had a similar dream once, couldn't move, it got too real, and it sucked. SP is weird.
I mentioned in a previous thread on the same subject that, after staying awake for 36 hours, I hallucinated my dad screaming and crying when he was just chilling on the couch in the other room watching TV. I was so afraid to go to sleep after that.
Well the thing is, if you're able to recognize it's a dream and do a reality check, or notice you're in SP and take advantage of knowing it, you can enter lucidity on command. It's a lot easier said than done though.
I've had nightmares for a long time now. I don't go 3 days without having one. I rarely have lucid dreams, though.
That's a pretty good idea, I'll try that. Usually I just jump out of bed then I think, "What did I dream of?" and I won't remember. I really want to have lucid dreams, but GOOD ones, the most I have are nightmare ones... You know, the kind when you wake up you felt like you fell on your bed or something, it's a weird sensation.
Are you able to move your limbs when you feel like this? Also, do you feel something else in the room with you as well?
That's called sleep paralysis. In short, your mind was awake but your body was still asleep. Next time it happens if you stay calm and recognize the situation, then you will transition into a lucid dream and reality will be yours to control. In your mind anyway.
Exactly, once you realize none of it is real you can bend reality to do anything you want. It's kind of like cheating at life for a period of time. The only problem is rationally thinking about determining if it's real, which is why most do reality checks. Next time you suspect you're in a dream/nightmare hold your nose closed and try to breathe through it. If you can, you're asleep.
I'll try that. Maybe next time I dream about a day at school, I can do all sortsa wacky things. :derpe:
