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Re: The Dream Thread
« Reply #540 on: November 29, 2012, 09:03:44 pm »

Anyone else have dreams about assassinating Queen Elizabeth as a child Corvo with Shapeshifting powers?

Anyone?
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Re: The Dream Thread
« Reply #541 on: November 29, 2012, 10:27:00 pm »

Not sure if it really counts as a dream but I had my worst instance of sleep paralysis lately.

I woke facing the wall and unable to move. This panicked me as it always does. After what seemed like a long time I managed to turn my head some only to find a large dark shape looming over me between me and the ceiling. I got the impression that it was filling the room. I turned my head away sharply in total panic and found myself paralysed again. It passed reasonably quickly and I calmed down straight away. I've felt a presence in the room before and felt things but it's the first time I've ever seen anything.

Oh and when I say worse I don't mean it really bothers me. After the paralysis passes I always feel fine and almost glad of the experience.
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« Reply #542 on: November 30, 2012, 01:10:30 pm »

I have kidnapped the president of my country with the intent of torture and murder. I mean, I really don't like the government but I didn't realize I had this much hate in my mind.

Too bad I woke up in the middle of escorting the president to a safe place.
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Re: The Dream Thread
« Reply #543 on: November 30, 2012, 10:26:13 pm »

Tonight I intend to become lucid and see if I can't shape-shift into a dragon. Are there any tips that can be given?
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Re: The Dream Thread
« Reply #544 on: November 30, 2012, 11:37:52 pm »

Are you used to mental exercise? If not, that may be the equivalent of bench pressing 400 lbs on your first try: not bloody likely.

If so: as you fall asleep, do your best to clear your mind completely. Leave nothing but emptiness, or fog, or blankness, or whatever signifies a calm state of being for your imagination. Gently remind yourself that you're going to fall asleep, soon. This may help you reinforce the knowledge that you're asleep after you've already fallen asleep. Breathe slowly, and do your best to feel in control of your emotions. Relax, and don't try to force it.

Once you're asleep, there are a number of things that you can do to test the waters. If you can muster the control, try to count from one to ten, or read something. Usually, logical things like that come out as nonsense. Touch something solid. If you're in control, tell yourself that it's not real.

Once you start lucid dreaming, you may wind up staying in that empty place you created as you were falling asleep between "scenes". Don't panic. People often have lots of dreams every night, and your brain is just shifting gears. Try to stay calm and relaxed, or control can slip away from you. Once it does, it's hard to get back without waking up.

What helped me when I was just beginning was to keep a dream journal. It seemed like the more I remembered about my dreams, the more I could remember in subsequent dreams. Often, there's a pattern, person, or thing that is common.

All of this is purely personal, and largely anecdotal, but the process sure helped me at first. Now, after damn near 20 years of lucid dreaming, kickstarting mental control after falling asleep is like breathing. Having a normal dream feels odd, like riding in the passenger seat of a car when you're used to driving.
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Re: The Dream Thread
« Reply #545 on: December 01, 2012, 04:23:42 am »

If you are new to lucid dreaming, you may wake up as soon as you realize you are in a dream. It takes practice but you'll learn to remain calm and control your dream eventually. Don't remember that you are controlling your dream, not the other way around. I fucked up once and my dream turned into a nightmare even though I knew I was dreaming. It really scared me but I managed to kill myself quickly to stop the dream. I was so scared, I couldn't get up from the bed for a minute when I woke up.
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Re: The Dream Thread
« Reply #546 on: December 01, 2012, 06:43:59 am »

I had a dream where i was playing on my computer, and i got a rogue AV, wich blocked out superantispyware and malwarebytes and task manager, so i contacted danooct1 (a guy who does virus videos on youtube.) and he told me i had to reinstall windows 7. Then suddenly, it was reinstalled but i was not sure if the virus was gone.

Then i woke up. The dream seemed pretty credible to me until i tought it trough, because i had just installed malwarebytes and superantispyware.
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Re: The Dream Thread
« Reply #547 on: December 01, 2012, 06:47:33 am »

I dreamt my sister posted something on Facebook. I made a funny comment and she PM'd me 'haha, that is funny'.

I have the worst dreams :c
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Re: The Dream Thread
« Reply #548 on: December 01, 2012, 11:48:34 am »

i had an even odder one. it took place in the far future on a different planet and revolved around furrys, impossible buildings, plastic toys, batman/thing (it kept changing) and inexplicable events.
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« Reply #549 on: December 01, 2012, 12:08:28 pm »

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« Reply #550 on: December 01, 2012, 06:50:26 pm »

I dreamt my sister posted something on Facebook. I made a funny comment and she PM'd me 'haha, that is funny'.

I have the worst dreams :c

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In my dreams, I cut off heads, shoot people, jump off buildings, and sometimes I have sex mid-air while cutting off heads with my one hand and shooting people with the other.

Okay, last one didn't happen. But whenever I have a very simple dream, it suddenly becomes bizarre. For example, once, I was walking around in my house. I saw my mother and made small talk. Everything seemed very normal. Then I went to the kitchen and saw my mother again. I was like "huh, didn't I see you at the bedroom? When did you get there?" but I didn't say that. Then my "other" mom came in to the kitchen and both of them gave me a really creepy "one of us are gonna kill you and devour you" look. I was like "O SHIT WHICH ONE OF YOU IS REAL?" and then I realized it was a dream. I got so shit-scared I jumped off the window to end the dream.

I even went monster hunting with my axe when I actually wanted to jog around in a forest with my friends. Oh, that's a really good one. While walking around I suddenly realized I was holding an axe and my friends were holding various weapons; shotguns, blades, hammers and stuff like that. Strange zombies were coming out of nowhere but it wasn't a nightmare. It was actually fun. Then we came across a house out in the forest and decided to clear the place out. Some of us went out to scout. I stayed in the house to investigate. I came across a barricaded room which I couldn't open. While I was busy with breaking into the room, the guys who went out to scout came... WITH A FUCKING AWESOME CLASSIC CAR. It looked like a car from the 80's or something. Also, everyone from the scouting party was wearing clothings from the 80's and their haircuts were from the 80's too. It seemed like everyone was turning into a 80's character. I think I also saw a disco ball at some point.

Before things got sillier I woke up. That was one hell of a zombie-kicking 80's party.
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« Reply #551 on: December 06, 2012, 07:55:56 am »

Well, I said if I remembered one I'd type it here so uh. Apparently I trolled some guys in a video game(seemed like a bizarre fps), so they decided to actually kill me. They did this using dogs with grenades. Not kidding, they actually carried grenades in their mouths and dropped them. I have no idea how they were triggered. I was mostly safe in my house until my mom decided to let the cute doggies in(reminds me of that one old lady in the first dead rising). I eventually woke up probably halfway through the raid.
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Re: The Dream Thread
« Reply #552 on: December 06, 2012, 03:24:25 pm »

I was in SpearBreakers. WHILE CONTROLLING IT.
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« Reply #553 on: December 06, 2012, 05:07:10 pm »

I was in SpearBreakers. WHILE CONTROLLING IT.
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« Reply #554 on: December 06, 2012, 05:11:31 pm »

nope. that was one of the odd things.
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