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[nbonaparte]

The problem is that a lucid dream, to those who know about them, is a big, exciting thing to achieve. that excitement wakes you up. If you can just accept it, you can stay in it.


although the last time I became lucid, I noticed that there were some really horrifying things in the dream that I hadn't even noticed before. That woke me up that time.

[Rose]

when I realize that I'm dreaming, it generally doesn't actually make a difference in the amount of control over the dream I have.

[Lear]

when I realize that I'm dreaming, it generally doesn't actually make a difference in the amount of control over the dream I have.

There are varying levels of lucidity. It usually depends on on just how aware you actually are of the fact. There's also the matter of expectations possibly causing self-defeat when it comes to control.

If I wanna make something happen in an LD, I assume it's happening/going to happen somewhere just out of my field of vision. And, when I turn to face it, it usually happens.

[nbonaparte]

Yeah, don't expect control to hand itself to you. Expect to have control, and you will.

[Keita]

Wow, having been on that ld4all website yesturday and looking over the information (about remembering dreams as I have a ton of trouble with that) I actualy did XD. Weird thing though is I don't remember the dream when I first went to sleep, only the one were I woke up in the morning and then rolled back over to sleep again. Well I'm not complaining.

First lucid dream, here I come!

[Javarock]

I only had one lasted about ten mintues I suddenly realized "Hey this isn't real?" And then I did things, But then I started to lose control D:

[Jervous]

I've never had a lucid dream, but one time I had a dream about having a lucid dream. It was really weird.

[MantisMan]

Once in a while, years ago, I would suddenly become aware inside my dream. I would make observations, and see how the structure of the world around me was unrealistic, like there being an extra room in my house or something. After I looked at my dream too hard, I "broke" it. It was exactly like when an fps game glitches up. Your vision switches from looking at your feet to a point about half a foot in front of your feet and back again at least a dozen times a second. I would even get that stuttering noise from when a game locked up. I'd then make my last observation of the dream being broken and force myself to wake up.

In my lucid dreams, I've never been able to really fly. Occasionally, I could float a meter and a half above the ground, but this is rare. I remember having a couple of dreams where I gained awareness that I was in a dream and thought to myself: "This is a dream. I can do anything I want. Awesome! 'm going to fly around!" Then I would leap upwards... and land. I could only jump moderately higher in my dream than I could in real life.

All told, I'm a little bit disappointed with lucid dreaming. It basically only happens by accident in the middle of a dream for me.

[SalmonGod]

Anyone here tried piracetam?  Did it have any effect on your dream experiences?

[Lear]

Once in a while, years ago, I would suddenly become aware inside my dream. I would make observations, and see how the structure of the world around me was unrealistic, like there being an extra room in my house or something. After I looked at my dream too hard, I "broke" it. It was exactly like when an fps game glitches up. Your vision switches from looking at your feet to a point about half a foot in front of your feet and back again at least a dozen times a second. I would even get that stuttering noise from when a game locked up. I'd then make my last observation of the dream being broken and force myself to wake up.

In my lucid dreams, I've never been able to really fly. Occasionally, I could float a meter and a half above the ground, but this is rare. I remember having a couple of dreams where I gained awareness that I was in a dream and thought to myself: "This is a dream. I can do anything I want. Awesome! 'm going to fly around!" Then I would leap upwards... and land. I could only jump moderately higher in my dream than I could in real life.

Expect to actually fly, and you might just eventually do it. I'd also note from personal experience that during spontaneous lucid dreams, I experience far less control that ones I intentionally have.

All told, I'm a little bit disappointed with lucid dreaming. It basically only happens by accident in the middle of a dream for me.

Lucid dreams aren't (for most people) just something you can expect to have with any regularity without putting forth the required effort. Keeping a dream journal is a good first start. Having positive expectations is another. It's almost a certain kind of mindset towards dreaming and without it, you're going to continue to be disappointed.

[jnecros]

Anyone here tried piracetam?  Did it have any effect on your dream experiences?

I have experienced little benifit myself from this agent, not in waking nor at rest. Theoretically, the compound enhances trans-hemispheric communication in the brain, and I am not sure what this would do for dreaming, the impact on lucid or near sleep dreaming, or the memory of a dream.

I have had impressive results from Kava Kava, but this substance is not for everyone, and in some rare cases can cause liver problems. Hence, check with a doctor before using. 

[Neonivek]

Personally practicing Lucid Dreaming I have to say it is far overrated.

In concept it sounds awsome "You control your dreams" but I find myself now rather just wanting to sleep then to attempt to control the chaotic and hazy dreamscape. Also even sleep doctors say Lucid dreaming has a negative effect on the quality of your sleep.

[Lear]

Also even sleep doctors say Lucid dreaming has a negative effect on the quality of your sleep.

Source?

I've usually felt far more rested after a lucid dream, than after regular sleep. In fact, those are the only times I feel rested from sleep. Not sure how lucid dreaming  would be sufficiently different from regular dreaming to cause this. *shrug*

[Psyco Jelly]

Err, I don't think I can dream lucidly. In a dream, whenever I realize I'm dreaming, things just sort of continue. I can't make explosions, or transform into a sentient panzer or anything.

[Dakk]

I did it more then once when I was younger. I once managed to float and generate weird things with my fingers. Sometimes when I was having a bad dream I would sometimes notice it was just a dream and actualy jump headfirst from a high place to cause me to wake up, it worked
Oddly, most of my lucid dreams were nightmares, and after a while of causing random stuff to happen I sorta broke it causing the dream to go sort of haywire and end quick.

But then I got older and now I only remember rougly 10% of my dreams.

That LD4all site seems like a load of bullcrap. Not any bit more reliable then all lucid dreaming threads on /x/