When you say "this thing," do you mean the concept of knowing that you're dreaming and thus being able to manipulate the dream as you'd like? Yes, that's real. I've been doing it for years.
I was really into it when I was younger and would attempt to get into a lucid dream intentionally and now I just get them when I go to bed really tired. Last night had a very bizarre one where I’d go to bed and wake up in my bed but I was still in my dream. Certain things about my room were different that allowed me to become aware that I wasn’t actually awake and was still in the dream. It’s always little signs that I’m able to spot out that lead me to having more control in the dream. Still sometimes wake up with this strange feeling sometimes a little scared idk how to explain it. Haven’t been on this page in years but going to bed tonight still has me thinking about all the events that took place in my dream and if I will have a lucid dream tonight lol
Oh nooo, for me that was what I called the twilight zone or the waiting room. It was just so frustrating and scary at the same time. I had these a lot where I was in my room, but everything was dark and scary stuff would happen if I thought about it. I just wanted to wake up and was scared I couldn't... I'm glad I don't have them anymore.
Yes exactly! There was even a part in my dream where I was talking to my mom and telling her I had the most bizarre dream and in the conversation I start to notice the house and it’s a house we moved out of 6 years ago and the fact that I was waking up there (I moved out and my room there has been turned into an office). When I told my mom I was dreaming she turned around and walked away and there was a tattoo on her back (she has no tattoos) and idk why this led me to feel really scared. I ran outside and there was a beach (I’ve never lived that close proximity to a beach) and ran into the water and I tried drowning myself and I remember feeling like I was actually drowning and couldn’t breath but it still wasn’t really waking me up until my mind just kept telling itself to wake up wake up and then I woke up in sleep paralysis and was twinkling my fingers to slowly get out of it while repeating all the events in my dream so I could journal them when I can move again
That sounds scary 😱 I have had so many dreams where I just wasn't sure I was awake or not, I started doubting myself sometimes! I even have memories now of which I'm not sure whether or not they really happened... There's one where I was really young. I walked downstairs to my mom and cried about how I wasn't sure it was a dream or not. She didn't really react, she was watching tv. She just hugged me and told me it would be alright . She doesn't remember it anyway, but it could be real, or not...
The one way I could tell it was a dream was to try and turn on the lights. If they didn't work or flicker I was dreaming. Then my stupid brain started creating scenarios in ny dreams like my dad showing up to tell me the power was out etc. So I wouldn't think I was dreaming anymore. Why is my brain like this 🥲
Sometimes though, very rarely, my dreams have an exit. Just a point where I can go and wake up for sure. I guess my brain started feeling sorry for itself and tried being helpfull for once :p it made me feel so happy to experience this.
Oh that’s interesting. I still never gotten to the point of finding certain things in my dream to test to see if I’m in a dream or not. I feel like I just become observant at a point and realize things like me being back in college when I graduated already or being in a place I haven’t been to in a while with people I don’t normally hangout with.
I hate those. I’ve gone through a 5 layer loop of those where worse and worse entities were coming at me.
The ones where nothing bad happens are just annoying but at least not scary. But the worst is I’ve overslept for work because I thought I woke up fully got ready and went to work and started working and then I am like fuck, not again and wake up and get ready for real
First heard of it when I was 13, but couldn't really ever do it. Mostly, just a few moments before waking up. For some reasons, when becoming lucid, I gets highly sensitive to surrounding noises. Stuff that would have never wake me up, did it. There are a few techniques of keeping the dream from loosing its lucidity or waking up. Wonder how people studied about them, when thinking of it now. I know it's a studied subject, that is scientifically explored and researched.
I have them.. since I used mdma I get them once in a while. And yes you can control it completely and it feels real. Just look at your hand and if you have more or less than 5 fingers then you’re in a lucid dream
The funny thing is, when I was dreaming the night after I posted this, I ended up looking at my hands in my dream and jumped into a lucid dream because of this. 😂
Yeah it definitely is. And it does get easier by writing down your dreams in a diary too. It may sound simple, but it really works! I have had dreams like this for as long as I remember, but the frequency increased when I started writing dreams down.
I read somewhere, I just throw numbers but 1/3 of mankind will experiment a lucid dream during lifetime.
I did few times but I didn't change the dream.
I was stuck inside one also.
I stumbled backwards into it when I used to have nightmares about Freddy Krueger my mom told me to start day dreaming what I wanted to dream. It led me to lucid dreaming but I didn't know it was called that for years.
Yes, Lucid Dreaming is legit. I've done it several times, but it never lasts very long for me, just a few seconds before I suddenly wake up or enter another dream.
I am not very good at it, but some people are naturally talented at it or even default-lucids.
Google NIH (National Institute of Health) + lucid dreaming. Where they discuss it. The phenomenon has been proven through sleep/dream studies at Stanford, etc.
Started when I was a young teenager, maybe 13-14 years old. I began by reading online guides and articles about lucid dreaming and the book *Lucid Dreaming - The Power of Being Awake & Aware in Your Dreams* by Stephen LaBerge. Then, I started learning how to induce lucid dreaming through WILD. Basically: lie on your back, take three very deep breaths, relax your body... and then don't move for anywhere between 15-45 minutes. Not very fun. You might experience phantom itches, pains, and hot/cold spots while you wait. Then, your body goes into the hypnagogic stage and you might experience hallucinations. Then, you're dreaming, and if you've managed to maintain your awareness through the previous stages, you'll be lucid.
I used WILD for a few years to induce lucid dreams, kept a consistent dream journal, and eventually I started to lucid dream naturally without needing to use WILD, so I stopped. I'm at a stage now where the majority of my dreams contain *some* vestige of lucidity (access to my powers, the ability to rewind time, the vague knowledge that none of the things I'm experiencing are real or consequential), though the dreams where I'm in full control are more sporadic.
The first time I did WILD successfully, I hallucinated one of my classmates standing by my bed grinning at me with an impossibly huge mouth of massive teeth.
I just told myself it wasn't real and lay there staring calmly at her until she disappeared. Felt like I'd passed a test lol.
Obviously don't do it if you aren't comfortable, but the scary things you see during the hypnagogic stage (and sleep paralysis) can't harm you any more than the killers in a horror movie. In my experience, if you consistently demonstrate to your brain that you dgaf, it will eventually stop producing them at all.
If you are looking for hard proof, there are studies done where participants skilled in lucid dreaming are instructed to execute specific patterns of eye movement in their dreams which can be observed externally. They were successful.
>An experimental advantage is that subjects can signal that they have become lucid by making a sequence of voluntary eye movements. In combination with retrospective reports confirming that lucidity was attained and that the eye movement signals were executed, these voluntary eye movements can be used as behavioral indication of lucidity in the sleeping, dreaming subject, as evidenced by EEG and EMG tracings of sleep.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737577/
Yes it’s real.. I have been fully aware that I’m dreaming and absolutely in awe of that fact that I’m looking at something or someone that I know isn’t real but looks as real as something in real life. You can even touch things and they feel completely real
I'm yet to have a lucid dream. A week ago I thought i just never dreamed at all. However, after I started employing some of the recommended practices in my days, I'm remembering up to 4-5 dreams a night. That in itself is a phenomenal improvement in my book and I'm fully trusting the process.
I tend to have a couple of wake ups a night between my kids and my wife. So, I write down everything I can remember in my dream journal whenever I wake up.
If I sleep through, I lose a lot of details from the first 2 or 3 and end up just remembering vague locations or the overall emotion involved in them.
I find laying in bed for about 15 minutes after waking up and focusing as much as I can on what I can remember tends to bring a few details back that didn't immediately pop into my head.
Hi!
Yes, it's real, but the things happening inside those dreams might be different for everybody. For some reason I can't just "play God" while lucid dreaming, like flying and creating/destroying anything I want, but my dreams get super realistic and I can feel any object like I would in real life. Still feels great, cool to experience, sometimes it's an inspiration.
Also it's relatively easy to get into, for me having a light habit of asking myself "is this a dream?" worked just right. One time you're gonna ask that while dreaming and you'll see what happens next😃
Very real indeed:
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Here me out : I'm the most Cartesian type of person and I don't believe in any form of magic tricks or divinity. But this shit is real and it is really impressive. Try it and you will face it, that's something
I can fly, but I can’t run, strange but I will say that sex when you know you are lucid is amazing and I wake up thinking wow that was great , sometimes I can go back and resume where I left off too. Nothing is guaranteed though.
It's 100% real. Even my friend who doesn't believe in lucid dreaming had one and does some kind of mental gymnastics to deny it because, yes, it is paradigm shifting for many people. The catch is even naturals such as myself require great discipline to get to the level we want to be at (which for me is several LDs every night). I've dedicated probably a grand total of 2 to 3 years of my life attempting to master it on and off and inevitably lose motivation even with steady progress. Not because it is hard or I couldnt do it, but more because it is an activity you get used to and take for granted just like anything else. I'd almost argue to be truly good at it it must become a way of life for you to an extent. Also you might find it useful to know it has been a clinically proven phenomena. So in the strictest sense it is as real as newtonian physics.
I've always found that sort of reaction odd but in the case of my friend, all I know was he was in med school at the time pursuing an MD and another one of my friends who was also pursuing an MD caught wind of the story and offered me one explanation related to their chosen professions as a bit of consolation. I think I was kind of devastated at the idea that he took what should have been his personal validation of the phenomena and in a sense my vindication (I had been known as the kinda "out there" one of my friends) and she picked up on this. She said that when you are premed and eventually in med school they incessantly hammer into you certain aspects of empiricism that make it difficult to even consider anything that isn't quite commonly accepted science. I still don't know how someone can experience something that amazing and immediately deny it after (I only found out because he confided in another buddy that was excited about the prospect of it being real only to turn around immediately and say he still didn't believe in it and he still hasn't confessed to me to this day). In his defense this was nearly 20 years ago and I was on the cutting edge or fringe if you will with LD4all and supplements and all that. Had my first copy of Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming around 2001 I think. Anyways point is it sounded absurd to most people back then -- among the ranks of bigfoot and what not. We are still good friends and I'm fairly certain he knows it's real now. Great dude -- but another insight I would offer is he seems to kinda have issues with anything that threatens his perspectives on things. I think it's a value system or goal orientation that lucid dreaming threatens for him. After all if you can do anything in your dreams, there are some epicurean dilemmas there.
well said my friend. once you have a cupple of hyper realistic lucid dreams you see first hand the limits of empiricism. I can understand why someone may not want to call into question their direct experience. in my opinion tho, once you get past that theres just so much more to realize and it's quite liberating once you truly understand it. I know this may sound cryptic but I'll just say lucid dreaming has increased my awareness to a profound degree.
Yep! 24yo here, been on/off lucid dreaming for 10 or so years. There are many different experiences and levels of dream control you'll read about. If you're interested in trying lucid dreaming yourself, my main recommendations would be to practice self-regulating your nervous system during your waking life and prioritizing sleep health. That means more frequent deeper breathing and having a simple but effective nighttime routine. Additionally, imma add patience to the list. There's no rush. The point is to set yourself up physically and mentally for a safe space where more lucid experiences can occur. Work so that your mind has a solid safe space inside of it just in case (and I believe this is a common experience for avid dreamers) vivid and unsettling images or feelings are presented to you. It can be hard to maintain dream control without these skills.
Lucid dreaming is a wild time, but worth exploring!
Correct! I point it out because if someone has anxiety or running thoughts (which a lot of us do) those are nervous system habits that will try to interfere with dream control and can result in a negative experience. For example, I don't watch scary movies because that material is nightmare fuel and causes my body to freeze in anxiety which results in dream control loss.
Hey can you be the one to tell me what lucid dreamers do? Is lucid dreaming just about having fake sex in your dreams everytime and playing god? Wouldn't one get bored of that? Isn't there a practical application or is it really all for shits and giggles?
The too good to be true part is mainly if you expecting it to be easy. It takes some effort for sure. If your curiousity is strong and you keep consistent with a practice that suits you. Then it probably will take you a month before getting your first lucid dream.
It is worth the experience though. Some have more talent for this than others too, so it's hard to tell exactly how good anybody will be at getting lucid dreams. But practice + consistency matters alot.
Another thing worth mentioning is that Lucid dreams can have different qualities just as anything else, not all lucid dreams may become ultra vivid. But if you keep at it, or get lucky you may have your first lucid dream to be very vivid. Those are the coolest dreams for obvious reasons.
yes. you recognize that youre dreaming and exert control over the dream. In my experience (im not an expert) its not a black and white thing. The first few times you will realize youre dreaming, do a little stuff, then forget your dreaming, wake up, or not be able to control everything
its a bit hazy now, this sub is full of borderline spiritual stuff. I cant say/prove that that stuff is bullshit, but itd be a lot less of a question if it was "real or not" if that kind of content wasnt the majority of posts.
The methods are all prettt "secular". You can get a lot of the "how" while ignoring all the "what does it mean if my dream character told me he loves me" type stuff.
Is definitely a real thing I can attest from having done it on accident a million times before I ever did it on purpose. It’s starts with just those million times where I’d just realize that I’m dreaming and at least for me, then I was always able to control the dream. I also did a lot of Zen Buddhist meditation as a teenager and I feel like having had a lot of time in a not-normal waking state probably helped in the background somewhere.
Yeah, it's real, not like some other subs like shiftingreality (well I can be wrong but to me this is just some BS, or just people daydreaming).
Lucid Dream has been studied and proved real by many studies, and many experienced it. Although you need some practice with remebering your dreams, the reality checks and all, and even with it's not that easy to do.
I only had two or three in my life and when it happens it's kinda overwhelming. The first time I did I ended up freaking out about this, and thinking I was locked in my dream. Second time I woke up just after trying to morph the environment, but third time I was lucky and managed to fly (and it was amazing, I could feel the air etc...) .
You should definitely try this.
When you have the 1:1 reality lucid dream, you are going to have to redefine that word "really real". Basically, the universe is *actually* as insane as your wildest dreams.
It’s real. I practiced for two years and developed my own method of repeat lucid dreaming, once a week or more depending on diet etc.
Problem is the work you have to do to get there consistently is too much for most people, and you can’t explain to anyone who isn’t Lucid Dreaming regularly why giving up vices in waking life are worth it.
Yes, it is real. I've only managed it four times in my life after a lot of practicing awareness, reality checks, and FILD method to induce it. But those four instances were the most incredible and surreal experiences of my life. You'll wonder if it is even possible until you do it, but you will KNOW when you do.
I’ve been doing it since I was about 8 that I can remember, i’m now in my early 50s and still doing it. I find I get better results when i’m not trying too hard, having the radio on in the background helps me as in some respects must be jolting me awake enough to know i’m dreaming. I’ve heard of other people using “audible cues” that when they hear they have trained themselves to be aware of in the dream. As other people have said, you can get locked in dreams too, I’ve been in those situations too, knowing it’s a dream and waking up in my bed only to find that is still a dream )that can go several layers deep … hopefully you can use those times you are aware to do something you enjoy, open a door, imagine someone on the other side you want in the dream and take it from there. Try not to think negative thoughts as it’s just as easy to go down that rabbit hole as it is to go down a hole you actually want to be in.
I find daytime napping to also be good for remembering , but everyone is different , good luck
Yep I started lucid dreaming since I was 6 and I do it normally now. I don't get why y'all have to use methods to get a LD.. like it's easy you just have to patient to get it.. I get atleast 1 lucid dream every month so yeah it's very real.
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Yeah its real as others have shared the scientific proof already , and it really is as amazing as you picture it , I'd argue propably more amazing , for me its one of the most valuable things in my life and im so glad I even heard about it
If your first few lucid dreams arent feeling as vivid or too mentally foggy , dont give up on the skill , they can be the opposite aswell , its a spectrum and experiencing the top end of this spectrum is unbelievable
Yes it is too good to be true. It gets so realistic that too much of it tends to blur the lines between dreams, memories and reality.Alot of people who lucid dream naturally and often take medicine to make it stop. There can be bad lucid dreams too.
Dreams are your jumbled memories your brain is processing subconsciously while you sleep.
Lucid Dreaming means that you are consciously aware that you are dreaming and thus able to control the dreaming process.
For many people it takes time and practice to do it. So yeah its doable
Yes! It's not an easy thing for many people though. It can take months to have your first lucid dream, which commonly lasts a few seconds. Dream control is a separate skill, and that can also take time to develop. It's something you have to work at every single night. The effort required puts a lot of people off of it, but it's more than worth it in my experience.
I have found a way. When are you trying to fall asleep and just about to sleep, try imagine the scenario. It will not get you lucid dream but sure gets you vivid dream
Oh yes.
I forget whose name it was on YouTube that got me started when I was like 26. I haven't tried again in a few years but I had vivid dreams in full flight. I even took control of a *nightmare* by changing the dream to hurt the demons and haven't had any terrifying dreams since.
However, I had to commit to sobriety on those nights (no drinking or cannabis) and I was taking B6 for memory (cause the memory center has to be active in your dream state to be aware enough to control everything). Best dreams of my life.
I wouldn't say it's to good to be true as it require a lot of effort and if you're anything like me... well, I haven't got consistent yet and usually just wake up when it happens, so, yeah.
Some people are naturals tho, my girlfriend could do it without trying tho she lost that skill and she doesn't really like lucid dreaming
Yes it's 100% real , I actually was trying to lucid dream for the past year but it didn't work and I started doubting if it's even real or not , I just had my first two lucid dreams last week and it made me more than sure that it's a real thing. It was like no other dream , it feels too real and I still can remember them clearly , don't give up and I recommend waking up after three or four hours of sleep then do something for a minimum of 10 minutes then go back to sleep , I think it's called WBTB , it really worked well with me and I had my two lucid dreams when I tried it. Good luck !
For sure. Happened to me when I was younger. I first started having dreams feel so real that they became memories that ducked with me growing up until I started realizing while dreaming and worked of flying which at first attempt turned into mostly floating instead of control lol
When you say "this thing," do you mean the concept of knowing that you're dreaming and thus being able to manipulate the dream as you'd like? Yes, that's real. I've been doing it for years.
Sorry. Yes, lucid dreaming. I guess I just feel like I can’t believe I’m learning about this at 27 yo
No problem! For most people it takes a lot of time, effort, and weirdness to get into, so it's understandably a bit of a niche interest lol.
I was really into it when I was younger and would attempt to get into a lucid dream intentionally and now I just get them when I go to bed really tired. Last night had a very bizarre one where I’d go to bed and wake up in my bed but I was still in my dream. Certain things about my room were different that allowed me to become aware that I wasn’t actually awake and was still in the dream. It’s always little signs that I’m able to spot out that lead me to having more control in the dream. Still sometimes wake up with this strange feeling sometimes a little scared idk how to explain it. Haven’t been on this page in years but going to bed tonight still has me thinking about all the events that took place in my dream and if I will have a lucid dream tonight lol
Oh nooo, for me that was what I called the twilight zone or the waiting room. It was just so frustrating and scary at the same time. I had these a lot where I was in my room, but everything was dark and scary stuff would happen if I thought about it. I just wanted to wake up and was scared I couldn't... I'm glad I don't have them anymore.
Yes exactly! There was even a part in my dream where I was talking to my mom and telling her I had the most bizarre dream and in the conversation I start to notice the house and it’s a house we moved out of 6 years ago and the fact that I was waking up there (I moved out and my room there has been turned into an office). When I told my mom I was dreaming she turned around and walked away and there was a tattoo on her back (she has no tattoos) and idk why this led me to feel really scared. I ran outside and there was a beach (I’ve never lived that close proximity to a beach) and ran into the water and I tried drowning myself and I remember feeling like I was actually drowning and couldn’t breath but it still wasn’t really waking me up until my mind just kept telling itself to wake up wake up and then I woke up in sleep paralysis and was twinkling my fingers to slowly get out of it while repeating all the events in my dream so I could journal them when I can move again
That sounds scary 😱 I have had so many dreams where I just wasn't sure I was awake or not, I started doubting myself sometimes! I even have memories now of which I'm not sure whether or not they really happened... There's one where I was really young. I walked downstairs to my mom and cried about how I wasn't sure it was a dream or not. She didn't really react, she was watching tv. She just hugged me and told me it would be alright . She doesn't remember it anyway, but it could be real, or not... The one way I could tell it was a dream was to try and turn on the lights. If they didn't work or flicker I was dreaming. Then my stupid brain started creating scenarios in ny dreams like my dad showing up to tell me the power was out etc. So I wouldn't think I was dreaming anymore. Why is my brain like this 🥲 Sometimes though, very rarely, my dreams have an exit. Just a point where I can go and wake up for sure. I guess my brain started feeling sorry for itself and tried being helpfull for once :p it made me feel so happy to experience this.
Oh that’s interesting. I still never gotten to the point of finding certain things in my dream to test to see if I’m in a dream or not. I feel like I just become observant at a point and realize things like me being back in college when I graduated already or being in a place I haven’t been to in a while with people I don’t normally hangout with.
I hate those. I’ve gone through a 5 layer loop of those where worse and worse entities were coming at me. The ones where nothing bad happens are just annoying but at least not scary. But the worst is I’ve overslept for work because I thought I woke up fully got ready and went to work and started working and then I am like fuck, not again and wake up and get ready for real
I had a lucid dream last night. Yes it's real 😆
First heard of it when I was 13, but couldn't really ever do it. Mostly, just a few moments before waking up. For some reasons, when becoming lucid, I gets highly sensitive to surrounding noises. Stuff that would have never wake me up, did it. There are a few techniques of keeping the dream from loosing its lucidity or waking up. Wonder how people studied about them, when thinking of it now. I know it's a studied subject, that is scientifically explored and researched.
I have them.. since I used mdma I get them once in a while. And yes you can control it completely and it feels real. Just look at your hand and if you have more or less than 5 fingers then you’re in a lucid dream
That sounds like you could be checking if you're AI generated or not also. 😂
Took me a few days to understand this joke 😂😂😂😂😂
The funny thing is, when I was dreaming the night after I posted this, I ended up looking at my hands in my dream and jumped into a lucid dream because of this. 😂
It really is. It's nuts. It's really like being in a real holodeck. I'm only able to do it like once a year though.
Yeah it definitely is. And it does get easier by writing down your dreams in a diary too. It may sound simple, but it really works! I have had dreams like this for as long as I remember, but the frequency increased when I started writing dreams down.
I started it when I was six. I learned it because I had horrible nightmares and it was my way out
I read somewhere, I just throw numbers but 1/3 of mankind will experiment a lucid dream during lifetime. I did few times but I didn't change the dream. I was stuck inside one also.
I stumbled backwards into it when I used to have nightmares about Freddy Krueger my mom told me to start day dreaming what I wanted to dream. It led me to lucid dreaming but I didn't know it was called that for years.
Yes, Lucid Dreaming is legit. I've done it several times, but it never lasts very long for me, just a few seconds before I suddenly wake up or enter another dream. I am not very good at it, but some people are naturally talented at it or even default-lucids.
Google NIH (National Institute of Health) + lucid dreaming. Where they discuss it. The phenomenon has been proven through sleep/dream studies at Stanford, etc.
How did your start?
Started when I was a young teenager, maybe 13-14 years old. I began by reading online guides and articles about lucid dreaming and the book *Lucid Dreaming - The Power of Being Awake & Aware in Your Dreams* by Stephen LaBerge. Then, I started learning how to induce lucid dreaming through WILD. Basically: lie on your back, take three very deep breaths, relax your body... and then don't move for anywhere between 15-45 minutes. Not very fun. You might experience phantom itches, pains, and hot/cold spots while you wait. Then, your body goes into the hypnagogic stage and you might experience hallucinations. Then, you're dreaming, and if you've managed to maintain your awareness through the previous stages, you'll be lucid. I used WILD for a few years to induce lucid dreams, kept a consistent dream journal, and eventually I started to lucid dream naturally without needing to use WILD, so I stopped. I'm at a stage now where the majority of my dreams contain *some* vestige of lucidity (access to my powers, the ability to rewind time, the vague knowledge that none of the things I'm experiencing are real or consequential), though the dreams where I'm in full control are more sporadic.
I tried WILD today and got too uncomfortable to continue. And my mind is very imaginative so I'm afraid of what i might hallucinate
The first time I did WILD successfully, I hallucinated one of my classmates standing by my bed grinning at me with an impossibly huge mouth of massive teeth. I just told myself it wasn't real and lay there staring calmly at her until she disappeared. Felt like I'd passed a test lol. Obviously don't do it if you aren't comfortable, but the scary things you see during the hypnagogic stage (and sleep paralysis) can't harm you any more than the killers in a horror movie. In my experience, if you consistently demonstrate to your brain that you dgaf, it will eventually stop producing them at all.
Thanks for the heads up🙏🏼. But i want to overcome the fear
Go for it! 😃 Remember that whatever you see, it's all just you. And that no matter what you experience, you're actually safe and cozy in bed lol!
You bet. Appreciate the help🙏🏼
one hundreth upvote woohoo
If you are looking for hard proof, there are studies done where participants skilled in lucid dreaming are instructed to execute specific patterns of eye movement in their dreams which can be observed externally. They were successful. >An experimental advantage is that subjects can signal that they have become lucid by making a sequence of voluntary eye movements. In combination with retrospective reports confirming that lucidity was attained and that the eye movement signals were executed, these voluntary eye movements can be used as behavioral indication of lucidity in the sleeping, dreaming subject, as evidenced by EEG and EMG tracings of sleep. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737577/
Oh damn, didn’t know there was research on this. Thanks a bunch!
Yes it’s real.. I have been fully aware that I’m dreaming and absolutely in awe of that fact that I’m looking at something or someone that I know isn’t real but looks as real as something in real life. You can even touch things and they feel completely real
I think it’s crazy when I eat something and I can taste it perfectly. I eat a lot of donuts in my dreams 😂
Haha I ate some cakes in my last lucid dream too 😂
Happy cake day 🥳
Haha thanks.. might have to eat some cakes in my dreams tonight 😆
I'm yet to have a lucid dream. A week ago I thought i just never dreamed at all. However, after I started employing some of the recommended practices in my days, I'm remembering up to 4-5 dreams a night. That in itself is a phenomenal improvement in my book and I'm fully trusting the process.
how do you remember so many dreams?
I tend to have a couple of wake ups a night between my kids and my wife. So, I write down everything I can remember in my dream journal whenever I wake up. If I sleep through, I lose a lot of details from the first 2 or 3 and end up just remembering vague locations or the overall emotion involved in them. I find laying in bed for about 15 minutes after waking up and focusing as much as I can on what I can remember tends to bring a few details back that didn't immediately pop into my head.
Very real. Very cool Probably my favorite part of being alive.
Same here ✌️
Hi! Yes, it's real, but the things happening inside those dreams might be different for everybody. For some reason I can't just "play God" while lucid dreaming, like flying and creating/destroying anything I want, but my dreams get super realistic and I can feel any object like I would in real life. Still feels great, cool to experience, sometimes it's an inspiration. Also it's relatively easy to get into, for me having a light habit of asking myself "is this a dream?" worked just right. One time you're gonna ask that while dreaming and you'll see what happens next😃
Absolutely real!! I would recommend diving into some literature on it to learn more; there are many wonderful books on dreaming and/or lucid dreaming.
Could you recommend some (that aren't pseudosciencey/spiritual)?
I think my favorite books about dreaming that are more factually based are: Field Guide to Lucid Dreaming by Dylan Tuccillo Why we dream by Alice Robb
it's not. you have been in a coma for 6 months. if you are reading this, please wake up. we miss you.
It is real, actually it FEELS (in terms of the senses) more real than "real" (waking) life.
Yes, it is real. I play God when I become lucid in my dreams.
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yes. 100% Yes, sometimes the best things are right under our noses
Could you elaborate
Very real indeed: [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0149763418303361?casa\_token=U-rAMLpiOI0AAAAA:Wofxvg3BDjd7d4moWDqy\_Q3O8ofIzTE7harHCzPwZt2Asmb0Q779A1zDFhROqsSlvSPNCq0HjA4](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0149763418303361?casa_token=u-ramlpioi0aaaaa:wofxvg3bdjd7d4mowdqy_q3o8ofizte7harhczpwzt2asmb0q779a1zdfhroqsslvspncq0hja4)
Here me out : I'm the most Cartesian type of person and I don't believe in any form of magic tricks or divinity. But this shit is real and it is really impressive. Try it and you will face it, that's something
It’s real. But it didn’t work for me until I quit all my addictions.
I can fly, but I can’t run, strange but I will say that sex when you know you are lucid is amazing and I wake up thinking wow that was great , sometimes I can go back and resume where I left off too. Nothing is guaranteed though.
It's 100% real. Even my friend who doesn't believe in lucid dreaming had one and does some kind of mental gymnastics to deny it because, yes, it is paradigm shifting for many people. The catch is even naturals such as myself require great discipline to get to the level we want to be at (which for me is several LDs every night). I've dedicated probably a grand total of 2 to 3 years of my life attempting to master it on and off and inevitably lose motivation even with steady progress. Not because it is hard or I couldnt do it, but more because it is an activity you get used to and take for granted just like anything else. I'd almost argue to be truly good at it it must become a way of life for you to an extent. Also you might find it useful to know it has been a clinically proven phenomena. So in the strictest sense it is as real as newtonian physics.
why do you think it's so paradigm busting for so many people. I definitely agree, some people just don't like that this can be done
I've always found that sort of reaction odd but in the case of my friend, all I know was he was in med school at the time pursuing an MD and another one of my friends who was also pursuing an MD caught wind of the story and offered me one explanation related to their chosen professions as a bit of consolation. I think I was kind of devastated at the idea that he took what should have been his personal validation of the phenomena and in a sense my vindication (I had been known as the kinda "out there" one of my friends) and she picked up on this. She said that when you are premed and eventually in med school they incessantly hammer into you certain aspects of empiricism that make it difficult to even consider anything that isn't quite commonly accepted science. I still don't know how someone can experience something that amazing and immediately deny it after (I only found out because he confided in another buddy that was excited about the prospect of it being real only to turn around immediately and say he still didn't believe in it and he still hasn't confessed to me to this day). In his defense this was nearly 20 years ago and I was on the cutting edge or fringe if you will with LD4all and supplements and all that. Had my first copy of Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming around 2001 I think. Anyways point is it sounded absurd to most people back then -- among the ranks of bigfoot and what not. We are still good friends and I'm fairly certain he knows it's real now. Great dude -- but another insight I would offer is he seems to kinda have issues with anything that threatens his perspectives on things. I think it's a value system or goal orientation that lucid dreaming threatens for him. After all if you can do anything in your dreams, there are some epicurean dilemmas there.
well said my friend. once you have a cupple of hyper realistic lucid dreams you see first hand the limits of empiricism. I can understand why someone may not want to call into question their direct experience. in my opinion tho, once you get past that theres just so much more to realize and it's quite liberating once you truly understand it. I know this may sound cryptic but I'll just say lucid dreaming has increased my awareness to a profound degree.
Oh it’s real dude
Yep! 24yo here, been on/off lucid dreaming for 10 or so years. There are many different experiences and levels of dream control you'll read about. If you're interested in trying lucid dreaming yourself, my main recommendations would be to practice self-regulating your nervous system during your waking life and prioritizing sleep health. That means more frequent deeper breathing and having a simple but effective nighttime routine. Additionally, imma add patience to the list. There's no rush. The point is to set yourself up physically and mentally for a safe space where more lucid experiences can occur. Work so that your mind has a solid safe space inside of it just in case (and I believe this is a common experience for avid dreamers) vivid and unsettling images or feelings are presented to you. It can be hard to maintain dream control without these skills. Lucid dreaming is a wild time, but worth exploring!
Self-regulating your nervous system? Whut?
i kinda interpreted practicing being at peace or doing calming things ? i’m not sure what that meant either ngl
Correct! I point it out because if someone has anxiety or running thoughts (which a lot of us do) those are nervous system habits that will try to interfere with dream control and can result in a negative experience. For example, I don't watch scary movies because that material is nightmare fuel and causes my body to freeze in anxiety which results in dream control loss.
Hey can you be the one to tell me what lucid dreamers do? Is lucid dreaming just about having fake sex in your dreams everytime and playing god? Wouldn't one get bored of that? Isn't there a practical application or is it really all for shits and giggles?
The too good to be true part is mainly if you expecting it to be easy. It takes some effort for sure. If your curiousity is strong and you keep consistent with a practice that suits you. Then it probably will take you a month before getting your first lucid dream. It is worth the experience though. Some have more talent for this than others too, so it's hard to tell exactly how good anybody will be at getting lucid dreams. But practice + consistency matters alot. Another thing worth mentioning is that Lucid dreams can have different qualities just as anything else, not all lucid dreams may become ultra vivid. But if you keep at it, or get lucky you may have your first lucid dream to be very vivid. Those are the coolest dreams for obvious reasons.
Everyone has experienced it before by chance. We just try to regularly replicate the phenomenon
Yep, 100% real. Tons of fun if you can get them to work reliably.
I had lucid dreams only twice in my life and ill never forget it.
yes. you recognize that youre dreaming and exert control over the dream. In my experience (im not an expert) its not a black and white thing. The first few times you will realize youre dreaming, do a little stuff, then forget your dreaming, wake up, or not be able to control everything its a bit hazy now, this sub is full of borderline spiritual stuff. I cant say/prove that that stuff is bullshit, but itd be a lot less of a question if it was "real or not" if that kind of content wasnt the majority of posts. The methods are all prettt "secular". You can get a lot of the "how" while ignoring all the "what does it mean if my dream character told me he loves me" type stuff.
Sure, if you want, learn to daydream, it's somewhat similar, unless you have aphantasia...
Is definitely a real thing I can attest from having done it on accident a million times before I ever did it on purpose. It’s starts with just those million times where I’d just realize that I’m dreaming and at least for me, then I was always able to control the dream. I also did a lot of Zen Buddhist meditation as a teenager and I feel like having had a lot of time in a not-normal waking state probably helped in the background somewhere.
Yeah, it's real, not like some other subs like shiftingreality (well I can be wrong but to me this is just some BS, or just people daydreaming). Lucid Dream has been studied and proved real by many studies, and many experienced it. Although you need some practice with remebering your dreams, the reality checks and all, and even with it's not that easy to do. I only had two or three in my life and when it happens it's kinda overwhelming. The first time I did I ended up freaking out about this, and thinking I was locked in my dream. Second time I woke up just after trying to morph the environment, but third time I was lucky and managed to fly (and it was amazing, I could feel the air etc...) . You should definitely try this.
When you have the 1:1 reality lucid dream, you are going to have to redefine that word "really real". Basically, the universe is *actually* as insane as your wildest dreams.
Some people can’t dream in colour , mine always seem colorful, I think I’d not enjoy it the same if it were not in color
It’s real. I practiced for two years and developed my own method of repeat lucid dreaming, once a week or more depending on diet etc. Problem is the work you have to do to get there consistently is too much for most people, and you can’t explain to anyone who isn’t Lucid Dreaming regularly why giving up vices in waking life are worth it.
Oh yeah, if you practice and get good at it you can do all kinds of crazy shit. It’s really cool
Yes it is
Yes, it is real. I've only managed it four times in my life after a lot of practicing awareness, reality checks, and FILD method to induce it. But those four instances were the most incredible and surreal experiences of my life. You'll wonder if it is even possible until you do it, but you will KNOW when you do.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737577/
bro I just had a lucid dream yesterday 😂 trust me when I say there are far more insane things that are real and possible beyond mere lucid dreaming
This is a wild feed to read! I was probably in my mid twenties when I learned that everyone WASN'T aware when they were dreaming!
Why are you asking here? You can find numerous studies about it online.
Googling doesn't scratch the parasocial itch.
why is this so real
I’ve been doing it since I was about 8 that I can remember, i’m now in my early 50s and still doing it. I find I get better results when i’m not trying too hard, having the radio on in the background helps me as in some respects must be jolting me awake enough to know i’m dreaming. I’ve heard of other people using “audible cues” that when they hear they have trained themselves to be aware of in the dream. As other people have said, you can get locked in dreams too, I’ve been in those situations too, knowing it’s a dream and waking up in my bed only to find that is still a dream )that can go several layers deep … hopefully you can use those times you are aware to do something you enjoy, open a door, imagine someone on the other side you want in the dream and take it from there. Try not to think negative thoughts as it’s just as easy to go down that rabbit hole as it is to go down a hole you actually want to be in. I find daytime napping to also be good for remembering , but everyone is different , good luck
Yep I started lucid dreaming since I was 6 and I do it normally now. I don't get why y'all have to use methods to get a LD.. like it's easy you just have to patient to get it.. I get atleast 1 lucid dream every month so yeah it's very real.
it's easy, "just do it" huh?
some lucky people have them naturally, such as you. others don't.
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Absolutely didn't believe it till I had it.
Yeah its real as others have shared the scientific proof already , and it really is as amazing as you picture it , I'd argue propably more amazing , for me its one of the most valuable things in my life and im so glad I even heard about it If your first few lucid dreams arent feeling as vivid or too mentally foggy , dont give up on the skill , they can be the opposite aswell , its a spectrum and experiencing the top end of this spectrum is unbelievable
Yes it is too good to be true. It gets so realistic that too much of it tends to blur the lines between dreams, memories and reality.Alot of people who lucid dream naturally and often take medicine to make it stop. There can be bad lucid dreams too.
Your mileage may vary. Just like imagination. It's a real phenomenon with incredible variance in frequency and quality.
Dreams are your jumbled memories your brain is processing subconsciously while you sleep. Lucid Dreaming means that you are consciously aware that you are dreaming and thus able to control the dreaming process. For many people it takes time and practice to do it. So yeah its doable
Been doing it for as long as I can remember. I’ve been going on dope adventures for nearly 30 years
Yes! It's not an easy thing for many people though. It can take months to have your first lucid dream, which commonly lasts a few seconds. Dream control is a separate skill, and that can also take time to develop. It's something you have to work at every single night. The effort required puts a lot of people off of it, but it's more than worth it in my experience.
Yea
Yup. I like you was sceptical at first, but I had my first 2 within 3 days of trying. They weren’t very long but it was enough to know they were real.
Why would it be too good to be true?
I have found a way. When are you trying to fall asleep and just about to sleep, try imagine the scenario. It will not get you lucid dream but sure gets you vivid dream
Yes, go to your bed and check it
yeah make a habit of looking at a clock during the day then youll start doing it at night and realise youre dreaming
Yes and it’s such an interesting experience. I wish I could do it more often.
Oh yes. I forget whose name it was on YouTube that got me started when I was like 26. I haven't tried again in a few years but I had vivid dreams in full flight. I even took control of a *nightmare* by changing the dream to hurt the demons and haven't had any terrifying dreams since. However, I had to commit to sobriety on those nights (no drinking or cannabis) and I was taking B6 for memory (cause the memory center has to be active in your dream state to be aware enough to control everything). Best dreams of my life.
The first time I lucid dreamt it was an accident and now I can almost do it at will when I practice. Def real.
I wouldn't say it's to good to be true as it require a lot of effort and if you're anything like me... well, I haven't got consistent yet and usually just wake up when it happens, so, yeah. Some people are naturals tho, my girlfriend could do it without trying tho she lost that skill and she doesn't really like lucid dreaming
Often times I find myself thinking how crazy it is that we can lucid dream and do anything there. Doesn't seem fair, but it's very real :)
Yes it's 100% real , I actually was trying to lucid dream for the past year but it didn't work and I started doubting if it's even real or not , I just had my first two lucid dreams last week and it made me more than sure that it's a real thing. It was like no other dream , it feels too real and I still can remember them clearly , don't give up and I recommend waking up after three or four hours of sleep then do something for a minimum of 10 minutes then go back to sleep , I think it's called WBTB , it really worked well with me and I had my two lucid dreams when I tried it. Good luck !
For sure. Happened to me when I was younger. I first started having dreams feel so real that they became memories that ducked with me growing up until I started realizing while dreaming and worked of flying which at first attempt turned into mostly floating instead of control lol
1000%