Comment on Anon learns how to lucid dream
Paradachshund@lemmy.today 2 weeks agoIt’s happened to me randomly a few times but I’ve never been able to trigger it on purpose. It’s also not as magical as people describe (at least my experience). It’s sort of weird. It’s like you’re slightly awake, and if you really will something to happen it does, but there’s also a feeling that if you think too much you’ll wake up and it will be over.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
As a kid, I kept peeing the bed with the same recurring dream: I would dream that I was getting up to go pee, but then wet myself. Then one day I decided that anytime I’d go to the bathroom in the morning, I’d try to open my eyes twice, and that’s what finally stopped me from wetting the bed.
So I guess the point here is that if you have recurring dreams, see if you can imagine yourself doing something different in the dream and thus become semi-aware while in the dream state. It worked for me wetting the bed, maybe it’ll work for you.
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
That’s called a reality check, and it’s a pretty common for lucid dreaming. The one I went with was placing my fingertips over my nostrils and breathing in through my nose. If you can breathe, you’re dreaming. Picked that one because it’s inconspicuous, just looks like you’re scratching your nose. But the idea is to get into a habit of it so frequently that it’s unconscious, and something your dream self will do. If you do it in a dream, you become aware because you’re so conditioned to it, and you’re able to start lucid dreaming. Works pretty well.
Also, good on you for being so aware of what you needed to do! I don’t know if most kids would have come up with that, and that’s super clever and mature.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Thanks. Unfortunately, I was embarrassingly old by the time I figured it out (at least 8 yo, I forget the exact age). But the thought process was pretty simple, I remembered my dreams afterward, so deciding to try waking up twice seemed natural.
Good idea with the nose thing, maybe I’ll give it a shot. :)
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Nah, plenty of kids bedwet at that age. I had a few incidents around that time. I’ve also, as an adult, twice had a dream where I thought I was peeing and it seemed too real. Once I barely made it to the bathroom, once… Well, pee happens, I guess. Lol. D: