Normally, I sleep too deeply to remember my dreams. I only remember them if I wake during them. However, if I don’t completely awaken, sometimes I can go right back into the dream, but I have some autonomy now and some control over the narrative. Like, I know it’s a TV show and I can change the script. I’ve always been able to do it, I feel like it’s a trade off for nearly never remembering my dreams.
Do you lucid dream?
Submitted 1 year ago by dope@lemm.ee to [deleted]
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porkchop@midwest.social 1 year ago
ultratiem@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
This is pretty normal. You dream a lot in one night. And only tend to recall the last one (primacy/recency) and attribute that memory to the belief it was the one dream you spent the entire sleep in when in reality, you likely had a dozen of them and the last, which probably lasted a few minutes, is the one fresh in your mind.
If you’re consistently remembering dreams or if they are very vivid and graphic (not necessarily lewd or obscene but rather extremely impactful), you are likely suffering from chronic stress (and maybe other disorders) as a well rested sleep should leave you refreshed and with a clean memory.
richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 1 year ago
It happened to me, but I only thought I had returned to the prior dream. I was imposing the old identities and situations to new images. Weird.
SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I can also do that! Absolutely nothing is as good as waking up in the middle of a dream and slipping right back into it except with the ability to direct it somewhat.
Interestingly I also only very rarely remember my dreams.
ultratiem@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Only managed to do it once. Took me a few months of trying. Just wanted to see what it’s all about.
dope@lemm.ee 1 year ago
What did you do to make it happen?
ultratiem@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Just listened to the instructions of my prof at the time. He said to fall asleep thinking about what you want the dream to be. So I spent the next month falling asleep with the idea that I would fly (used to have lots of dreams about falling).
About a month in, I was at a campfire with a bunch of people, stood up, realized where I was, and just lifted off. It wasn’t like I was superman, more like Neo trying to learn my powers, but got the hang of it after a few tries and was just soaring around the clearing for a bit.
Kind of a rush and I remember the feeling of accomplishment being much more than the actual events of the dream. Which makes sense because if you think about it, it’s just you in a dream. It’s not like you have access to a true blue holodeck.
marionberrycore@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Same story here. I dream journaled religiously for a couple months, it happened once during that time, and then I gave up, lol.
reversebananimals@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I was able to lucid dream for about 6 months when I had a good environment for it.
I lived in a foreign city, and had a very well insulated high rise bedroom with climate control and a professional blackout curtains installation. As a result I slept very deeply.
I also did regular reality checks 5-10 times per day and spent time remembering every dream I had right when I woke up, a dream journal-like exercise but lazier.
Unfortunately, lucid dreaming sometimes triggered sleep paralysis for me. Its very unpleasant.
I don’t lucid dream anymore but I have retained the instinct to recognize a bad dream and snap out of it to this day.
Album@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
There were a few months in my life where I was remembering my dreams and where I was able to start realizing i was dreaming and then I would start flying like Neo in the matrix.
But I don’t really remember my dreams 99/100 nights and it’s been that way most of my life. If you can’t actually experience the dream you can’t even start to lucid dream.
dope@lemm.ee 1 year ago
That’s my experience too.
I do vipassana meditation. Which makes me remember dreams and then, as that ramps up, lucid.
Lazylazycat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You just reminded me that this I also used to be able to fly in my lucid dreams as a kid! I haven’t had one like that in a long time.
algorithmae@lemmy.one 1 year ago
No, but I can consistently hit the abort button and wake up if my dreams are becoming nightmares or if it’s getting uncomfortably metaphysical. So there’s some sort of lucidity there. Pretty convenient
cat@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
I have this too! if things are too scary, I realise it’s a dream and get the heck out of there.
retrieval4558@mander.xyz 1 year ago
When I practice I can pretty reliably. Frequent reality checks while awake and dream journaling is the trick for me. I get pretty annoying sleep paralysis nearly every time I wake up from a lucid dream so it’s not something I try to do much anymore.
SGforce@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
You wouldn’t happen to sleep on your back, would you? I used to get that often until one year it got really bad when I was sleeping on a couch on my back. I moved to the bed after putting 2 and 2 together. Haven’t had one since.
retrieval4558@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Yes! In fact the only way I have any dreams at all are when I sleep on my back. Side or stomach = no dreams, lucid or otherwise
slazer2au@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Only if I have a red bull during the day. Otherwise no.
manapropos@lemmy.basedcount.com 1 year ago
I almost had one as a teenager, but I woke up as soon as I tried to have sex
rishabh@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Error 404: experience not found.
P.S. happened with me too ;)
Bloodwoodsrisen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
I wish i could. I can identify the dream being a dream when it’s happening, even have other people agree that “this is a dream” but nothing usually comes of it
someguy@lemmyland.com 1 year ago
No, It’s a blank slate when I wake up usually. Only occasionally do I have deja vu dreams. I’m not sure I want to be completely lucid for my dreams.
dope@lemm.ee 1 year ago
When reality automatically lines up perfectly with your preferences like that, that’s a sign of something for sure.
lath@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Occasionally. It sometimes happens when horny but too tired to do anything about it. Those lucid dreams tend to end up wet dreams instead. If i go to sleep after a heavy meal, i get vivid dreams that can become lucid. They’re mostly nightmares until i realize they’re dreams and then either i wake up to escape or turn the tides. Sadly, guns don’t really work in such dreams and as a workaround, i go ‘pew pew’ and the enemies just drop dead where they are. It can also happen if i go to sleep after reading an engaging story or playing a good game, with my mind still full of that environment. I will go to that imagined world, break off into fanfiction, then realize where i am and take over the creator’s role. It can be fun at times, not so much at others.
Gerudo@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I just thought I had insanely vivid dreams and that everyone had them. A lot of times I can influence the narrative or willingly change things. About half the time I can wake up from one and go back to sleep and continue the dream.
eZepp876@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Some training is necessary, but it is doable. Basically you have to follow some of the methods to get used to it.
- Set an alarm in the middle of the night a couple of times (don’t overdo, sleep is important)
- keep some easy abit to check if you are dreaming during the day.
- Start a dream journal Personally i had a couple of lucid dreams years ago, couple weeks after i’ve started a journal, and all in all was a fun experience, a bit like having an admin access to your world.
more info. www.sleepfoundation.org/dreams/lucid-dreams
Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I had a recurring nightmare where I was in a Train or Bus and realised I was in the wrong train or Bus and wanted to check my phone when to get of to take the right one. But the autocorrect always changed my typing to something else. I had this dream for so long that I realised that if my phone is so fucked up its a dream. And as the next nightmare came I realised its a dream and could control it! That was awesome. But after that I never had this nightmare again and no lucid dreaming. But hey I’ve got rid of my nightmare.
fubbernuckin@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No
dan1101@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Sort of, but usually just to say to myself “This is a stupid dream” or “Better quit dreaming about going to the bathroom and really wake up and do it!”
WhoRoger@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There was a time where I could to some degree. I had a good bed I guess.
There was one dream where I didn’t like it and decided to both check if it’s a dream and to wake up. So I pinched myself… It didn’t work. The cartoons have been lying to us!
BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I have many times. I think I have a personality that lends itself to it because I find real life to be so ridiculous I’m often wondering if it’s real, so I’m regularly conducting reality checks. I’m just weird like that. Accept it. This reality-checking translates over to my dream behaviors, and I realize that I’m in a dream because nothing makes any sense like most dreams. However, I don’t lucid dream all the time.
Earlier this year, I was having the same nightmare repeatedly. So, I started keeping a journal to make sense of it. The moment I woke up before even removing the covers, I grabbed my phone and journaled every detail I could. About two dreams later, I was lucid dreaming and put an end to that nightmare.
atlasraven31@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Sometimes. I find I solve problems in dreams when my mind has a low load. The worst dream was a full day of work and I woke up to the realization that I would have to do it again.
dope@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I’ve had good luck with vipassana meditation. The more I do it, the more I remember my dreams. And if I do it a lot I start getting occasional lucid dreams.
Mothra@mander.xyz 1 year ago
I might look into this method then. I never managed to lucid dream
Trollivier@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
No but I lucid sleep.
Once in a while, I have what I call “ghost sleep”. Like, I’m sleeping, but I’m aware that I’m sleeping. And I witness the whole night, never end up in the deep sleep cycle.
No need to mention I’m not super energized the next day.
And after looking into it, that’s the kind of problems you encounter some getting old. Blood pressure gets higher when eating sodium and drinking alcohol. So, going to pub one night, eating French fried, some burger and drinking a few pints now comes at a higher price that what’s on the bill.
Getting old sucks. I’m only 44.
popemichael@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Every day. Its helped me with the depression of my recently passed father
gerryflap@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Seems to happen to me every now and then. I’ve had a couple of moments where I was really on the edge of dreaming and could pretty much fully think about what was going on. But I still had to go with the flow a little bit because otherwise I’d slowly snap out of it. I’m curious if the tendency to end up in lucid dreams also makes me vulnerable to sleep paralysis. I’ve had it a few times, mostly when lying on my back, and it’s very scary
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
I haven’t had a lucid dream since before puberty. When I was a pre-teen, I’d have them almost every night. And I had fun.
Nemo@midwest.social 1 year ago
Based on the description others give, yes, it’s my normal mode of dreaming.
FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Nope. Never had one.
dinckelman@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I have lucid dreams almost literally every single night, and I just wish I didn’t. I am cursed with both struggling to fall asleep, and also struggling to wake up in the morning, so I certainly don’t also need a phenomenon where I’m practically awake while watching a movie in my brain
dope@lemm.ee 1 year ago
So you are cursed with lucidity. You see too much.
RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I would have thought it be a blessing.