Lucid Dreams

Lucid dreams are dreams where you are aware you are dreaming. They are quiet rare, but you can learn how to do it.

In this video, I describe a few of my dreams and how they turned into lucid dreams and what I learnt from these dreams. I find it very interesting that dreams almost require delusions for them to continue. It's when you have a lucid dream you realise this. And then try having a 'false lucid dream'... a dream about having a lucid dream,and you still fall for the dream delusions.

Also, as a note, I know that dreaming, psychosis and psychedelic drugs are different experiences, but looking at what they have in common as well as their differences is interesting. For example, dreaming and psychosis usually include delusions while psychedelic trips don't. The strength of hallucinations and delusions also differ. I also haven't experienced a psychotic episode, so I can't really comment on it from experience.

If you wanna learn more about lucid dreaming, I recomend this site: http://www.lucidipedia.com/

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[JackHighlander]

about how u thought u were lucid, but then acted like u weren't -- u've totally gotta watch Reece Jones' series on the 5 layers of lucid dreaming (10 actually -- each layer has a lower & a higher version,) graded from minimal awareness to full awareness & control. his user name is reecejones87. he's also got an interesting discussion on how u can slip back & forth between layers during a single dream.

btw, ur cute, but very androgynous.

[nervousneuron]

@JackHighlander

That's interesting, I haven't heard anyone mention different layers, but it makes sense. I always thought of it as you're aware or you're not aware, but if you think about it, it's always somewhere in between. I'll have a look at Reece's videos, thanks.

[KillermaTV]

I have weird dreams... My face once melted off and the sky was red.. it was scary haha

[nervousneuron]

Haha, sounds freaky.

[HenhousetheRed]

I only ever have semi-lucid dreams, where I am aware I can control certain elements of the dream. My favorite one was when I realized I could levitate and fly. Never had a full lucid dream. :(

[nervousneuron]

Ah, so you realise you can kind of control the world, but haven't fully realised it was a dream?

[FacebookTheMetal]

@nervousneuron That has happened to me

Im sort of thinking of about a lucid dreaming technique but i forget it very fast

[999JPETZ]

I'm an aspie who loves science, I only came to realize this after my life fell apart from studying art. Art is qualitative, science (if done properly) is not ... so I have decided to dedicate the rest of my life to studying science. When I was a child, I use to have a lot pre-cognitive dreams "premonitions" ... anyway, I don't have those dreams anymore. I have also been more terrified in dreams then in real life, once I dreamt I was experience a nuclear meltdown first hand and I freaked out.

[Fata1paradOx]

That's what makes lucid dreaming such an interesting phenomena.. to me at least..

[Fata1paradOx]

Ha! It doesn't matter whether you're psychotic or hallucinating or you're in reality. You will experience it as being real because that's what brains do, they create "reality" whether it's based on thesensory input or not. You have to believe it because normaly you don't have reason/need to question it. You should smoke DMT and see for yourself :D

[brentpieczynski]

If you jumped of the tallest building in a dream then mental health as found in America will accuse you of contemplating suicide. Therefore you need to be careful or they will come to take you away.

[BlackOakStudios]

I just had my first lucid dream. It sucked. I realized, "WHOA!! I'M NOT JEWISH!!!" then i decided to fly and woke up. I was trying to lucid dream, but i was having trouble controlling my environment.

[TouchinKids]

@sk83r96 duuuuuuuuuude.... harsh.

[TouchinKids]

press 0 and then have a seconds gap and press it again then repeat untill you are laughing so hard you have to stop

[zealcore]

This video of yours is probably the only good one here on Youtube. Can I ask you something, though? When you had your first LD and you realized that something was out of place, how much was the dream vivid? Because, when I had my first vivid dream it was a bit of a shock first just for the sake of it feeling too much real for it being just a normal dream.