How do you "lucid dream"?
Yes, definitely a lucid dream! A lucid dream is a dream where you are aware that you are dreaming, while dreaming. Some people think you need to have full control to be able to call it a lucid dream, but that's not true. If this was your first lucid dream, then I must say that you had great control! There are many, many ways to induce lucid dreams. You already have an advantage, because you have found a technique that works for you. What you did this morning is what lucid dreamers call "wake back to bed" (WBTB). You simply get up and stay away awake for a little while (usually for 30-60 minutes, but less is often fine), and then you go back to bed, and try to have a lucid dream. Doing this increases your chance of having a lucid dream, especially if you combine it with another lucid dreaming induction technique. So, as a starting tip, keep trying WBTB (just don't let it interfere with school, mmk?), and also, start keeping a dream journal. Writing down all your dreams increases your dream recall, and gets you familiar with what your dreams usually are like. Other than that, read up on websites and books about lucid dreaming, to get an idea of what the induction techniques are like. Good luck, and sweet lucid dreams!
How do I have lucid dreams at age 12?
How you have lucid dreams at age 12 is the same as how you have them at any other age! Assuming you are a complete beginner to the subject, you need to know the following: The first and most important thing you need in order to achieve lucid dreaming is proper, regular sleep patterns. Lucid dreaming is not something for people who have sleep disorders. Instead, you need to be able to go to bed at a sensible hour, get up early, and not skip out on the amount of sleep that a healthy person should have at that age. I suppose there is a danger for someone who is 12, and who has their whole teenage years in front of them, that there is a temptation to stay up late into the night either to complete school-work, or to watch tv, or play on your computer / games console. That sort of lifestyle is not really conducive to lucid dreaming, although it would be theoretically possible to achieve it if you were willing to give that up. As to how you actually lucid dream once you have passed that initial hurdle, it is then a case of remembering your dreams, being able to decide their content in advance, achieving basic lucidity and learning to control your dream once lucid - but most of all, it requires practice. I describe the sort of techniques used to achieve this in detail on my website: Articles
How can you tell if you are lucid dreaming?
There are many ways to check whether you are lucid dreaming or not:In dreams, time is nonexistent. That is because our brain creates dreams much faster and the events which take place are also going on very fast. We dream for hardly 10 15 mins in a good nights sleep, but in the dream it feels like we have been here forever. So if you want to check whether you have control on the dream, try looking for a clock or watch or any display which tells the time. Mostly it will be blurred but if its not, Voila!Dreams go on in scenes. We change locations and attires but we dont realize how did this change happen. When dreaming, try to recall how you got to a place or in a situation(dont startle yourself enough to break the dream). If you come up with nothing and your dream is still continuing, you have entered the lucid state. Yay!Dreams are odd. Things happen which usually don’t in real life. If you find any change or event taking place in your dream, try to question yourself “Is this possible? Am I dreaming?”. This is the toughest way because the moment you think you're dreaming, your brain also realizes and the dream comes to an end.Always try to check these things and try not be shocked when you realize that you are dreaming. Don’t give priority to this realization and if you feel like you have control, try making small changes in your dream, like changing someone’s attire.Happy dreaming!EDIT: I feel like I should add this, because this morning I had another dream and I was able to take some control by trying to give reason to a certain event which happened in the dream. The weird thing is that I was able to reason the event quite effectively and I was surprised myself, which caused the dream to break.
Lucid Dreaming Step by Step?
Hello, I've never had a lucid dream , but i'd like to . Now , i've watched several videos on YouTube , and they all explain what a lucid dream is , and i know what it is . But i don't know how to get one , ... or have one , on the videos i've watched people said nothing exactly how to have a lucid dream . I've read that you are supposed to lay still for 30 minutes in your bed , and ignore all itches and the urges to move or blink , for 30 minutes ( but i think that's only to get sleep paralasys ) . How do i get a lucid dream ? STEP BY STEP Please.
How do I stop lucid dreaming?
If you find yourself lucid dreaming, try to go to sleep in your dream. Don’t freak out. Think about what you will do throughout the day. After a few days, when you find yourself dreaming, it will be automatic that you try to lay down and go to sleep in your dream. Just keep doing that every time. When you wake up, get up and start thinking about something in the real world immediately so you aren’t thinking of your dream. The more you learn to forget your dreams, the less you will lucid dream.You should do the following to lessen the chance of Sleep Paralysis:Follow a comprehensive sleep hygiene checklist, like the one I made here: Insomnia Insanity’s Sleep Hygiene MustsGet the sleep you need. Sleep deprivation is a major trigger for SP. If you sleep well, and stick to a schedule that works for you, you are far less likely to have an episode.Treat what you can. If you have insomnia or another sleep disorder that is causing you to lose sleep, you should seek treatment for that.Don’t sleep on your back. 58% of reported episodes of sleep paralysis happen while in the supine position (lying on your back).Avoid alcohol and heavy meals/snacks before bed. All of these can disrupt your sleep and can cause nightmares, which are both triggers for SP.If you find yourself having an episode, there are some ways to try to get out of it.“This isn’t real, it’s sleep paralysis.” Sometimes just realizing that you’re having an SP episode can make it stop.Try to go back to sleep. If just realizing it’s SP isn’t working, try to go back to sleep. Sometimes it’s impossible (I certainly can’t do it), but others have success with this approach.Change your breathing. Since you can’t move most of your body, one of the options to get your brain out of an episode is changing up your breathing. You can try calming, deliberate breaths, exhaling forcefully, or even things like coughing can help snap you out of it.A little movement can go a long way. Blinking rapidly, wiggling fingers and toes, and other similar things can work to help you end an episode.
What are the dangers of lucid dreaming?
The quality of awareness during lucid dreaming can vary greatly. Sometimes lucidity is high and you are aware that everything you are experiencing in the dream is just happening in your mind, and that there is no real danger. You may be aware that you are dreaming but maybe not enough to know that the people in your dream are just representations; or that you are actually in bed and can suffer no harm.“But everything has a risk”Multiple viewpoints and impossible stairsThere’s no evidence that lucid dreaming can bring on mental illness. In fact, lucid dreaming has recently been linked to resilience, the ability to maintain stability during and after traumatic events. Lucid dreaming is used clinically to help cope with nightmares, and is considered by many psychologists to promote psychological growth andencourage problem solving.But, is lucid dreaming safe or dangerous to attempt? The answer is that it seems to be very safe for the vast majority of those who experience it.Still, just so you know, as much as Lucid Dreaming is fun and considered an awesome experience, there are various aspects of lucid dreaming that can cause fear in people:1. Sleep paralysis – while sleep paralysis is not necessarily dangerous or unhealthy, it can be an extremely terrifying experience for people, especially if they do not know what is going on. Lucid dreamers have especially high frequencies of sleep paralysis. However, some methods more than others are known to cause this such as the WILDmethod.2. Pain in dreams – pain can occur in dreams, and fearing pain is a very reasonable concern. See this article that gives a review of pain in dreams.3. Dream Claustrophobia – many people fear becoming lucid in a dream and then becoming trapped in an unwanted dream scenario, unable to manipulate it or awaken.4. General Oneirophobia – some people just generally fear dreams, not even just nightmares or night terrors, but actually all dreams.5. Somniphobia – there is a decent amount of people who fear sleep. Actually, when I was a small child, I went through a 2-week phase where I was scared to sleep. What I found scary was the loss of awareness/consciousness that occurs during a night’s sleep cycle. Other people fear sleep for other reasons too such as fear of being attacked while asleep, or fear of not being able to wake up.Read this article for more info about lucid dreaming: The Science of Lucid Dreaming - How to Lucid Dream?
How do I stop lucid dreaming?
When I am dreaming I am able to dream anything I want, but I have depression so I've been dreaming negative things- even though I want to dream good things, something keeps telling me to "see what it would be like" and I dream horrible things that I plan myself. How can I stop lucid dreaming? Sometimes because I have ALMOST complete control of my dreams not only does it not feel like I slept but my dreams turn to nightmares.