So if a monster chases me in real life, instead of running I’ll crouch, grab the ground, and launch myself forward to get away (because I can’t run in dreams).
Sounds legit. The monster was probably expecting you to run, and ready to punish it like an elden ring boss punishes dodging backwards.
But in all seriousness, like any theory out of evolutionary psychology it’s of very questionable utility insofar as it is unfalsifiable. I just find it fun to think about and mentally give my brain a “you tried” sticker after a weird dream.
No way… I thought everyone flew in their dreams (like, it was a normal thing we all did), and most could control their dreams (once they learned to discriminate between reality and dreamland). Is this not the case??
It is extremely difficult to train, however, I’ve found that even the act of trying to lucid dream has made me incredibly good at falling asleep no matter what the circumstances are, and yet to date, I’ve only managed to do it like 3 times of the 14 years I’ve known about it.
I have up rather easily, having a dream journal is just not something my adhd brain can handle. But it’s still been a nice skill to atleast practice when I remember it.
I learned how to “W.I.L.D” or wake induced lucid dream, which requires you to stay perfectly still, and to allow your mind to slowly drift off into stories that you want to tell or to dream about, almost like teaching yourself to meditate honestly. Well after learning how to sit still perfectly for 45 minutes in bed and to drift perfectly into sleep makes it easy to fall asleep when ever you want, as long as you have the patience lol.
How about if you drink some mugwort tea before going to bed? I’m sure there are other herbs that enhance dreams and may be useful to attempt lucid dreaming.
Never heard of it! I know kratom has given me some crazy dreams. Quitting weed was the best thing I could have done for dreaming.
Not so much that I can’t have crazy or fun dreams, it’s just that even if I repeat them aloud after waking up they fade very very quickly. To get good at lucid dreaming you basically need to have incredible memory, or the strength to keep a dream journal that you do every night.
You very much have to train yourself to remember dreams, as well as a way to know you’re in a dream. (Counting your fingers when crossing any door, when meeting or talking to people, finding something you do often in dreams that you can relate and instill a habit in the waking world, and then also training yourself to notice and understand what having 7 or 4 fingers actually means in a dream). There are many ways to train yourself, and to find your own “trigger” mine specifically is just looking at my hands and counting my fingers.
I do lucid dreaming all the time, though it has slowly changed form as I grow older. I’ve also hear it can be trained, but I learned it from a nightmare as a kid and don’t really know anything about the training. I just got super angry and went against the intended dream (I was supposed to be eaten) and by doing that I suddenly realized I could do anything. After that I’ve kinda been on the driver’s seat when needed, and somehow always have the manuscript of the dream and the knowledge I’m invincible.
I usually go with the intended dream for unknown reasons even if it’s uncomfortable and annoying normal day situations, but when the dreams get too bad or boring I start to “cheat” and change things. One of my favorites has always been starting to float around in kinda sideways movement, with the wind lifting me. I like flying too, but it’s much harder to achieve and requires more effort to keep the wind pushing me upwards, usually I have to do several jumps and use stuff like buildings to get enough wind under me.
These days I don’t always need to even force the changes where as younger I had to really really struggle to force it to happen, now the dreams kinda naturally shift before me? Kinda like my subconscious has somehow become more agreeable and doesn’t try to kill me as much - I don’t know why though, I’ve not been doing any better mentally.
So if a monster chases me in real life, instead of running I’ll crouch, grab the ground, and launch myself forward to get away (because I can’t run in dreams).
Sounds legit. The monster was probably expecting you to run, and ready to punish it like an elden ring boss punishes dodging backwards.
But in all seriousness, like any theory out of evolutionary psychology it’s of very questionable utility insofar as it is unfalsifiable. I just find it fun to think about and mentally give my brain a “you tried” sticker after a weird dream.
If you have a good imagination and a strong application you can fly in dreams too. But i think only a specific few can fly or control their dreams.
No way… I thought everyone flew in their dreams (like, it was a normal thing we all did), and most could control their dreams (once they learned to discriminate between reality and dreamland). Is this not the case??
It’s called lucid dreaming. I’ve read that it can be trained.
It is extremely difficult to train, however, I’ve found that even the act of trying to lucid dream has made me incredibly good at falling asleep no matter what the circumstances are, and yet to date, I’ve only managed to do it like 3 times of the 14 years I’ve known about it.
I have up rather easily, having a dream journal is just not something my adhd brain can handle. But it’s still been a nice skill to atleast practice when I remember it.
How did it make you better at falling asleep? I’m not particularly interested in lucid dreaming but being able to fall asleep
I learned how to “W.I.L.D” or wake induced lucid dream, which requires you to stay perfectly still, and to allow your mind to slowly drift off into stories that you want to tell or to dream about, almost like teaching yourself to meditate honestly. Well after learning how to sit still perfectly for 45 minutes in bed and to drift perfectly into sleep makes it easy to fall asleep when ever you want, as long as you have the patience lol.
How about if you drink some mugwort tea before going to bed? I’m sure there are other herbs that enhance dreams and may be useful to attempt lucid dreaming.
Never heard of it! I know kratom has given me some crazy dreams. Quitting weed was the best thing I could have done for dreaming.
Not so much that I can’t have crazy or fun dreams, it’s just that even if I repeat them aloud after waking up they fade very very quickly. To get good at lucid dreaming you basically need to have incredible memory, or the strength to keep a dream journal that you do every night.
You very much have to train yourself to remember dreams, as well as a way to know you’re in a dream. (Counting your fingers when crossing any door, when meeting or talking to people, finding something you do often in dreams that you can relate and instill a habit in the waking world, and then also training yourself to notice and understand what having 7 or 4 fingers actually means in a dream). There are many ways to train yourself, and to find your own “trigger” mine specifically is just looking at my hands and counting my fingers.
I do lucid dreaming all the time, though it has slowly changed form as I grow older. I’ve also hear it can be trained, but I learned it from a nightmare as a kid and don’t really know anything about the training. I just got super angry and went against the intended dream (I was supposed to be eaten) and by doing that I suddenly realized I could do anything. After that I’ve kinda been on the driver’s seat when needed, and somehow always have the manuscript of the dream and the knowledge I’m invincible.
I usually go with the intended dream for unknown reasons even if it’s uncomfortable and annoying normal day situations, but when the dreams get too bad or boring I start to “cheat” and change things. One of my favorites has always been starting to float around in kinda sideways movement, with the wind lifting me. I like flying too, but it’s much harder to achieve and requires more effort to keep the wind pushing me upwards, usually I have to do several jumps and use stuff like buildings to get enough wind under me.
These days I don’t always need to even force the changes where as younger I had to really really struggle to force it to happen, now the dreams kinda naturally shift before me? Kinda like my subconscious has somehow become more agreeable and doesn’t try to kill me as much - I don’t know why though, I’ve not been doing any better mentally.
Man, when I was a kid I had dreams where I could jump over houses and sometimes fly, but I haven’t had dreams like that in like 25 years 😞
I was able to do it in teens and lost it growing up…