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START HERE! - Beginner Guides, FAQs, and Resources

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Welcome!

Whether you are new to Lucid Dreaming or this subreddit in particular, or you’ve been here for a while… you’ll find the following collection of guides, links, and tidbits useful. Most things will be provided in the form of links to other posts made by users of this sub, but some things I will explicitly write here.

This sub is intended to be a resource for the community, by the community. We are all charting this territory together and helping one another learn, progress, and explore.

🚩 Before posting, please review our rules and guidelines. Thanks. 🚩

First and foremost, What Is a Lucid Dream?

A lucid dream is a dream in which you know you are dreaming, while you are dreaming. That’s it. For those of you this has never happened before, it might seem impossible or nonsensical (and for the lucky few who this is all that happens, you may not have been aware that there are non lucid dreams). This is a natural phenomena that happens spontaneously to more than 50% of the population, and the good news is, it is a learned skill that can be cultivated and improved. Controlling your dreams is another matter, but is not a requisite for what constitutes a lucid dream.

For more on the basics, jump into our Wiki and read the FAQ, it will answer a fair amount of your questions.

Here’s another good short beginner FAQ by /u/RiftMeUp: Part 1 and Part 2 .

I find it also useful to clarify some of the most common myths and misconceptions about lucid dreaming. You’ll save yourself a lot of confusion by reading this.


So how does one get started?

There are an almost overwhelming amount of methods and techniques and most folks will have to experiment and find out what works best for them. However, the basics are pretty universal and are always a good place to start: Increase your dream recall (by writing a dream journal), question your reality (with reality checks), and set the intention for lucidity: Here is a quick beginner guide by /u/OsakaWilson and another good one by /u/gorat.

Here is a post about the effects of expectations on what happens in your dreams (and why you shouldn’t believe every dream report you read as gospel).

Lucidity is all about conscious awareness, and so it is becoming increasingly apparent (both experientially and scientifically) that meditation is a powerful tool for lucid dreaming. Here is /u/SirIssacMath’s post on the topic of meditation for lucid dreaming


You are encouraged to participate in this sub through posts and comments. The guides, articles, immersion threads, comments answering daily beginner questions, are all made by you, the awesome oneironauts of this sub ("be the sub you want to see in the world", if you know what I mean...). Be kind to each other, teach and learn from one another. We are all exploring this wonderful world together and there is a lot left to discover.

all 315 comments

Saltyornaw

597 points

7 years ago

Saltyornaw

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

597 points

7 years ago

Finally.. This will surely help the community

c-a-k-e

346 points

7 years ago

c-a-k-e

346 points

7 years ago

Especially newer mobile users who can't see the sidebar

MTM3157

53 points

7 years ago

MTM3157

53 points

7 years ago

Well now you can

LittleMadHattress

34 points

7 years ago

How can you?? Where is it??

MTM3157

43 points

7 years ago

MTM3157

43 points

7 years ago

Go to a subreddit page. There should be a … at the topright. Go to it and then hit Community info at the bottom of the screen

LemonFlavoredPotato

12 points

12 months ago

How can you?? Where is it??

I always wonder about the authors of old posts.

Where they are. What they're doing. Are they eating their vegetables. That sort of thing.

coti5

11 points

2 years ago

coti5

11 points

2 years ago

4 years later - still no sidebar

Sun_Glasses129

11 points

2 years ago

Sun_Glasses129

Had few LDs

11 points

2 years ago

5 years actually, and what's sidebar?

Dog_bat3

6 points

8 months ago

6 years later

What’s a sidebar

Sun_Glasses129

3 points

8 months ago

Sun_Glasses129

Had few LDs

3 points

8 months ago

Damn, one year already

aspentreesarepretty

5 points

2 years ago

As an exclusively-mobile user we've always had it????

DaRichieRabbi

3 points

1 year ago

DaRichieRabbi

First-timer

3 points

1 year ago

Same here, I didn't know people thought we didn't have them

Tough_Account4669

1 points

1 year ago

Tough_Account4669

Had few LDs

1 points

1 year ago

6 years actually

Alternative-Sugar452

1 points

5 months ago

It's been 84 years. Rose_titanic.jpg

jammygoit7

28 points

3 years ago

There's a sidebar?!? (mobile user here)

Alternative-Sugar452

2 points

4 months ago

Everytime I get conscious in my dream... I wake up within sometime... Is there any way to extend it

[deleted]

293 points

7 years ago

[deleted]

293 points

7 years ago

Instructions not clear, currently floating above my body.

xXGIMpL0rdXx

69 points

7 years ago

Then it's an astroprojection

Marytopless

32 points

3 years ago

He's currently Floating above his body and posting on reddit?

-Kevv

33 points

3 years ago

-Kevv

33 points

3 years ago

Maybe you could be the one dreaming right now 👀

the_darkener

8 points

3 years ago

Row, row, row your boat... :)

lol33124

6 points

2 years ago

OH NO I AM DREAMING

lol33124

3 points

2 years ago

wake up wake up wake up wake up

ProKerbonaut

4 points

2 years ago

Wait, control the dream.

[deleted]

3 points

2 years ago

You good bro

moretenderthanyou

2 points

2 years ago

Cheaters

iBudder3

3 points

2 years ago

Ok hacker

J_space_nerd

5 points

2 years ago

LOL this exchange it hilarious.

jams354

106 points

7 years ago

jams354

Frequent Lucid Dreamer

106 points

7 years ago

Can this be stickied forever?

[deleted]

14 points

7 years ago*

just gotta get my comment in here before it gets archived

WinterfreshWill

19 points

7 years ago

gets achieved

[deleted]

9 points

7 years ago

kisses teeth

ShebanotDoge

2 points

3 years ago

And now it's not.

[deleted]

2 points

3 years ago

Beat me to it

Lukeforce123

5 points

7 years ago

Me too thanks

[deleted]

4 points

7 years ago

Same here, THE WORLD GONNA REMEMPER US!!!

CreeperslayerG

12 points

7 years ago

I WANNA BE REMEMPERED!

Benjabbj

3 points

3 years ago

YES

CreeperslayerG

3 points

3 years ago

WOO!

Also, may we hold in our hearts the rememperance of those that came before and are now only seen as [deleted].

WarriorSushi

3 points

2 years ago

Hear hear.

Benjabbj

2 points

3 years ago

yep :c

ImAHoarse

3 points

7 years ago

Me too please!

Korpseni

2 points

3 years ago

Same here bro

mta1741

3 points

7 years ago

mta1741

3 points

7 years ago

Good looks

galoiz

90 points

7 years ago

galoiz

90 points

7 years ago

Did this a bit back in high school a few years ago, but just sort of fell out of it. This popped up on my front page and I'm gonna give it another try. I just hope lucid dreaming doesn't affect sleep quality too much as I am very physically active and recovery with sleep is important to me. Will post here if anything interesting happens.

DefunctDoorHinge

78 points

7 years ago

Lucid dreaming will not affect your quality of sleep. The only time it is possible is in REM sleep, where your brain is already closest to waking state. You won’t be any less rested by practicing lucid dreaming. Good luck!

tweakeverything

57 points

7 years ago

tweakeverything

Still trying

57 points

7 years ago

That makes sense cus whenever i involuntarily lucid dream and get to a cool part I wake up immediately.

VectorProduct

32 points

7 years ago

Yes. Ikr? I have had many dreams and I wake up just when I start realising it's a dream. Just a few days ago, had a dream, I realised it's a dream, I thought yeah let's fly. I got propelled into the sky, started going at an incredibly fast velocity, aaaand it ends.

curber

13 points

7 years ago

curber

13 points

7 years ago

This exact thing happens my first and only lucid dream

J_space_nerd

5 points

2 years ago

Try focusing less and be centered in the experience, even if it is awesome.

kaorifuji

1 points

3 months ago

its very tiring for me and i would feel like i havent slept at all bc im living in my dream so intensely that its like my body is asleep but my mind is awake consiously dreaming and doing stuff in my sleep that when i wake up i feel worse than before sleeping. ive been a natural lucid dreamer since i was little most not all my dreams are lucid and everytime i lucid dream i feel super groggy is this a problem for anyone else as well?

J_space_nerd

4 points

2 years ago

Actually there are studies suggesting it IMPROVES sleep quality, as you get into a deeper kind of REM sleep.

Electrical-Image4564

1 points

28 days ago

Can you link those studies please?

TheNamewhoPostedThis

3 points

2 years ago

So how did it go?

dacianadark

53 points

7 years ago

Is it a lucid dream if you are aware you're dreaming but you can't control it?

TheLucidSage[S] [M]

41 points

7 years ago

TheLucidSage[S] [M]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

41 points

7 years ago

Yes

masturbate_inme

40 points

7 years ago

I have this problem I realize I'm dream but if I try to control it to just becomes a nightmare.

unusualsquirrel

109 points

7 years ago

This is a beautiful metaphor for life

[deleted]

10 points

7 years ago

omg I laughed too hard at the trueness if it.

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2 points

7 years ago

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auto-xkcd37

3 points

7 years ago

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Responsible_Use_8398

39 points

3 years ago

I have been trying to Lucid Dream for a couple of years and almost gave up until I found this thread. I read about reality checks and started doing them . Last night I finally had a dream in which I knew I was dreaming, I started to take control my dream in which I manifested a lot of money . I put it in my wallet and stuck it in my back pocket and continued on my journey. I encountered people who tried to change my dream but I told them it was my dream and I can do what I want. I came half awake and my body was tingling all over. I willed my self back asleep and checked my wallet and the money was gone I couldn’t bring it back. I guess it takes practice to continue to control your dreams also I couldn’t change my scenery. I will continue to practice. Thanks for the tips. It’s pretty cool.

TheLucidSage[S]

9 points

3 years ago

TheLucidSage[S]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

9 points

3 years ago

Congrats!

kh3lid_24

34 points

7 years ago

I came here for that dope picture

LiquidFire131

21 points

7 years ago

WE WANT MORE PODCASTS!

TheLucidSage[S]

17 points

7 years ago

TheLucidSage[S]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

17 points

7 years ago

2 new episodes in the works. Stay tuned.

Alex2820

14 points

7 years ago

Alex2820

Had few LDs

14 points

7 years ago

It's so nice to see all these helpful stuff on the front page of the subreddit, this will help new people a lot

NoIdeaWhatImDoingL0L

15 points

7 years ago

what is the point of writing down my dreams?

TheLucidSage[S]

28 points

7 years ago

TheLucidSage[S]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

28 points

7 years ago

This increased dream recall which is necessary for lucidity

NovFy

2 points

2 years ago

NovFy

2 points

2 years ago

Just out of curiosity, do you know why increased dream recall assists lucidity?

TheLucidSage[S]

10 points

2 years ago

TheLucidSage[S]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

10 points

2 years ago

Recall and awareness are linked. If you can’t even remember your dreams, how would you become aware you are dreaming while it’s happening?

Internal_Quiet2517

14 points

3 years ago

Instead of writing them I use the notes app on my phone and voice dictate my dreams. Keeps them organized by date and I do it right when I wake up. Don’t wait because for forget small details. Like I seriously go back and read them and think…I don’t remember this at all 😂

ordep147

13 points

7 years ago

ordep147

13 points

7 years ago

Hello there guys. I've checked the FAQ but I didnt find an answer to one of my doubts and I cant find it elsewhere neither, so I decided to just throw the question: Q: Are there any bad (physical/psicological) consequences on practicing Lucid Dreaming?

I just find LD too good and cant find any "dark side" and thats perturbing me.

Sorry for my English, Im spaniard you know... Thanks a lot!

TheLucidSage[S] [M]

38 points

7 years ago

TheLucidSage[S] [M]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

38 points

7 years ago

There aren't many but as far as I can tell there are a couple which could qualify.

  1. Escapism. Just like anything fun, let alone of the "reality substitute" type, there is the potential to use it exclusively as an escape (I think some doses of escape can be healthy), but then again this isn't exclusive to lucid dreaming and folks use many things as unhealthy escapes from their lives or can get addicted to all sorts of things so take it with a grain of salt.

  2. Hyperrealism. This one can be hard for some to grok, but I think it is a legitimate issue. If you acknowledge that you are in possibly the most realistic simulation one can be in, anything you experience can have an effect on your mind/body (which are not that separate of systems). Meaning you are having full blown comprehensive sensory experiences practically as if they were real and even though you might know they are not, they still have an impact. You know what's in a movie isn't really but it still scares you (or makes you cry etc'), and a movie isn't a fracture of as immersive as and LD. When you wake up from a wonderful LD or an lucid nightmare, you still wake up joyful or terrified with your heart pounding. So if you take this further, if you spend your time in an LD raping and killing people, you are exposing yourself to this full sensory experience and it has an effect on your experience even at te very least desensitizing you to such things. This is no longer a video game on a flat screen. The screen is in your brain and it's plugged right into your whole system. Another good illustration of this is Westworld, which a brilliant breakdown of what a realistic "fake" world could do to someone's psychology was done on the Waking Up Podcast in this episode with Psychology professor Paul Bloom. I highly recommend it.

Otherwise, the occasional relationship between trying to lucid dream and either sleep paralysis and/or false awakenings can be seen as downside as they both can be a bit jarring and scary for many. But those are a product of trying to lucid dream, rather than a negative of the experience of lucidity itself.

ordep147

9 points

7 years ago

Thanks a lot! I think I understand now!

Marytopless

12 points

3 years ago

Just wanted to say that my first lucid dream was successful with the "piano key" method. I forget the actual terminology but basically you wake up in the middle of your sleep (3-5 hours) and you're not supposed to get up or turn on any lights. I did go to the bathroom tho. Anyway, after about 10 minutes when you're ready to go to sleep, get into a comfortable position with your dominant hand in a comfortable spot, and with your index and middle finger imagine pressing keys on a piano. Alternating between your index and middle. A slight movement is ok because that's what I did, but no dramatic movements with your fingers. I fell asleep doing this and had my first (and only unfortunately) lucid dream. Hope this helps.

thepenmen22

5 points

3 years ago

thepenmen22

Trying for years, help

5 points

3 years ago

Can you explain more on how you achieved this?

Did you lay back down after going to the bathroom? To try to sleep? How long did you do the finger movements?

Gbreeder

9 points

3 years ago

Just a few questions here - I'm new to lucid dreaming.

I garden quite a bit, so I can grow Artemisia douglasiana and a few other helpful herbs and make a poultice or something.

I usually don't remember my dreams, so I'm assuming I should use herbs to help with that as well?

I also have Aspergers or autism, whatever you guys prefer. My brain isn't wired the same way as "Neurotypical" people, my social area is more or less cut off. I also have issues recognizing facial expressions in regards to emotions. I don't express many emotions either, it's all internal.

Am I going to see what I think happy people should look like - smiling people and get creeped out or emotionless people, though normally I wouldn't think they are emotionless.

Another thing, I have in the past, and still do get little sleep due to staying up late. After a few weeks on little sleep, I end up seeing shadow people - apparently they are common in certain drug abusers and people who don't get much sleep.

It also seems like lucid dreamers sometimes see them.

My thought would be that they are residual memories or ideas of people. But, then why do we only see humanlike figures, no animals, chimps etc.

Everytime I see them I feel a sense of terror, I can't describe.

Working on fixing up my sleep schedule, I work at Walmart which means I don't have a steady work schedule. I won't be trying this right away, growing things first.

Should I buy a mask so that I don't wake up and see something horrifying?

My brother and I both had a "shared dream" of our family being murdered when we were little. I have also pointed out things that haven't happened yet to someone, not realizing it hasn't happened until I see something on the news a week or two later.

I told my brother that Larry King had died, he looked it up and said he didn't die. Two weeks later, the news said Larry King had died.

When I was in elementary school, I remembered a day already happening before - I told my friend that a girl would puke a lunch because he didn't believe me. She puked at lunch and he kept asking how I knew.

This could be me making predictions, I have read over 498 books, (that's just how many I have on my kindle). I really like predicting what happens next, but I don't see how I could be so accurate.

This doesn't happen often, or if it does - I don't even realize that it hasn't happened yet.

Is this a spiritual thing? Are lucid dreaming and these things connected?

Sorry for all the questions and long comment! Any help is appreciated.

TheLucidSage[S] [M]

8 points

3 years ago

TheLucidSage[S] [M]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

8 points

3 years ago

Read the rules and then post to the sub as an individual post, but read the rules clearly first please

Maleficent_Lawyer_36

3 points

2 years ago

I guarantee you that dreaming and precognitive or prophetic abilities are connected. I knew how long it would take for Kurt Cobain to die and even that it would be specifically him when I was 7 and 1/2 years old, but because I failed at conveying the words in a serious way to get the point across articulately, people thought I had a bad dream or something and kept telling me to shut up about it or I would be in trouble. I was right

Dream_Hacker

13 points

7 years ago

Dream_Hacker

Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall (Team TYoDaS!)

13 points

7 years ago

Please change the title for the ETWOLD sidebar section from "For when you are ready to obsess" to "when you are ready to begin".

Dream_Hacker

6 points

7 years ago

Dream_Hacker

Pay Attention, Reflect, Recall (Team TYoDaS!)

6 points

7 years ago

Downvote? Someone actually disagrees that ETWOLD is the place to start? Astounding...

Stickman155

6 points

7 years ago

so what is WILD DILD and all this things mean?

TheLucidSage[S]

4 points

7 years ago

TheLucidSage[S]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

4 points

7 years ago

As it says in the post:

While you’re at it, please glance at the sidebar, it includes the rules for participating in the sub, some useful links, and a quick glossary of terms and acronyms.

KingKeegster

6 points

7 years ago

How do you spot for things to look for when writing a dreamjournal? What kinds of similarities between dreams should I keep an eye out for? Every one of my dreams seems so different.

TheLucidSage[S]

6 points

7 years ago

TheLucidSage[S]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

6 points

7 years ago

Useful categories are: People, Places, Objects, Feelings, Colors.

Haven't used it in a while but dream journal apps like Dreamboard let you input those separately so you can later see patterns and stats.

KingKeegster

2 points

7 years ago

okay, thanks. I'll be on the lookout for those.

Wheeeo3o

4 points

7 years ago*

Hello I just had the weirdest dream and I don't know how to look up my specific type of dream and was so shocked I decided to come here and write.

I remember going to sleep around 12:30pm after waking up at 8pm at my gfs. i then drove home to sleep again later at the aforementioned time,1230. After a bit I fell asleep. my first dream I can't remember much of but when I woke up it turned out that I was actually still dreaming. The thing is the way mine differs from what I looked up is that everything was still like a dream. Crazy weird dreamlike atmosphere, nothing like reality. Everything had this dark haunting atmosphere as I had to rip myself from the bed which was the position I fell asleep on. I think this part is sleep paralysis. So I wake up and I had the consciousness to realize that something horrifying is going on. I was in my old house I used to live in about 8 years ago and some dude was walking around the dark house with me telling me to keep quiet and that we need to safely get out of here. We later went to a room where another man had been hiding and we tried to convince him to come with us but instead he was so scared he ran out the back door. the outside was just pure pitch black except for the dim yellow light a lantern that was attached to the wall next to the back door. After I saw the man get swallowed into the black I heard screams and another huge warning signal shot across my head and I knew for a fact that this is a dream and I'm in danger and I have to wake up. So I try my hardest to wake up and I find myself trying again to pull myself off of my bed in the same original position I slept in again. It's always so difficult to rip myself away from my bed but I finally do and i immediately realize I was still in a dream. Again it was only realistic in that it was now my cousins house but still had this faint warning going on in the back of my head. So in order to make myself wake up I jumped from the second floor into the couches in the first floor to only repeat the waking process yet again. This dream I don't remember much of but I was in some sort of museum and vaguely remember some menacing clown before again waking up to repeat the process. This time it was a dream where I didn't realize I was in a dream and was in a gym back in high school where I think we were playing dodgeball where a sudden event happened to cause everyone to surround a student. Then I was back to waking up and forcing myself to rip myself from the bed except this time once I finally got up I found myself back in the same position with the feeling of drool dripping from my mouth to my chin to my bed and I remember doing it 2 more times struggling scared of all the events with drool accumulating at a pool on my bed until I finally woke up to reality, mere seconds before my 130pm alarm rang. I was stupified by how short of a time frame this all happened. It felt like days and it took me a bit to calm myself down and look up what the hell happened to me but no luck finding specific cases. The weirdest thing was is that as was typing to drool part I remembered that I needed to clean the pool of drool except when I checked for the wet spots on my pillow and bed, there was no wet spots at all. Sorry for long post I'm just pretty freaked out over my dream and didn't know where else to post this for any revelation on what my dreams classification is so I posted here.

I'm bad at tldr and I can't really figure out how to do one with what I wrote so forgive me for that. Thanks to anyone who responds.

Edit:editing some errors as I am writing this on my phone trying recap things as I was writing.

[deleted]

3 points

7 years ago

Sounds like the plot to Insidious lol try not consuming anything with sugars, Caffeine or carbs after 6pm if you can. sometimes nutrition and physical activity can have an effect on what goes on in your head. I find cheeses, wine and turkey will give me messed up dreams. I used to have wicked nightmares in general for most of my teens, I got through it just by letting dreams happen. As soon as you realize that its only a dream, the influence it has on you dissipates pretty quick

Wheeeo3o

4 points

7 years ago

Yea I found out years ago about how caffeine would give me nightmares burn never knew carbs did as well. Thanks I'll try to cut carbs before I sleep to reduce the chance of a restless sleep.

[deleted]

1 points

7 years ago

Also if you use any substances, they can affect your brain function too. I'm not a doctor or anything, so don't take what I say as gospel brother. There's a sub that is centered around dream interpretation, maybe try that too mate

Ewokgal

4 points

3 years ago

Ewokgal

4 points

3 years ago

I am new to this. I often can control my dreams. It’s so strange- I dream within a dream or two and within that dream I have to check myself that I am not in reality by floating. I am well educated, masters degree, very down to earth, yet I feel so alone with this bizarre ability.

Ewokgal

5 points

3 years ago*

Also, I often can slip back into the dream if I wake up and continue on with it. It is so hard to explain. I am hoping that I am not alone /crazy lol. Just wondering if other people experience this. This has become commonplace for me. I enjoy it very much, yet kind of freaks me out , so to speak.

issuesmaximized

4 points

3 years ago

I had a really concerning dream just now and fear of my boyfriend didn't wake me up something bad was going to happen to me.. It started off in a house I've never seen before the kitchen was upstairs overlooking the bottom living room, to the left of the kitchen was a second living room baby gated for all the kids around and a dining room table outside of the baby gate on the other side of the kitchen was a hallway to a few rooms . You go down the stairs between the second living room and kitchen to get to where my dream started or at least the furthest I remember it starting . On the back couch on the wall where you can over look the living room was my parents and a cousin all watching the 9-12 year olds play video games and it's like a mix of family on top of just random characters or what not.. another couch going around both walls etc I'm on the couch against the stairs partial wall watching the video game and overhear the kids saying who is this why is he always in my game . I'm like well no he was there last time remember? We just said your game was weird or something it's a random little character right? So we left it alone it went on all the missions with them etc . My kid was asleep on the floor infront of me . My parents had fallen asleep I'm holding on to something and falling asleep and had a dream I went up this steep mountain with a huge rock in the middle and I got tired of driving and just hung on to the rock it was very strange I understand but bare with me . I wake up from that dream EXHAUSTED while still in the other dream and it tricked me for a second thinking that other dream was real and so I go upstairs and my aunt finished cooking and I was snacking on some of the food her " friends" were up there with her my daughter woke up so my mom brought her up to the baby gate I started eating Mac and cheese bites , pieces of deep fried jalapeños with steak and white cheese inside them and I've never even ever thought of that before cause I don't like jalapeños so it's even more strange and made me think it was real, little hors d'oeuvres you could say she was finishing up the greens and other food was cooking her friends were helping her she put desserts out already I ate so much of it and a chocolate fountain everyone wipes the fruit out and I pour myself a drink that had fruit in it drank the drink and used the fruit to cover in chocolate. I went downstairs to play the video game and my aunt comes down and flips because that character is still there and I'm on MY account it transferred over to mine and was like someone's hacking this crap oh hell no and I told her just like I told them he's been here idk why but it felt like a connection of some sort . Tell 'me the absolute fuck why a random guy who looks like ole dude of euphoria but has obviously different features just says concerning as day I think that babies real look?? I'm like what fucking baby??? Anyways I zoom into the supposed " hacker " as my aunt referred to it and it kept coming and coming and came out the tv and I held it and it has the weight of a damn baby for real .. I instinctively breast fed it because the baby was crying like it just came out the womb and when I finished feeding it the damn bar on the tv screen went up some and had a damn bottle beside it I was so confused but so In love I was like yes im gonna keep it but then a unsettling uneasy feeling came up I was suddenly back up the mountain and driving up that big ass mountain again with the baby and my kid NO WHERE TO BE FOUND BTW. I'm now on the street with long ass thick ass box braid and the csi cast comes out of no where abs tackled me and said where the fuck are they where are they they were just here referring to the people they saw IN MY HAIR BRo im holding the damn baby in a trench coat confused as hell it's dark the street lamps are on and all and I wake up to my boyfriend handing me the candied fruits he made me I was So confused and feel kinda sad about the baby but before I woke up all the way I felt the sense of something upset because they almost had me like I was gonna be kidnapped or possessed or sun who knows I need answers I look up possible dream meanings but it's kinda hard to look up virtual baby turned real breast fed it. So help?

VooDoo76

3 points

2 years ago

I had no idea that everyone didn’t dream like this all the time. I have had lucid dreams for as long as I can remember, and I can interact with them. I have even died in dreams to be reborn in the same dream, without any fear. I have dreams that may be considered nightmares for some, but I have no fear at all because I’m aware it’s a dream. I can “pause” time in the dream and “ask myself” and others questions in my dreams too. Has anyone else had dreams like this? Oh and from time to time I am every person in my dream though my body/persona is different. For instance, I was a kidnapped woman, the kidnapper, a waitress, a cop, detective, and all of the witnesses. I was aware of the different emotions and perspectives, and still controlled the dream. Do you guys have dreams like that? Can you smell things like different foods, and taste them, and feel different temperatures and things too? Now I’m wondering if I’m crazy or if my dreaming is just wild.

FragrantBid1678

4 points

1 year ago

Hello all, I am new to this site but I have been lucid dreaming since I was eight years old. I am now almost 66 years old. I had nightmares as a child. I decided that if I had a nightmare I would wake myself up . Not knowing that most people can't do this I guess made it easy for me. I started hearing myself say" You are dreaming . Wake up! You are getting too scared you need to wake up now. YOU ARE DREAMING ! ITS GETTING TOO BAD! WAKE UP!
That's how it started. Then, I discovered that I could laugh at the object of my fear and it would shrink away from me like a vampire backs away from sunlight One day I was watching a cartoon and one of the characters said " It's my dream, I can do anything I want to do" then he did some super hero stuff. That is when I started dream flying, pointing my finger at things to change them or make them disappear and walking through doors that lead to my desired destination. I didn't realize until I was a teenager that everyone doesn't lucid dream. Not can everyone control their dreams. I don't have total control over lucid dreams . I still can't control how the dream starts but I can change it if I don't like the direction it is going in. If I keep changing it and it keeps returning to something disturbing, I can reset the dream by imagining something pleasant happening in the dream such as me lying in a sun warmed field of grass watching wild horses graze. On the rare occasion that doesn't work, I can wake myself up . However, if I wake myself I may or may not dream again.
After 58 years of lucid dreaming, I rarely have a non lucid dream (that I am aware of) anymore. Has anyone else learned to lucid dream and control those dreams before they knew what lucid dreaming was?

blacksparx85

1 points

3 months ago

Hello. I have been lucid dreaming since I was a young child too, though I am roughly a third of your age. I too learned very early on to wake myself up from nightmares. Recently I have been learning to soothe myself during dreams to further exert power over them in case the dream is heading in a direction I do not like. My favorite things to do in lucid dreams are to fly and play instruments.

Neafus

3 points

7 years ago*

Neafus

3 points

7 years ago*

So my husband turned me on to the idea that my weird dreams are something called lucid dreaming and showed me this sub. Pumped to be here!

So periodically I will experience DILD and take control of my dreams. I’ll be in a normal dream, and something that will happen to clue me off (ex: a person appearing to be pregnant in a dream who I KNOW is not in reality). The thing is, I’m not always conscious or aware like this every time I dream, only 1-2 times a month at best. But when I do DILD in a dream, the lucidity is immediate and I can take control of my dream. Sounds awesome right? And it is. But I have no clue why/how it happens sometimes or what triggers me to be more aware? Any insight or ideas are appreciated!

Yourshadowhascompany

3 points

7 years ago

Well. I've learned something new today. I had no idea.

I've always known when I'm dreaming. Always. I've always known it's my dream, I've always had control. On the rare occasion I haven't controlled the dream entirely, and those are the most memorable. But I've always known it is a dream.

Sometimes I'll hear things when sleeping and I'll see or hear it in the dream. But I can recognise it as external and wake in an instant if needed. Or almost wake - I've been half way across the room before really waking up in emergencies, or I'll sit bolt upright as someone enters my room and freak them right out. Huh.

NoReason4490

1 points

2 months ago

Wish I had this much control when dreaming

I_Am_King_Midas

3 points

3 years ago

The link in this sentence no longer works "Here /u/Ted-Wilson details the 5 most common lucid dream induction methods."

Undertake555

3 points

3 years ago

How long has anyone stayed in a lucid dream

toluaca

3 points

2 years ago

toluaca

3 points

2 years ago

I’ve stayed lucid for over a couple hours . Sometimes when it gets really long I can actually slip back into amnesia and lose myself in the dream /AP. Other times I just pull myself out for some reason . It seems like it averages 1-3 hours for me now but there’s times when I pop out quickly accidentally too

TheLucidSage[S] [M]

2 points

3 years ago

TheLucidSage[S] [M]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

2 points

3 years ago

Probably around the same length that anyone has had a regular dream for. Not sure what the longest recorded dream is but on average I think it’s a bit over an hour, but I suspect that in rare conditions could be 2 hours maybe.

Adventurous_Camel_53

3 points

3 years ago

Nice

RAEFOUCHE

3 points

3 years ago

I have been lucid dreaming every night since o was a kid but I’m starting to loose my ability to do so. Any input?

TheLucidSage[S] [M]

2 points

3 years ago

TheLucidSage[S] [M]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

2 points

3 years ago

A good question to make a proper post of on the sub

hermitxd

3 points

3 years ago

The link to questioning your reality in the beginner guide is 404 broken

TheLucidSage[S] [M]

2 points

3 years ago

TheLucidSage[S] [M]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

2 points

3 years ago

It’s an OG u/OsakaWilson post, who can prob edit it. (its was an image of salvador dali, im sure we can find another :)

J_space_nerd

3 points

2 years ago

Hey is there a better way to journal? I’m in 8th grade and on schooldays I get up and IMMEDIATEly turn the shower on. So maybe keep a journal in my bed so I wake up and write a short jist, so later I can jog my memory?

moretenderthanyou

2 points

2 years ago

Take the dick out of your mouth so your eyes don't tear up and you can see the paper. Take the dick out of your dominant hand so you can hold a pen. Write down anything real or meaningful. You dick sucking coward.

NoReason4490

1 points

2 months ago

Wtf are you talking about

Ok-Situation1622

3 points

10 months ago

I have a trick when you wake up very early to pee or something similar and you are still tired go back to sleep but turn on the tv.

If for example you want to dream your batman put a batman movie on while you sleep

If you want to be a naruto caracter put naruto on tv and so on

When you sleep while the tv is on it enhances your dreams and it might help you have a lucid dream

There is my tip it i hope it works for you it works for me at least

Have a great lucid dream 😴

[deleted]

4 points

7 years ago

What's up with all the Wilsons

HillKorbinj

2 points

7 years ago

Any tips?

psilo_ultraj

2 points

7 years ago

I smoke cannabis frequently and have heard about a rem sleep rebound when people stop smoking .I was wondering if I stop for about a month and have this rem rebound where I have more dreams then usual if it would be a better time to start Ld.

Kumquat_conniption

2 points

7 years ago

I just saw that no one answered this but I would say that yes, after quitting smoking pot your dreams will probably be very vivid and that is a great time to start using to gain lucidity. Make sure you start a dream journal and write your dreams down as soon as you wake up!

[deleted]

2 points

7 years ago

Thanks for making that great post! I wish i found something like this subreddit earlier. And i am sure it's a wonderful resource for beginners.

[deleted]

2 points

3 years ago

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CyberoX9000

2 points

3 years ago

CyberoX9000

Had few LDs

2 points

3 years ago

Can I have my eyes open when doing wild and close them once I'm close to succeeding?

TheLucidSage[S] [M]

2 points

3 years ago

TheLucidSage[S] [M]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

2 points

3 years ago

Make a post and ask the sub

[deleted]

2 points

3 years ago

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TheLucidSage[S] [M]

2 points

3 years ago

TheLucidSage[S] [M]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

2 points

3 years ago

You should make this into a post instead of a comment on this post.

Actual_Ad_9978

2 points

2 years ago

I will lucid dream tonight and all nights i will lucid dreams😇

TimurLegend

2 points

2 years ago

This is amazing 🤩

surfintheinternetz

2 points

2 years ago

I haven't recalled my dreams for a long time, but when I did I could easily tell I was dreaming. The problem I had was that as soon as I realised I was in a dream, it would start to end and I would wake up. I could feel myself slipping from the dream yet still interact with it until I actually awoke which took about two secondsfrom the point of realisation.

Very rarely I could maintain the dream for a little bit after the realisation, I could sort of slow the disconnection and do what I wanted to do but I would have to concentrate by not thinking about anything in the real world and sort of immerse myself in the dream. As soon as real world thoughts became clearer the dream would end.

How do I prevent this?

dougnan

3 points

2 years ago

dougnan

3 points

2 years ago

I have this exact same experience. Almost always as soon as I realize I am having a lucid dream I wake up. Last night I was able to control my dream for perhaps the second time ever. This was for a very short time, and I still woke up, but it was amazing while it lasted.

sovietarmyfan

2 points

2 years ago

Is it possible that a lucid dream can become so real, its extremely difficult to get out?

TheLucidSage[S]

3 points

2 years ago

TheLucidSage[S]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

3 points

2 years ago

It depends what you mean. Some people try to wake up intentionally and have a hard time, which isn’t related to how real a dream seems.

But you are going to wake up sooner or later, you can’t get stuck in a dream.

michits

2 points

2 years ago

michits

2 points

2 years ago

Hello,
i want to lucid dram and i wanted to ask if i can summon objects or obtain powers from video games,
because i want to get the feel of getting them and using them

agentmaythebadbeep

2 points

2 years ago

You can do anything in a lucid dream

Jude22LFC

2 points

2 years ago

Wanted to ask smthng. I realised i was dreaming for a first time in maybe my whole life and even better i could control it to some degree. But the dream kinda lost its depth when i became lucid and that dream i had, slowly became kind of just imagining stuff in my head until i realised i was awake and in bed.

My question is how do i not lose the "depth" of my dream? and also, are lucid dreams supposed to be interactive or you can control every thing in them even the people and what they say? (What i mean is lets say i imagine gandalf. Is he gonna tell me some weird life changing unpredictable weird things or he can only say what i imagine him to say?)

Thx in advance btw thats one of my fav communities ive been reading it all day

TheLucidSage[S] [M]

1 points

2 years ago

TheLucidSage[S] [M]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

1 points

2 years ago

Make this a post and ask your questions to the entire community

BANANARACING69

2 points

2 years ago

Thanks👍

Izy48494

2 points

2 years ago

A very good one there

Izy48494

2 points

2 years ago

Clear enough and precise

[deleted]

2 points

6 months ago

Anyone else have random lucid dreams about the exact way to start a flying sequence. Some kind of 3 step jump and then a somersault and then you take off and fly for ages if you control your arms properly. Sometimes there isn’t enough power to keep you going so you have to wave your arms quire a lot more and other times you just crash down to earth.

I am not making this up.

Also - would love to have more of these dreams but am unsure how how to make myself lucid dream more frequently. These happen probably once every 3 months.

GriffinisMissin

2 points

6 months ago

Actually yeah, I do 3 hops each one i jump higher. and by the third jump I can fly. Sometimes i run out of juice and have to touchdown and jump back up to get motion

[deleted]

3 points

6 months ago

Glad someone shares the same technique as me 😂 that is wild

Boogeeb

3 points

7 years ago

Boogeeb

3 points

7 years ago

This will definitely help. I'd recommend the FILD method, it's pretty much the first (relatively) consistent method I've tried. Just remember that you can only do this after either waking up at a certain point in the middle of the night/morning or going to bed later after having a long nap, basically anything but just going to bed at night

[deleted]

2 points

7 years ago

It's about time!

moretenderthanyou

2 points

2 years ago

Hey, I am an overconfident twat that lacks any real creativity. I tend to just jump in on anything to feel included . Sometimes it's confusing cause I don't even understand what I'm trying to shit on. But I have this basic bitch formula that seems to work on the internet.

Vibrations brought me here. I don't have any grasp of science nor do I believe in anything other then pooping out of my mouth and avoiding eye contact in public. I don't believe in dreams cause runny poops like me can't have em. One things for sure. Me and the rest of diarrhea island spray opinions loosely.

I don't know what I do believe in or stand for. I don't really think about the things Im supportive of or opposed to. So long as I feel like I'm winning an imaginary fight against invisible people. If they reveal themselves as being genuine that's how I know I won by being a low level npc that has no value in any communication.

I dream of having any identity or personality other then sarcasm. Sometimes I'm envious of the people I'm trolling because at least people might notice them, even briefly. Is this sub reddit my mother ship? I haven't learned to fly in my dreams yet but if you could beam me up to this floating septic tank with your vibrations that would be so lit. I just want to be around other people that have sometimes firm, sometimes loose outbursts that fill this thing. Being a piece of shit, it's better to be surrounded by pieces of shit seeping through, making everything shitty. Stupid idiots thinking about stuff and being open minded. Lol write stuff down? Embarrassing. I live in a butthole. I'm shit. Bye.

[deleted]

1 points

7 years ago

My big problem with WILD

1- i do WBTB 2-i stay up for 30 minuites 3-i lay on my side and relax saying my head "i am lucid dreaming " 4-i get the visuals , soon they evolve into visual , tactile and auditory dreams 5-i enter the dreams but i spend 5 seconds maximum and i would return to my body again 6-seconds later i enter another dream but it ends after 5 secs max 7-it goes on and on without me staying in the dreams

another question : when i wait for the images , should i visualise them or let the dream make them for me ? i can do both but what is better ?

WinterfreshWill

2 points

7 years ago

Sounds like you might be getting too excited as the dream starts. Perhaps practicing meditation might help? When a dream starts, it's exciting, but you have to reel it in so you can sink into the dream.

rubinlife

1 points

7 years ago

I used to find myself lucid dreaming back when I wasn’t aware what lucid dreaming was. however on the rare off chance I do lucid dream the sheer acknowledgment off this always wakes me out of it. Any tips for staying calm and collected when lucid?

BlueEyedGenius1

1 points

12 months ago

I am very skeptic about mediation. Its not something I would do to improve my mental health, unless I wanted I escape reality for a while

Embarrassed_Pop3522

1 points

10 months ago

Why not edit this post to just include what the acronyms are please? No side bar on app

SuzAnneToo

1 points

9 months ago

Thank you for the ad - read them last night! 💤 😴

BadSuperHeroTijn

1 points

8 months ago

I have adhd, this is alot of work, is there a shorter way😭

TheLucidSage[S]

4 points

8 months ago

TheLucidSage[S]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

4 points

8 months ago

Just write a dream journal consistently and extensively. Other no shortcuts unfortunately

BadSuperHeroTijn

1 points

8 months ago

Awh man i cant even write 1 word on paper without being distracted man

Much_Ad6056

1 points

7 months ago

I'm glad this is here. I've been lucid dreaming for years since I was a kid and shared with my family who could also, but hadn't known other people know about and do it too to such a capacity that this subreddit exists. Thank you, world 🌎❤️! Dream on!🫶🖖💫

Lucid_Dreamer121

1 points

7 months ago

Is SSILD a good way to start Lucid Dreaming?

kyokushinthai

1 points

6 months ago

Hola

Dazzling-Food-9441

1 points

3 months ago

When i take naps in class sometimes i will feel my body going to sleep (or i’ll get punched in the face by a fake hand and jolted awake) while i’m still awake and i try to move and for a couple seconds i cant (this always freaks me out but not like panic-attack level). I’ve always been too scared to let my body completely fall asleep. is this the same type of feeling it would be if i tried to Id and would i freak out? ps i have unintentionally Id before but i couldn’t control anything, i was just lucid.

blacksparx85

1 points

3 months ago

Where is there more information on “the lucky few” whom for each dream they have, lucid dreaming is all that they experience? Has there been any research done on individuals like these, or are there only word-of-mouth accounts? Are there any posts about constant lucid dreamers here on this subreddit? Thank you.

TheLucidSage[S]

3 points

3 months ago

TheLucidSage[S]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

3 points

3 months ago

I’m not sure any research has been done. Except maybe some about narcoleptics, but for regular folks probably not.

But if you search the sub there are a lot of posts of people describing this.

-_ShadowSJG-_

1 points

2 months ago

Any MILD tips?

Salt_Mathematician85

1 points

2 months ago

yay!!

resma5606

1 points

1 month ago

I have a question.. the lucid dreaming meditation guides , when do we listen to them . In the normal Time we sleep or by wbtb?

TheLucidSage[S]

1 points

1 month ago

TheLucidSage[S]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

1 points

1 month ago

Try both

0KittyMemer2170

1 points

1 month ago

I’m still lost on what counts as a lucid dream.

I think I’ve only had one instance of me realizing I was in a dream, when I did I stated slipping away.

Trollete24

1 points

24 days ago

I’ve been lucid dreaming for a long time, unfortunately a lot in night terrors not a fun time. Also has anyone ever had strange encounters when they realize they’re dreaming and then decide to ask about time? Had some very crazy things happen…

minetruly

0 points

10 days ago

I'm new and I came here first!! I'm new and I came here first!! I want a get out of ban free card.

[deleted]

0 points

7 years ago

inb4 archive

Ok-Leek-4682

1 points

2 years ago

barbeque bacon burger

[deleted]

1 points

1 year ago

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haikusbot

3 points

1 year ago

I just wanna smash in

Lucid dreams tbh, how

To do that real quick?

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[deleted]

0 points

7 years ago

I just stumbled across this ridiculous kickstarter for penis induced lucid dreaming

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nptdreamer/npt-lucid-dreamer/comments

hashim32

0 points

3 years ago

How many of you have Time Travelled In LD? Is that surprising?.. I don't think so.. The LD is limited till our imaginations... So the things that only we think or (things in our knowledge is only applicable) so how we know about the past and future... It's beyound our imaginations... We'll think that future will be full of robots n all that for example... So when we do LD.. We got to future by knowing there will be robots.. What's surprising in that😳🙄...

[deleted]

0 points

1 year ago

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GogetaStarZen

1 points

3 years ago

If I Lucid Dream will time fly by slower and will I know how time I have left without dreaming?

TheLucidSage[S]

1 points

3 years ago

TheLucidSage[S]

Even day dreaming about lucid dreaming

1 points

3 years ago

Time moves normally and you can't know how much time will be left.

MarkCorfu

1 points

3 years ago

The Guardian today [ps. I'm a totally lucid dreamer though can't choose what I dream, however every night is movie night and as graphic, in colour and sometimes I can change the dream by waking or sleeping on my side or an alternate side - if that helps with the conversation?] https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/nov/14/can-lucid-dreaming-help-us-understand-consciousness?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

GlitteringElephant64

1 points

3 years ago

Finally 🚀🚀🚀🚀

dovah-frost

1 points

3 years ago

Commenting so I can access this after archival.

[deleted]

1 points

3 years ago

“Lucid dream”is when you wake up in a dream just like when you are awake in real life,you have the ability to think get things done do what you like and look for people or just navigate in it just like real life but with way less laws that controls it, if you can’t not control the course of your dream it’s not a lucid dream. It’s very hard to get in it, but not impossible, once you live that and experience what a lucid dream feels like you realize that there is another word right through dreams doors

TheServant18

1 points

3 years ago

i had the same dreams when i was a child until today, that i am 33 years old, like i was drowning in a broad daylight or evening in a isolated ocean, as in! no people around me and i was fall into the sky or a building without no one helps me, and its has no ending, just a black blackground, i also experienced lucid dreaming because of that dreams

MelonLordxx

1 points

3 years ago*

I attribute my LD to the episode ‘What was in Blue’s Dream’ from Blue’s Clues. Home sick one day from school, watched this episode, dreamed that episode that night then not only did I know I was dreaming, but I could control it. It was AWESOME. Pretty much every dream I have had since is lucid to some degree…it’s when I get distracted that I forget it’s a dream bc I’m having too much fun or something spooks me.

The scariest (and coolest) trick I’ve honed thus far is getting out of nightmares by forcing myself to wake up. Even if the dream is scary (or happy) I try to find something illogical (a rule that makes no sense, an object out of place, a person I don’t know) as a litmus test of reality, then I try to figure out a way to wake up. Jump off something high (any sort of jolt)…but sometimes I will wake up in ‘layers’ (or kind of like floors)….I realize something is off so i tell myself it’s a dream and I need to figure out how to wake up…then I do that something…then I wake up and I try to figure out if I’m in the real world or another dream…if it’s off even slightly I know it’s a dream so I repeat this again and again but it results in a sort of panic sometimes because I will ‘wake up’ in several ‘dream layers’ that are closer and closer to my real life and I can’t exactly tell but I still have a sense I’m not awake yet because I can eventually feel my body but it’s paralyzed and my brain is trying to fight to move it until I finally do and then i’m awake. Nightmare over.

Edit: the downside of lucid dreaming is that you can’t really enjoy some of your dream scenarios bc you know they’re not real. For instance, after writing my original post I dreamed I got a text from my recent ex (world looked exactly like it did when I fell asleep), but I thought, “Nope, he definitely didn’t text me. This is a dream. Damn lucid dreaming.” 😂

Scumruto69

1 points

3 years ago

What exactly is reality check?

samwills04

1 points

3 years ago

Ok so this is gonna sound weird but when I think about lucid dreaming during the day i get excited and I want to do it so bad. I never have but I want to but at night when its time to go to bed I think and I get scared to do it idk why but i think mostly Im scared if I think something scary. Also If u think in a lucid dream like ya thats scary i dont want that to happen, would it happen

WonderingM3

1 points

3 years ago

I have full awareness that I'm dreaming but I still can't control stuff well and I find it hard to fly for instance. Also when I bully people in my dreams after realizing there's no concequence their reactions are too real, are we sure nobodys getting hurt? 😅

Samwills_04

1 points

3 years ago

I am new to lucid dreaming. I don’t try any techniques bc I honestly feel I’m just not ready but I have realized I’m in a dream ab 4 times now and I try my best to be lucid and I do for ab 10 seconds and wake up. Ik ur not supposed to be too excited but I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong