Sleep Quest II - Dream Land Crusade

Stupot · Fri 29/04/2011 12:34:20

I tried to force lucidity last night, but it didn't work. I'll keep trying

@InCreator - The longest I've been awake for is 70 hours (so close to 72

). I didn't experience any kind of dreaming while I was awake, but I just selpt solidly for 14 hours after that. I definitely dreamed during that time, but I didn't remember it, and I certainly don't remember it being lucid.

tzachs · Fri 29/04/2011 14:11:00

Oh man oh man!
Last night I went to sleep. I had a long weird dream which I won't go into details here.
But then somebody screamed "Hey everybody, look at the moon", and I looked up and there was a huge star moving and covering the moon. It was all very vivid and bright.
It was then I recalled this thread, and thought to myself, "wait a minute, this isn't real!".
I figured, ok, interesting, let's test this by doing something illogical. A friend from work suddenly appeared in front of me, so I just grabbed his leg and hoisted him in the air, then he jumped 2-3 meters and looked at me strangely.
Now I was sure this is a dream, and I had complete control, and thought "ok, let's do some crazy shit..."
Unfortunately, that was when I was kicked out of the dream. It's like the guy in my mind that invented the dream said, "oh no, he found out, everybody retreat", and I was transferred into that state between dream and awakeness.
I tried to go back to the dream, but at this point I was already feeling the pillow on my head and realized that I'm awake.
It was all very exciting for the few seconds I had control, too bad it didn't last, but I'll keep trying in the coming days.

If anybody has any idea about how to stay asleep, please let me know.
Hmmm, maybe this thread should move to Beginners Technical Questions...

MMMorshew · Fri 29/04/2011 19:16:00

I remember that I pretty much always had those lucid dreams. When I was little (maybe 4 or 5 or 6 years old) I had my own tricks to wake myself up or change the dream.

I had a dream back then about a huge, boar-like monsters chasing me around in front of our house, but everything was so pitch black that I could barely see anything, not even stars at the sky. And the door was locked. Suddenly I discovered that I could fly, but it did not work very well. I could lift into the air for like 10 seconds and see the roof of the house, but soon I made a crash landing somewhere else in our garden. I tried and tried and nothing worked, and everytime I made a crash landing I hoped that I landed as far away as possible from the monster, even if it always closely behind me. At last, I had the idea to just jump in the air, super mario-style, and land on my head to hurt me really bad. I did it and it worked - as soon as I hit the ground I woke up. From then on, I always ended my nightmares with that little tactic.
But in most cases, it just turned into a fake waking. Sometimes, when I woke up in my dream and saw my room, a creepy looking robot appeared in my lego box and dragged me somewhere trough the ground. Or sometimes it was a floating goat head on a stick (how could come up with something like this?) that appeared in my door and slowly moved towards me trough the dark room. CREEPEY! :o

Grim · Sat 30/04/2011 03:47:39

Quote from: tzachs on Fri 29/04/2011 14:11:00
[...] thought to myself, "wait a minute, this isn't real!".
I figured, ok, interesting, let's test this by doing something illogical. [...]Now I was sure this is a dream, and I had complete control, and thought "ok, let's do some crazy shit..."
Unfortunately, that was when I was kicked out of the dream. It's like the guy in my mind that invented the dream said, "oh no, he found out, everybody retreat", and I was transferred into that state between dream and awakeness.
I tried to go back to the dream, but at this point I was already feeling the pillow on my head and realized that I'm awake.

That's exactly what me experiences wiith lucid dreams are like! With the only exception that sometimes when I try to use my newly discovered dream freedom to do something I wouldn't ever do in real life, I find I can at first but instead of waking up soon after that, I tend to slowly lose control... I become a viewer again, like it's not really me doing things but I'm just there for a ride, watching, engaged in some ridiculous dream-story playing out if front of me.

Sometimes I force myself to remember that I was supposed to do really exciting things and that the time is running out, but my attempts fail quickly as 'something' -or 'someone' in real charge of my dream tries so hard to divert my attention by throwing tons of random stuff at me that it's impossible to stay in control. So I become part of the dream again...

I didn't realize you can actually LEARN how to induce lucid dreams! I must read that thingie GarageGothic has pointed to. This is something I find really interesting... Maybe with more experience, I could remain in control for longer? I'd sure love that.

Atelier · Sat 30/04/2011 11:06:12

This is a sweet website for those attempting it too: http://www.dreamviews.com/section/what-lucid-dreaming-7/

Phemar · Sat 30/04/2011 19:26:19

Found this on 4chan just now:

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InCreator · Mon 02/05/2011 06:16:18

That's a nice way to screw up a thread. Ever head of mspaint?

Phemar · Mon 02/05/2011 17:08:51

Quote from: InCreator on Mon 02/05/2011 06:16:18
That's a nice way to screw up a thread. Ever head of mspaint?

No, what's that?

Chicky · Mon 02/05/2011 17:26:46

Has anyone come across some info on grass smoking and lucid dreaming? Dreams can get pretty wild when you can remember them, would like to know if it aids lucid dreams.

GarageGothic · Mon 02/05/2011 17:46:47

Quote from: Chicky on Mon 02/05/2011 17:26:46Has anyone come across some info on grass smoking and lucid dreaming? Dreams can get pretty wild when you can remember them, would like to know if it aids lucid dreams.

Depends how regularly you smoke and how it affects your dreamlife. Personally, I find I don't dream as much in periods where I smoke weed, whereas the moment I take a break, within a week or two I start having very strange and vivid dreams, often lucid or half-lucid ones (where you tell yourself things like "if this is a dream, this is the coolest dream ever" but aren't entirely sure) . If you are serious about lucid dreaming I'd recommend staying off drugs - go to the health food store and get some melatonin instead, I've heard that should increase lucidity. Weed is excellent for meditation and achieving waking-state closed-eye-hallucinations though.