Do you experience Lucid Dreaming or Sleep Paralysis?
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AngelSong
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I've had lucid dreams a few times, nothing special. I'm not sure if I have ever had sleep paralysis before . I do occasionally have auditory hallucinations. Those are really creepy. When you hear sound so real, but then you realize nothing was actually there. One time I heard my mom freaking and screaming that my dad died in his sleep. at first I couldn't move (maybe that was sleep paralasys) then I ran into their bedroom. Everyone in the house was sleeping peacfully.
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Hellhound
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I have something like that too sometimes... but I'm not sure if they are hallucinations or what. Once I'm about to fall asleep, I "hear" a really loud scream, people talking or just random noise (sometimes i even hear music), and it's enough to keep me awake for a while. This happens during the day too... I don't hear too many voices, but the music appears so often I've gotten used to it.
worrywort
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Lucid Dreaming sounds fascinating! Sleep paralysis sounds terrifying!
I'd love to be able to have lucid dreams, but I wonder what affect they'd have on your conscience. i.e. Sometimes if I do something bad in a dream, I wake up and can reassure myself that it was just a dream and wasn't really me, but what if you're consciously able to do something that you shouldn't in a dream. Would you feel guilty afterwards? Also, is it possible that the feeling of consciousness within the dream is actually an illusion, or are you sure that you really are conscious within the dream? I also wonder a lot about the way a persons dream world reacts to them consciously manipulating it. i.e. is there a struggle? When you move things around does your subconscious move them back? or are you free to create your own universes when lucid dreaming? Also, in dreams your mind and body thinks your dreams are real and so react very powerfully, but if you're consciously aware of what you're doing, does that make the feelings less powerful, like in a virtual reality game or something? It's so fascinating!
The only experience I've ever had in the sleep paralysis area, was when I was a teenager I dreamt that my room was actually a cabin on a ship, and I was trapped in it. But then I actually phsyically opened my eyes but continued to dream, and I still believed that I was trapped in my room and had to get out but I couldn't move, until suddenly I forced my arm to lift up and I smashed it through the window next to my bed and totally cut my right hand up. I still didn't fully come out of the dream until we were on our way to the hospital! I still have the scar to prove it too!
I'd love to be able to have lucid dreams, but I wonder what affect they'd have on your conscience. i.e. Sometimes if I do something bad in a dream, I wake up and can reassure myself that it was just a dream and wasn't really me, but what if you're consciously able to do something that you shouldn't in a dream. Would you feel guilty afterwards? Also, is it possible that the feeling of consciousness within the dream is actually an illusion, or are you sure that you really are conscious within the dream? I also wonder a lot about the way a persons dream world reacts to them consciously manipulating it. i.e. is there a struggle? When you move things around does your subconscious move them back? or are you free to create your own universes when lucid dreaming? Also, in dreams your mind and body thinks your dreams are real and so react very powerfully, but if you're consciously aware of what you're doing, does that make the feelings less powerful, like in a virtual reality game or something? It's so fascinating!
The only experience I've ever had in the sleep paralysis area, was when I was a teenager I dreamt that my room was actually a cabin on a ship, and I was trapped in it. But then I actually phsyically opened my eyes but continued to dream, and I still believed that I was trapped in my room and had to get out but I couldn't move, until suddenly I forced my arm to lift up and I smashed it through the window next to my bed and totally cut my right hand up. I still didn't fully come out of the dream until we were on our way to the hospital! I still have the scar to prove it too!
AngelSong
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Island_chic
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Yes, sleep paralysis several times.
I went through a period of having very very regular sleep paralysis and i didn't make a connection at the time but now I look back on it it is when i was in some of my darkest days, so maybe there's a link there?
I had my very first lucid(ish) dream the other day actually, i dreamt I had killed someone and I was running away, i was so so scared and then i thought, hang on a minute, I would never kill someone, I'm dreaming. And then I looked around in my dream and realised it definitely was a dream, It was a really odd feeling. Unfortunately my daughter woke me up then so I didn't get to explore at all
I had my very first lucid(ish) dream the other day actually, i dreamt I had killed someone and I was running away, i was so so scared and then i thought, hang on a minute, I would never kill someone, I'm dreaming. And then I looked around in my dream and realised it definitely was a dream, It was a really odd feeling. Unfortunately my daughter woke me up then so I didn't get to explore at all
FluroUnderwear
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I have been Lucid Dreaming (on purpose) for a while now.
I don't feel anxious in dreams like I do in real life. It really helps me to be able to go into a dream and do whatever I like.
Check out the forum I go on.
Lucid Dreaming -- Dream Views
I don't feel anxious in dreams like I do in real life. It really helps me to be able to go into a dream and do whatever I like.
Check out the forum I go on.
Lucid Dreaming -- Dream Views
RizingBurningSun
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Wow,
You brought back a lot of memories with the sleep paralysis. Many times I experienced the fear, the static noise, a presence trying to take over me. But the last two times I felt as if I experienced a healing. I do wonder how much of it is a hallucination? It's also been a long time since I experienced lucid dreaming. Will try to practice again.
You brought back a lot of memories with the sleep paralysis. Many times I experienced the fear, the static noise, a presence trying to take over me. But the last two times I felt as if I experienced a healing. I do wonder how much of it is a hallucination? It's also been a long time since I experienced lucid dreaming. Will try to practice again.
MaliceInWickedland
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I have Lucid Dreams almost every time I'm dreaming. It's really weird, like whenever I'm having a nightmare where I'm being pursued or about to be killed I'll suddenly say "I'm just dreaming" and not too long after I wake up in a complete "WTF" state. Another weird thing is that whenever I get hurt in a dream, I'll feel pain in that same area when I wake up!!
In fact, the other day I was dreaming that one of my friends went psycho at school and slashed my forearm with a a very sharp pencil and when I woke up I had a deep scratch on the same arm in the SAME place on my forearm!! Maybe I scratched myself there while I sleeping? I have absolutely no clue considering I'm always waking up with scratches and cuts but I'm still a bit freaked by it...
In fact, the other day I was dreaming that one of my friends went psycho at school and slashed my forearm with a a very sharp pencil and when I woke up I had a deep scratch on the same arm in the SAME place on my forearm!! Maybe I scratched myself there while I sleeping? I have absolutely no clue considering I'm always waking up with scratches and cuts but I'm still a bit freaked by it...
planemo
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I experience lucid dreams pretty much every night. I usually go through a stage of vivid dreams followed by vivid lucid dreams. They can be disturbing and wonderful, depending on the night and what's on my mind. It's kinda like a lottery, it's great when the dreams are nice, and pretty horrific when they're bad. So i go to sleep wondering what type of movie i'm getting a ticket to watch. I can only tell once the movie (dream) begins.
WarInsideMyHead
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Yeah i experience lucid dreaming and sleep paralysis quiet a lot, always have.
Used to hate the sleep paralysis when i did'nt know what it was, seen and heard some scary stuff, but now i just remain calm and it never gets outta hand, sometimes i can actually use it do induce a lucid dream which is always cool.
Used to hate the sleep paralysis when i did'nt know what it was, seen and heard some scary stuff, but now i just remain calm and it never gets outta hand, sometimes i can actually use it do induce a lucid dream which is always cool.
WeirdyMcGee
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I haven't been able to have a lucid dream for as long as I can remember. Maybe I had lucid dreams as a child? I don't remember though.
I did have bouts of sleep paralysis- which was always really scary; 2-5 times a month all through pubescence. I had to go to the hospital a few times actually... because my muscles had actually gone into tight little knots and I couldn't relax my body---- holy hell that was painful!
Have not had a case of sleep paralysis since my third year of highschool.
Pretty happy about that!
Only getting 1-2 hours of sleep isn't very restful... but having sleep paralysis upon waking from a 2 hour sleep after not sleeping for days made it a million times worse. XD
I did have bouts of sleep paralysis- which was always really scary; 2-5 times a month all through pubescence. I had to go to the hospital a few times actually... because my muscles had actually gone into tight little knots and I couldn't relax my body---- holy hell that was painful!
Have not had a case of sleep paralysis since my third year of highschool.
Pretty happy about that!
Only getting 1-2 hours of sleep isn't very restful... but having sleep paralysis upon waking from a 2 hour sleep after not sleeping for days made it a million times worse. XD
Deus_Ex_Lemur
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When I try to lucid dream the dreamworld shakes and a loud noise emits and things fly at me and I wake up.
I USED to be able to realize I was dreaming as a child when I had nightmares. And control and stop the dream.
Sleep paralysis yeah... and I realize Im dreaming or in a weird half dream half awake state. But my dreams can be very vivid, (different than lucid). I used to keep a dream journal that really made dreams more vivid and one can learn to lucid dream more. But never kept it up. Yeah.
I USED to be able to realize I was dreaming as a child when I had nightmares. And control and stop the dream.
Sleep paralysis yeah... and I realize Im dreaming or in a weird half dream half awake state. But my dreams can be very vivid, (different than lucid). I used to keep a dream journal that really made dreams more vivid and one can learn to lucid dream more. But never kept it up. Yeah.