Comments on Cranky Fitness: Lucid Dreaming for Slackers

I've found that 3mg of melatonin before bed really...

2009-11-01T13:23:30.981-05:00

I've found that 3mg of melatonin before bed really makes me have amazingly vivid dreams, much of which I'm able to remember.

I had a dream that you posted this and I already c...

2009-10-27T11:31:39.251-04:00

I had a dream that you posted this and I already commented.

shudders, I have super vivid dreams which are us...

2009-10-26T23:26:45.204-04:00

*shudders*, I have super vivid dreams which are usually nightmares... the few times that I've realized I was dreaming, I wasn't able to get out of it. It was horrible. And I found that the harder I try to remember my dreams, the more intense and scary they get the following nights! I guess different things work for different people.

I still love this concept! Although it is a measu...

2009-10-26T21:19:19.337-04:00

I still love this concept! Although it is a measure of my laziness that I haven't got around to checking it out any further since the last time you posted about this. Seriuosly, it's on my to do list!!

My first step would have to be noticing and/or rem...

2009-10-26T18:22:55.298-04:00

My first step would have to be noticing and/or remembering my dreams. Because I swear 360 nights a year I sleep for 8 hours without dreaming.

I know- not possible- but I only rarely even remember that I have been dreaming.

I had brain surgery (not a dream, unfortunately). ...

2009-10-26T14:03:37.389-04:00

I had brain surgery (not a dream, unfortunately). A couple of years later, when we were sitting quietly at the end of a yoga class, on a day when I was particularly tired, our quiet was interrupted by a drill somehwere in the building. But for me, it was not in the building; it was in the operating room, and my surgery was just beginning. I could feel the chill in the room, smell the sterile environment, hear the conversations taking place around me, feel the vibration of the drill on my skull. I thought to myself, well, today is it. It will be over soon & I can start to recover.

Then I returned to the yoga class. When I realized what was happening, I decided to see if I could get back to the surgery and experience it with less fear now that I knew it was a memory rather than a real experience. I was able to do it. It was weird but fascinating.

I had never been able to do anything quite that clear before or since, but I have been consciously observing my dreams since I was in high school. It can be pretty cool!

I had no idea I could be so creative while sleepin...

2009-10-26T12:52:09.398-04:00

I had no idea I could be so creative while sleeping. It's opened up a new world for me - now I don't have to sweat the whole reality thing.

I love lucid dreaming, I learned in '05 and catch ...

2009-10-26T12:40:09.060-04:00

I love lucid dreaming, I learned in '05 and catch one about every week now. Flying is the best, even did a Harry Potter flying car a couple of times.

I've guided my dreams at times, especially flying ...

2009-10-26T11:49:21.257-04:00

I've guided my dreams at times, especially flying dreams! That can be fun! Not as much fun as droning down the highway through Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas, I'm sure :-)

I've done it a few times, but never practiced enou...

2009-10-26T11:10:27.160-04:00

I've done it a few times, but never practiced enough to increase them or increase what I can do. I'll have to try these things again.
Thanks!
Can't help but comment: fabkate for a couple decades! Impressive. So not the slacker I am :)

Other than being able to realise I'm dreaming and ...

2009-10-26T11:07:16.135-04:00

Other than being able to realise I'm dreaming and fly around a bit I haven't had much luck with this. I rarely realise I'm dreaming, and when I do I wake up.
I'd love to be able to do more in my dreams though. I've a friend who has had quite a bit of fun with it. He saisd what really helped him was the checking if you're awake all the time bit...once it was habit he did it in his dreams too, and had more of a chance of realiseing he was dreaming and get to play with it.

I need to work on this. I am great at directed dre...

2009-10-26T10:41:20.293-04:00

I need to work on this. I am great at directed dreaming (I think about something I want to dream as I fall asleep, and then I dream it) but while I am dreaming I never realize it isnt REAL. I use directed dreaming to eat as much as I want at buffets, restaurants, parties. In my dreams I eat whole pizza and ice cream and stuff. In fact when I am awake, and am craving something, I often tell myself to WAIT because I can have it in my dreams for zero calories.

The advantage of lucid dreaming would that that I wouldn't keep forgetting to eat cannoli.

alas I can not comment here as DREAMING intimates ...

2009-10-26T10:38:04.773-04:00

alas I can not comment here as DREAMING intimates that Im sleeping enough & deeply enough to dream.

**wraggles fists at heavens & implores the ChildWakingThunderStorms to sease & desist**

Only when I'm having a really horrible dream (thin...

2009-10-26T09:23:26.470-04:00

Only when I'm having a really horrible dream (think bugs, mice, or anything else equally as terrifying) do I realize I'm just dreaming. But then I don't want to continue with the dream--even if I can spit fire and burn 'em all. I'd love to experience lucid dreaming with some of my other dreams. Mine usually include some sort of espionage.

Yes, I lucid dream. I don't tend to control a lot...

2009-10-26T09:21:19.772-04:00

Yes, I lucid dream. I don't tend to control a lot in my dreams, I don't have to as much any more, because most of what I used to have as "nightmares" are now dreams about empowerment. I always turn on the monster/bad guy/ whatever. While I'm dreaming, I'm also aware of certain cues that I'm dreaming. I even feel annoyed at times ("Oh, ((sigh)) THIS dream again")

There are still things I can't get past. I can't bring myself to fly higher than about 6 or 7 feet off the ground, and I can't get around a certain wall in this one dream, no matter how hard I try.

I also can't dictate the dream totally, but if something happens I don't like, I can "rewind" and get another shot at it, and if things still don't get better, I just wake up.

and yes, it took practice, but I've been doing it successfully for a couple decades now.

I've had occasional spontaneous lucid dreaming. Th...

2009-10-26T08:38:21.117-04:00

I've had occasional spontaneous lucid dreaming. They happening either when I realize I've had this dream before and/or this is a sequel, or when I am aware I'm having a medication -induced hallucination. I rarely have the wherewithal to try to control what's happening. Maybe I should give it a shot.

This was super interesting!!! I have very vivid dr...

2009-10-26T08:29:26.640-04:00

This was super interesting!!! I have very vivid dreams, colorful & crazy when I remember them & I do alot OR they may be disturbing but always in color & crazy stuff. I have been in dreams when I know they are dreams but this lucid stuff with the ability to change & manipulate... never heard of that! Going to read the links when I have time!

I always say to people if I could put in a book the craziness I sometimes dream about, I would be a millionaire BUT the dreams seem to go on forever yet when I remember them, I can tell them in just a couple minutes.

Thx for the cool post!

Great post! I remember my dreams in EXTREME DETAIL...

2009-10-26T08:24:33.537-04:00

Great post! I remember my dreams in EXTREME DETAIL as in, they have plots, they have resolutions, they have mystery, suspense, they get really kind of crazy and borderline disturbing but they make for great writing material and story ideas. I do have some very odd recurring themes too, like crashes and getting shot (????) but I can now convince these things/people not to crash or not to shoot me (like last night!) i was so excited when I could start to wake myself up when I got too freaked out and think to myself that it was only a dream. However, you're right, I would completely wake up right then! Now, being able to completely shape my dreams i.e. have a little dream "coffee" with Peter Petrelli from Heroes, well, that's something I'm willing to explore! I'm gonna pay more attention now!

Hmmm I'm a very vivid dreamer, remember a lot of d...

2009-10-26T07:51:45.054-04:00

Hmmm I'm a very vivid dreamer, remember a lot of details while in it. I have on occasion when dreaming known I was in a dream and it wasn't reality. Like I could feel myself in my bed but still be in the dream somewhat.

Do I get points for remembering this post almost i...

2009-10-26T07:42:45.527-04:00

Do I get points for remembering this post almost instantly? :)

I like the idea of lucid dreaming (which is why i remember it) but never think of it when going to bed, or have other stuff on my mind, or whatever.. maybe I'll try again.

thanks for the repost Crabby, and get back to normal here soon. hope you're having fun!