I've researched plenty on LD'ing, and not once did I ever hear of a case study of LD'ing being harmful to one's own self. Many brilliant men, like the psychologist Carl Jung, had a profound ability to lucid dream. |
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Hi, I'm pretty new to the whole lucid dreaming scene, only had one or two, so I was wondering if someone could help me. |
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I've researched plenty on LD'ing, and not once did I ever hear of a case study of LD'ing being harmful to one's own self. Many brilliant men, like the psychologist Carl Jung, had a profound ability to lucid dream. |
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naturals are what we call people who did all the right things accidentally
Thanks, but I have no doubt it is safe to LD. What I am asking is whether it is dangerous or not to do things somewhat associated with LD's, experimenting with the subconscious and so forth. |
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I really doubt you can damage it in any way. It's not that fragile, I would hope. |
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Well, you could conceivably create bad habits. In much the same way as you can use hypnosis / self-hypnosis to alter your habits and beliefs, it is quite possible to do the same in a lucid dream. |
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Tips For Newbies | What to do in an LD
Unless otherwise stated, views expressed in this post are not necessarily representative of the official Dream Views stance. Hell, it's probably not even representative of me.
What about damaging your own mind in a non destructive way (if you know what i mean, like change your perspective for the worse) VIA your subconscious by trying abstract ideas such as experimenting with taking your awareness in and out of dreams (reverse WILD?) to try and obtain more control over the flow between dream and reality. |
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lucid dreaming is perfectly safe. It's even more than safe. It raises awareness and provokes thought of the senses and such. There are however such rare rare cases where dreamers have such amazing dreams that they can be affected by them. However, trust me, it wont happen to any of us. |
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Well, Ima tell you a different answer then most. It is my belief that yes lucid dreaming "can" be extremely dangerous. |
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poster above... I'm unsure what this has to do with lucid dreaming. Maybe you missed the connection? |
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probably, LD'ing CAN be dangerous. But I don't know what's the point of thinking about that. No matter what you do in an LD, I doubt it can reap totally bad results, because you're aware of your control of it, and realistically speaking, knowing it's a dream. |
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naturals are what we call people who did all the right things accidentally
Dreams are different than what you were talking about Newmoon. I know it's possible to change your heart rate (my dad can do it and I can to a small degree) and the kinds of things you were talking about require only the proper training, either by yourself or with the aid of a professional. If you've ever heard of biofeedback then you know what I'm talking about. It's possible to consciously change your pupil size and if I recall correctly, it's one method some people use during lie-detecting tests. |
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