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Originally Posted by shankia1980

Despite the title....I'm new to this site and forum, however I have been having lucid dreams for quite some time now. My dreams usually consist of floods and fires in certain areas. Some of these areas I do not even recognize and have never been. The year before last, I have been having extremely vivid dreams about Coney Island in New York City flooding over by the ocean. In this dream, I saw a whirl pool in the middle of the ocean and it quickly rose up and flooded all of Coney Island. This dream, I would have ignored but for one thing....my family currently lives there. My mother lives literally across the street from the ocean and in my dream I was in my mothers apartment. Luckily my mom lives on the 23rd floor in her building. Anyway, in this dream, I am telling my family that they HAVE to leave right now. They didn't leave and then I woke up from the dream feeling extremely drained and helpless because they never listen. I told my mother about this dream and she got upset with me and told me don't say that and she sort of just brushed me off. As I'm sure most everyone know about that huge so called Hybrid super storm by the name of Sandy that brought this to fruition. There are so many other lucid dreams i had too that involves water. In one, I was standing in the middle of the ocean surrounded by some huge grey elephants. We were playing together and I wasn't the least bit afraid of them. They were playing with me with their trunks.I felt so happy inside.

Now about 2 or 3 months after the oil leak or spill according to your perception of what happened, I had my first out of body experience or what i thought was an obe. All I know is, I was laying down in the dark with nothing on but the television. My eyes were closed and the next thing i know, I heard this loud sound that sounded like alot of air going past my ears and I literally felt my heart stop beating and my breath totally left me and then in my vision I saw a table start to form. It looked like a painting as it formed. It was brown around the edges and silver on top. I didn't know what was happening and I got so scared that I immediately brought myself back to this so called reality we are apart of now. After that, I have been having frequent visions every time I close my eyes and look. It's like a mirror shows up first and then images of things and places I've never seen or been to.

I am so confused. I don't know what's happening to me.

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Do you think maybe the Coney Island dream was a coincidence since your family lives there and you would naturally be worried about them? With all the strange weather and global events its only natural. I'm not doubting that you had a precognitive dream but perhaps your subconscious put together likely events based on current events and your concern for your family. Just a thought.

The second part sounds like an accidental WILD. Or perhaps it was merely that you found yourself in REM Atonia.

Really I don't think anything is happening to you. It just sounds like you are paying attention to your dreams. Strange things happen when you do that. Your experiences sound perfectly normal.

For the visions... I'm not sure what that is but I have had that from time to time. I don't really put much thought into it. Do you think maybe you are getting yourself worked up bit?

Welcome shankia! It's great to have you here.

Originally Posted by shankia1980

In one, I was standing in the middle of the ocean surrounded by some huge grey elephants. We were playing together and I wasn't the least bit afraid of them. They were playing with me with their trunks.I felt so happy inside.

This dream sounds really wonderful. What I think you'll find as you explore lucid dreaming further is that you have a great deal of control over whether you experience wonderful lucid dreams like this or lucid dreams that involve frightening visions or disaster scenes. Exercising this control is a skill that can be trained and built up over time.

Originally Posted by shankia1980

I am so confused. I don't know what's happening to me.

Don't worry. I think you're just fine. Dreams can be shocking in their realism. I didn't discover lucid dreaming until last year, and the most striking thing I've learned is just how vivid, detailed, and lifelike dreams can be.

One thing is important to remember: nothing you see or experience can hurt you. Dreams can be so vivid that it may take time to internalize this fact, but it's absolutely true. They are experiences that you create for yourself, and you can be in charge of what you see.

You sound like a very gifted dreamer. If you work to shed your fear of these dreams, I think that you could really come to enjoy this gift over time.

Feel free to ask any questions you have here or in PM to me or any of the other Dream Guides. We'll be happy to help any way we can or get you pointed toward a sub-area of the site that can get you started in the area you're most interested in.