Thread: Dream Catchers Prevent Lucid Dreaming?

Originally Posted by ineverwakeup97

My friend, also a DV member(RedBullman4), has a dream catcher in his room. He's not very active at DV, but he says he journals every time he can. He believes his dream catcher blocks his lucid dreaming. Do dream catchers really do that?

Um, NO. Dreamcatchers are simply sticks and string.

However, if RedBullman4 actually believes his dreamcatcher is blocking his LD's, then he'll very likely find his LD's blocked.

^Yeah, a big part of getting lucid is confidence. If that bit of sticks and strings breaks his confidence of getting LDs, it's likely he'll fail.

Dreamcatchers, if anything, will block nightmares. Lucid dreams are caused by awareness, which is a form of meditation. From a spiritual point of view, a dreamcatcher wouldn't block a heightened sense of consciousness; from a regular point of view, dreamcatchers won't do anything because they're just (as Sageous said) sticks and string.

I agree that he may be using a bit of a placebo effect on himself. If he put the dreamcatcher in his room and coincidentially happened to miss a few nights of lucidity, he might believe it's stopping him from LDing. Because of that, he still isn't having LDs.

Placebo

EDIT: already said :/, if its blocking his lucidity, simply remove it.

Good news is if he's gullible enough to believe that a dreamcatcher is hindering his efforts, he's probably susceptible to phony lucid dream inducing practices.

I've got around two or three dreamcatchers in my room that I've had since I was a kid. They have 0 effect on anything but the ladies.

Much like my leopard print bed covers and headboard.

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Rofl :p

dreamcatchers are a dream aid not a set back. :-D

There's a specific way of making dreamcatchers so that they'll induce wonderful lucid dreams. Don't build the web all the way to the center. Instead, leave a space in the middle, and hang a bead in the middle. Also, colors best suited for lucid dreams are Purple and Blue.