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    The (al)most of it

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    NyxCC
    , 08-29-2013 at 10:02 PM (727 Views)
    Pre bed: 200mg valerian

    Total sleep time: 5 1/2hrs, external factors, very tired

    Early fragment: many iPhones

    Early fragment: I am talking to someone about how I'm about to ld

    Woken up, WBTB, insomnia

    Fragment: some sort of toy head that is spinning in the water

    LD fragment: I am in our old place and see lots of people on the stairs, including an older lady who passed away years ago. After seeing her, it dawns on me that it's a dream. I make a sound to acknowledge the fact that I recognize her as a dream sign (also for the first time!). Not sure if I said something or not to her or others there, but I head down the stairs and exit the building. I think about visiting my friend but this time decide to go to his work since it's really close.

    I am on the street now, but feel that the dream is starting to destabilize, so take a moment to fix that. I remember the behave as if real life, but can't figure out how to apply this at the moment. Instead, I turn back to where the fence is and start touching the stone, feeling the surface. It doesn't do the trick and I feel I have very little time left so I just observe whatever is in front of me as I see and feel the dream as if made of liquid energy (same image but like underwater) being gently sucked in an unknown direction until it turns to a light feeling in my head and I find myself in bed.    .

    DEILD: I remain still and fall asleep more from being tired than from trying to DEILD. Yet, I end up in an ld that I unfortunately no longer can recall. Not very nice but it happens.

    LD: After the previous dream fades, I find myself in darkness, but it's actually a room. It takes a while but then I can see just a bit better to orientate myself, confirm by the feel of it that this is a dream and that I am in our place. I am slightly amazed since I don't get many lds here. I go to the living room and decide I will phase out the window and press myself against it. However, it feels way too solid, I know I can do it and refuse to believe it's not working so push myself forward. Nothing. I become confused, thinking I may actually be sleepwalking around the house. I decide to go out the good old fashioned way - through the door. I am thinking about doing a quick review of the dreams so that I don't forget. A guy appears in front of me, sitting on the couch. He is quite a good mirror of my thoughts and emotions. Initially, he looks menacing, but as I contemplate what to do here and have a moment of sexy thoughts, he immediately becomes more appealing, making gestures with his hands "come here". Then I tell myself to calm down, inhale exhale metaphorically, sit and relax and he stares at me neutrally.

    I am thinking something about the previous dream and wonder if I have performed some tricks to enhance this dream's stability. I wonder if I tried to go to bed in the dream as a way to change the scene and since I feel kind of stuck here, I decide that I will try to do that now. As I go to sleep, the guy lies behind me, pretending he is falling asleep too. I fidget way too much, also get a few moments of are my eyes open or closed, and don't try to open them, until I finally succeed to move my physical leg and wake up.

    I woke up but couldn't takes notes on time as I involuntarily fell asleep again.
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    Updated 08-29-2013 at 10:09 PM by 61764

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    1. Highlander's Avatar
      Congrats on the lucids, especially the first one where on seeing the deceased woman you noticed it as a dreamsign.

      Yeah I've had that sleepwalking thought a few times - it is very disconcerting where it can take a lot of (mental) effort trying to convince yourself otherwise.

      I see what you mean by the phasing issue you had as you eluded to it on my entry today.
      I'm glad I didn't in my ld!
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    2. CanisLucidus's Avatar
      You have to tell me how to get these early LDs! 5.5 hours of sleep and you got 2 lucids? It's usually that last hour of sleep or so where my awareness and recall go way up, dreams start making more sense, becoming more concrete, my brain begins to function in some detectable way, etc.

      I don't know how you do this, but at least it gives me some kind of target. If I can raise my game enough, I really should be able to get more LDs in the earlier parts of sleep.

      The sleepwalking thought you had when the phasing attempt went awry... just the kind of thing that can really freak you out when it occurs to you in the (for me at least) rather gullible state that is dreaming.

      Congratulations on such great performance in spite of such terrible sleep! I am impressed.
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    3. NyxCC's Avatar
      Thanks Highlander!

      I was recently thinking about why is it so hard to recognize those people from the past as DS. I reached some sort of a preliminary conclusion that it is not just our rationality (and respective parts of the brain) that are less active during sleep but also something responsible for keeping track of time. I have to expand on these thoughts in the future, but that's certainly something to keep in mind.

      @ CL Thanks! I am going to type and post the reply later on, in case you may have some comments.
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    4. Highlander's Avatar
      I was recently thinking about why is it so hard to recognize those people from the past as DS. I reached some sort of a preliminary conclusion that it is not just our rationality (and respective parts of the brain) that are less active during sleep but also something responsible for keeping track of time.
      Yes it is an interesting one as I get this happening a lot where I see my Parent's in my dreams. Sometimes I realise, but sometimes I don't.
      Apart from the time/brain issue I feel the context of the dream has a bearing as well, plus when you do realize then fairly strong emotions can come into play depending on your relationship to the DS.
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    5. NyxCC's Avatar
      Yeah, I agree, even friends from the past can have a similar effect on me. There seem to be way too many emotions that I personally need to investigate. (like one of my friends from school constantly being sad and me consoling her, etc.)
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