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I know this dream isn't that unusual but the feeling of it bothered me. It wasn't a bad, negative one, there was even a touch of euphoria but I felt the dream was like a huge wave of energy about to produce extraordinary or distracting events that I wasn't mentally prepared to deal with. That's what happens when you take valerian and have early lds.

I remember an experience (in the DJ somewhere) where I was by/on this field. It was a bright day. I went up the field a bit and I realised it was a dream.
Anyhow a little after (I must have stabilized, etc.) where I remember being in a bit of a void where all of a sudden I felt this huge inertia where I felt like I was starting to move upwards rapidly (too rapidly.)
I wasn't ready for it and I stopped the inertia somehow.

Another time I suddenly become lucid in my Kitchen when this (irrational) fear gripped me like to do with the realization of just becoming lucid.
It was a wierd feeling.

From what I remember that is probably the closest (off the top of my head) I can relate to that type of feeling. There are probably others, or snippets of experience in my DJ somewhere.

Thanks for sharing these Highlander. When I think about it, it seems that there is a huge variety of sensations as well as feelings that I occasionally happen to stumble across in dreams. Some of these can be quite different from rl or at least unexpected, so I guess I am not equipped to deal with them.

You know, this reminds me of my first peanut butter lucid dream where I was treated to a technicolored version of Thomas Jefferson... everything was just so bright and intense that it all felt a bit overwhelming. Lots of random imagery that wasn't well-integrated with the rest of the scene. (I stayed in somehow.)

Are you glad you bailed out or was it more of a knee jerk response in the moment?

I haven't tried pre-bed valerian, actually. Speaking of LDS, I swung by the drug store a few nights ago on another errand and picked up some st john's wort and ginkgo biloba. So I'll eventually be gathering some experience with a few of your favorite LDSs.

That sounds kind of similar. Peanut butter and Thomas Jefferson and bright intensity is too much indeed. Any link btw?

Are you glad you bailed out or was it more of a knee jerk response in the moment?

Lol, that'd be both yes and no. If I have to give it an honest review, I think I was so deep in the dream that whatever would have happened, I possibly would have lost lucidity anyways. But, of course, I can't help being curious post dream. Plus, last week was a bit dry with 2 micro-lds only so that makes me appreciate those mini-lds more.

By the way, I still have tons of stuff to update but am feeling quite tired. Sorry for the teaser again. I don't know when I will be posting (possibly tomorrow). Actually, even more important than the lds is some analysis of what caused the recent reduction, the temporary fix, and if it is working. Experimentation is still ongoing with regards to that, but there will be updates soon. Finally, I am aware that there like 10 awesome DJ entries from you guys that I still need to read. Lots of stuff but reading all that makes me so happy.

I haven't tried pre-bed valerian, actually. Speaking of LDS, I swung by the drug store a few nights ago on another errand and picked up some st john's wort and ginkgo biloba. So I'll eventually be gathering some experience with a few of your favorite LDSs.

That's awesome. I am very curious to see how these go for you. I have also been thinking of some combo mixing and also trying out aminoacids just have to find a smaller non body builder dosage.

Yeah! This was the dream: Technicolor Thomas Jefferson - Dream Journals - Lucid Dreaming - Dream Views

No worries about the teaser! Get rested up and take all the time you need. I've been working late into the night almost every day since I got back from vacation, so I'm way behind. It's shameful, but I have 3 lucids that I haven't journaled yet. Two are from this morning, though, so I guess that makes it less bad.

Actually, you were in the first one from this morning! The fact that you and Wife were talking finally clued me in and I had a DILD.

Very much looking forward to your analysis, btw... I am sure I'll learn something!

No worries about the teaser! Get rested up and take all the time you need. I've been working late into the night almost every day since I got back from vacation, so I'm way behind. It's shameful, but I have 3 lucids that I haven't journaled yet. Two are from this morning, though, so I guess that makes it less bad.

Thanks! Hope you get some break from this post vacation work soon. It's fantastic that you manage to get lds with so much going on. You guys totally rock! Keep it up!

Actually, you were in the first one from this morning! The fact that you and Wife were talking finally clued me in and I had a DILD.

Ahhh, I sense a counter teaser here! That's so cool! Looking forward to checking it out soon.

Sweet dreams, CL!

Is it me or what? Every time I see the name Jefferson I think of South Park!

I get early night episodes like this a lot. It's usually too confusing to even put to words! I just blow if off as strong HI. I actually had this last night. I got all caught up in the emotion of it and realized it was a dream but the visuals were to abstract to do anything with and I woke up quickly.

Thanks for the feedback, Xanous! Yeah, those early lds can feel especially unusual at times. At other times you also may be involved in interesting stuff, more like thinking and seemingly analyzing issues, but usually you forget most of those early thoughts.

Yeah. It's been happening a lot this week. I haven't got much sleep so I think the derivation plays a big role. I had another last night where I totally thought I was at work but the moment I realized it was a dream it faded away.

That makes sense. By the way got two midnight mini ld moments after getting very little sleep the previous night. Maybe the rebound has something to do with it?

Very likely.