Thread: Shelli's Workbook

Hi, my name is Shelli. I typically remember 1 or 2 dreams most nights. Many of them take place in the same locale which prompts moments of lucidity. Often I'll realize I'm dreaming cuz I'm in "fake" Seattle or "fake" New Orleans. Instead of remaining lucid I just go along like any other dream.

I've had a couple of very vivid dreams with a dead relative. I was lucid....I think. Very much aware that he was dead and I was not. He took me on a tour of his world. We visited my great grandmothers house (who died well before I was born). He told me how full his life was and talked extensively about his mothers well being and asked me to help her (she had a stroke shortly thereafter).

The scenery in that dream was awesome. One minute we were sotting in the grass beside a lazy brook. The next moment hovering over Mamaw's house or looking at a cityscape.

I'd like to have lucid dreams whenever I want. Not those infrequent spontaneous ones. I want to control it and move past the initial realization that I'm dreaming.

Sorry for rambling

Dream signs
- Being in places I've visited in the past. Several US cities and the sandy terrain of the Middle East.
- Being in the military or on a military base. I served for several years and often find my dream setting to be a familiar base, buildings or roads. Or I'm performing a familiar exercise.
- School. Occasionally I find myself being tutored by vaguely familiar people. Typically there are just 2 of us in the classroom. With me behind a desk listening intently.
- Speaking foreign languages. I don't know any other languages fluently. But I've vague memories of dream conversations in a foreign language.
- Futuristic environments. Flying cars, levitating roads, oddly structured white buildings that seem perfect (to me).
- Interacting with people who've died. If my grandmother or cousin shows up.....well...you get the picture.

Hmm. Now that I'm making this list I've noticed I have more dream signs than realized.

Didn't sleep well last night. Sick kid. But each time I woke up I tried DILD and WBTB. Still only flashes of lucidity. For instance I remember trying to interact with a dream character. Giving her words to say. But it didn't work.

Today I felt more confident getting back to REM sleep. The difference between today and yesterday is that I slept longer.