Dream control as a child

When I was a young child around 7years maybe younger I used to get a lot of nightmares. I also had dreams and also what I called a lucid dream in a place where I wouldn't have a dream...very confusing but in essence was still a dream lol. I wasn't aware that my dreams were lucid or that I had dream control straight away. As an adult I have only found out recently what this was and that I had been doing it for years.

When I had nightmares they were rarely lucid and I could never control them. I had the same nightmares over and over and made going to sleep at night a fear. I used to read a lot before going to bed so when I would finally pass out from exhaustion my mind would always be very busy so I typically never got a peaceful nights sleep. So if it wasn't a nightmare I was having it was a dream. I started to have a secret ritual that I would do before going to sleep.I would say out loud initially and then later on more quietly and under my breath. I will not have a dream or no dream or a nightmare. And then I would go to sleep. When I didn't want a dream, sometimes I would start off in my sleep sat on an airplane or in a waiting room. This used to drive me crazy and I now refer to these as a dream state of boredom...can you imagine cause they used to wake me up all the time. This was the reason why I included no dream in my little mantra.

Initially it was luck of the draw as to whether or not I would get what I wanted. I ended up with doors to choose from. Dream, No Dream or nightmare. Sometimes I chose correctly and sometimes what was behind the door wasnt correct and I got sucked in. I learned after time to wake myself up immediatly if what I saw on the otherside of my door was not what I wanted. Nightmares always initially looked the same when the door opened so I could do this but if I were to fall asleep and go straight into a nightmare it was never anything I was able to control, but this happened fewer times the more I practiced dream control.

When I chose no dream I ended up having the wonderful quite blank sleep that is over in a blink of an eye and you arent finding yourself more tired than when you went to sleep originally.

When I had dreams I began being able to control them quite easily. I was bullyed a lot so in my dreams I could always put myself as centre of attention and I could choose what I said and what my responses were. I could also redo parts. If I was controling part of my dream and I couldnt quite get it the first time I could think I didnt want that to happen then I could redo it straight away. If there was a particular part that I liked then I replayed it. Also if I wanted to have a particular type of dream I could get myself there even if I wasnt asleep yet. This didnt always work but after a while it did. I wasnt really trying to do this at all and it became an automatic thing for me to do. It was quite natural.

I will add more at a later date and also some info on my dreams as I have gotten older

Amosgreen,

A thread is usually used to ask some sort of question about dream control...Or this is my opinion of creating a thread rather...I suggest writing this in a Dream Journal instead of in a thread. This is because then people will want to read more about your dreams. Good paragraphing by the way, it made it easy to navigate your post.

Interesting thread though. Everyone experiences these same sorts of experiences at one point or another, which is what made the movie "Inception" so popular!

Sincerely,
~Icy

Icyquartz your arrogance never ceases to amuse me. I like your title ;) Threads are for discussions; commonly these discussions involve questions but not always. At least you left her a compliment :P. As for your sig; Thorrfinn is your avatar.
@amosgreen Interesting post. So you would literally be in a dream with three doors to choose from and you wouldn't know which door held what? Are you still having nightmares; if so are you able to use them as dream signs to become lucid? I hear people with nightmares sometimes have an easier time becoming lucid; I'm assuming because they are more emotionally charged to stop said nightmares. I wish I had more nightmares, they are so much more interesting than regular dreams. And you said you had lucids at the age of 7; has this helped you achieve lucidity now?

When I was little I coped with nightmares by realising that I'm dreaming and waking up

Like you isaace, in my youth, when I was in an uncomfortable dream, I would realise it was a dream, and wake myself.
Often I would just close my eyes in the dream world, and wake almost instantly.
Have advanced quite a bit since then and now rely on my inner self to get me out of a painful situation.

Yeah that's almost exactly what I do. I am working on (in the event I ever have a nightmare) calming down and facing the monster. Just dream control.

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Originally Posted by amosgreen

When I had dreams I began being able to control them quite easily. I was bullyed a lot so in my dreams I could always put myself as centre of attention and I could choose what I said and what my responses were. I could also redo parts. If I was controling part of my dream and I couldnt quite get it the first time I could think I didnt want that to happen then I could redo it straight away. If there was a particular part that I liked then I replayed it. Also if I wanted to have a particular type of dream I could get myself there even if I wasnt asleep yet. This didnt always work but after a while it did. I wasnt really trying to do this at all and it became an automatic thing for me to do. It was quite natural.

I will add more at a later date and also some info on my dreams as I have gotten older

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Thats exactly like me! except for the being bullied part, i can stop and start any part of my dream and modify ANYTHING i want, and most of the time, i decide what ima dream about before i sleep and thats what i dram about the night :)

Sometimes it happens that you forget what you dream and it absolutely goes out of your mind. Because the same thing also happened with me and i can't stop anything except the main thing in my dream. Its natural process.