Help - Dreams a bit vivid and cannot control a thing

**Skateaton** · 05-22-2011 06:05 PM

The dreams are vivid enough so i can remember them completely, and feel things (like my foot squishing due to tiny shoes i had in one, i was lucid in this one) but enough to tell the difference between a dream and real life (without an RC, but i do an RC anyway)

In dreams, I have no control over anything, if i try to dream spin, nothing happens, if i try to create characters or objects, nothing happens, if i try to control characters and worlds, nothing happens, what am I doing wrong? In my dream i think to myself "spawn person name" and "spawn assault rifle" or something, but no matter what i have no control over dreams. What 2 do? What am I doing wrong?

**A_Citrus** · 05-22-2011 06:28 PM

I would recommend stabilizing in the dream to increase your awareness. This is done by focusing your attention on a particular sense, for example, rubbing your hands together to bring your attention to the sense of touch, the friction between your hands and the heat you feel on your hands as they rub together. Additionally, you should try to have more confidence in the fact that you can and will control your dreams. If you fully expect something to happen in a dream (I'm talking 100%), it will happen. Don't question yourself over whether it will work or not; do it and expect it to work.

ShockWave.

**ElizaLS** · 05-22-2011 07:19 PM

Like ShockWave said, stabilizing the dream helps a lot. Another thing that helps is starting small. The things you listed that you were trying seem pretty advanced. Begin with putting your finger through your palm, or floating down when you jump. As those things become easier, try flying. Theoretically, if you absolutely, 100% believe you can do something in a dream, you will do it, but things like those listed above seem to come easier for most people. It did for me.
Good luck!

**Avalanche** · 05-22-2011 07:21 PM

One thing I noticed is you think "Spawn person name, etc". Maybe try a different thing? More personal. As spawn is just a word you say for fps games, its not really an action. Maybe if you try "Materialize person name" or "Touch me on the shoulder".

Spawning is just appearing, but you can't really describe it in real life.

**Wrighty** · 05-22-2011 08:56 PM

id like to spawn my self that would be well weird looking at my self and having a convo xD

**Puffin** · 05-22-2011 11:43 PM

It sounds like the dream just requires some stabilization, like others have mentioned. Rub your hands together, touch objects (especially those with some sort of texture), and affirm to yourself that "you are dreaming". Shout it out if you have to.

Also, how are you going about your dream control methods (including spawning, controlling DCs, etc)? If you simply "want" something to happen, it might not work. Expectation is an important part of dream control; you have to know 100% that something will happen. Compare it to watching a movie that you've already seen - you know exactly how one person is going to turn towards the other, and what the scene will look like. Apply this to your dream and you'll be controlling things in no time!

Try visualizing things too, if you can. Visualization is good because if you don't picture what something (or someone) will look like, the dream will end up filling it in for you. Sometimes you can end up getting weird results, or no results at all.