Do you have any real weapon in waking life? BB gun, air soft, anything? Buy a $20 cheap airsoft pistol, or any toy that shoots projectile and practice in waking life. Pretend you just got lucid and fire away. |
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Hey DV! If you've ever read from my DJ before I'm sure you know like 75% end up having some sort of gun activity in them. Now I'm sure this is a result of playing a lot of shooter games, but that beside the point. So of course when I'm lucid and I need a weapon, what is the first thing I think of? A gun! Now, I never right this down in my entires, but usually when I summon a gun it doesn't work. I'll pull the trigger and nothing happens. So what I usually do, which is weird but works, is I make a gunshot sound with my mouth and the gun actually works. This is strange and I don't like it. I want to be able to pull the trigger and then gun fire. So, does anyone else have this problem or know of a possible solution? |
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My Dream Journal: INeverWakeUp's Super Dream Journal
Previously Known As: ineverwakeup13(2010-2011) and ineverwakeup97(2011-2014)
Do you have any real weapon in waking life? BB gun, air soft, anything? Buy a $20 cheap airsoft pistol, or any toy that shoots projectile and practice in waking life. Pretend you just got lucid and fire away. |
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It's a bit of problem cause I live in an apartment complex so I can't exactly go outside and shoot my AK airsoft. But hopefully I can go do that soon! Thanks for the advice! |
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My Dream Journal: INeverWakeUp's Super Dream Journal
Previously Known As: ineverwakeup13(2010-2011) and ineverwakeup97(2011-2014)
Change your gun to fire something other than bullets. |
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Nah, guns are too fun!!! |
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My Dream Journal: INeverWakeUp's Super Dream Journal
Previously Known As: ineverwakeup13(2010-2011) and ineverwakeup97(2011-2014)
It's up to your own confidence. You don't believe that the gun will fire because you don't expect it to. Try affirming to yourself that you're in control of the dream, I can pretty much accomplish anything in dreams because I know I can, and I expect to be able. |
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Try going to a shooting range if at all possible. Then you will have experienced what a gun should feel like. |
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I always have gunfights in my dreams too, nice to see I'm not the only one. Used to have the problem of jams and misfires all the time, or worse the gun would work fine but do no damage to the DC like I was shooting blanks. This would happen in lucids and non-lucids alike... I was told to visualize/expect what's supposed to happen. If you can summon a gun in the first place you can probably do this. Imagine the proper function of the gun (in the dream). Expect to hear the bang, feel the recoil, see the slide move, the projectile and the hit/damage. Make yourself see, feel, and hear it all happen and KNOW with confidence that it's going to work. It's a matter of forcing the gun to work the way you want it to. It's a little awkward at first but it worked pretty well for me, it's not usually something I have to worry about now even in non-lucids. |
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Imagine that the weapon is simply jammed, or the safety is on. Remove the safety, reload the gun, these make a weapon work most of the times. |
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"Victory loves preparation."
This seems to me like your experience with firearms is all "Play" hence you making verbal noise (Much like a child playing cops and robbers.) to fire your weapon. In my dreams I've never had an issue with my weapons (Besides them being ineffective against a particular enemy) but in real life I have extensive training with firearms, they are a part of my everyday life (Security officer/Law enforcement student) so for me I know they will go bang when I pull the trigger. My advice, get some real world experience with firearms...OR you could try believing that you are holding a real weapon. What I mean is don't think "This is a real gun." think about what it can and will do. Think about your shots connecting with your target, visualize the bullets making impact and realize the damage they can and will do (This is a real world shooting technique as well). Do this when your awake and in your dreams. You should also try watching some youtube videos of people shooting the kind of weapons you imagine using, that might help. |
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Last edited by JLMANN556; 10-05-2013 at 01:55 AM.
i wonder if i can do the same just using my finger.... |
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Maybe you should ask yourself why you are trying to use guns. |
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Snoop is on point. If you don't have any real experience with guns, having them work properly in dreams can be a tricky affair. |
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At some point I'm going to have to try shooting a gun in a LD and see what happens. |
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Total LDs (some very brief) = 2004: 4 * 2005: 18 * 2006: 16 * 2007: 2 * 2008: 0 * 2009: 0 * 2010: 1 * 2011: 12 * 2012: 3 * 2013: 1 * 2014: 6 * 2015: 1 * 2016: 0 * 2017: 18 * 2018: 3 * 2019: 0 (so far)
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives. ~William Dement
This may sound stupid, but it worked for me in a similar situation. |
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Last edited by Nailler; 04-08-2014 at 11:51 PM.
Total LDs (some very brief) = 2004: 4 * 2005: 18 * 2006: 16 * 2007: 2 * 2008: 0 * 2009: 0 * 2010: 1 * 2011: 12 * 2012: 3 * 2013: 1 * 2014: 6 * 2015: 1 * 2016: 0 * 2017: 18 * 2018: 3 * 2019: 0 (so far)
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives. ~William Dement
Just imagine it being a magical gun that works on energy. most times i expected bullets, i failed. |
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Switch to bows, there is less that can go wrong with them. Of course swords are even more reliable than bows. And nothing will be more reliable than your hands. The more complex the thing you're using, the more that can go wrong with them. |
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That's not entirely true. It has more to do with your perception of the weapon, someone who plays a lot of fps game's will likely be more confident with a long range weapon than with a sword or their fists. Especially considering fist fighting and sword fighting are more confronting to the dreamer and can bring up insecurities. |
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I played a lot of Halo and I have dreams of throwing grenades. Then I find myself in real life wanting to throw a grenade. |
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Last edited by BatteryCharged; 05-05-2014 at 03:11 PM.
I think it symbolizes not having power in your life. |
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Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake
True 'dat. But... If you had played two games equally, one with guns, and one with bows so that your "training" for both was pretty much equal, I still think the bow would be superior. There's just more that can go wrong with a gun. Plus with a bow, your quiver is usually on your back which is a blind spot, so you should never run out of arrows. Bullets run out quick. |
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