Well, i would bet nobody remembers me, but ive been conducting a month-long experiement with dreams.

For some reason, even with keeping a dream journal, i cannot remember a single detail of my recent dreams, so lucid dreaming is out of the question for me.

BUT i have figured out:

Sleeping on your back can induce non-lucid dreams, or even nightmares.

Nightmares occur most often when sleeping on your back, because when gravity is pulling down on your lungs, oxygen is shorter to the brain. Which is the same as if it is extremely hot, breath is short, and lack of oxygen can induce bad dreams. Sleeping on your stomache however, is different, because of the position of your lungs in relation to your head, and spine.

I myself have nightmares just about every other night, in which i cannot gain lucidity, because im frozen with fear. And sure enough, every time i awake frozen with fear, im lying on my back looking at the ceiling. And if you wake up from a nightmare suddenly, you can experience hallutionations. I'm assuming you'd like to hear some of mine?

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>My glowing clock was spitting fire
>Some weird biting demon face was coming out of my second pillow.
>The ceiling was melting
>My cat's head was spinning

yes, all very frightening. But from my past experiences with nightmares and hallutionations, i knew that they would go away if i just wait, and come back to reality.

So what i would say, to avoid nightmares, would be to:

>Lie on your sides or stomache while sleeping
>Try to be completely relaxed, not stressed out.
>If any pets sleep on your bed, pet them before you go to sleep
>Have at least one small amount of light in your room, may it be a nightlight, or a street lamp coming thru the window.
>Pitch black darkness is horrible when waking from a nightmare, so just as a precaution


My lucidity in dreams i've given up on, so if anybody wants to try to help me gain lucid dreams, feel free to pm me.

Questions? Comments? Additions?


-Thx
Torrent