Thread: Caradon's Dream Journal

Last night was a great night of dreams. And recall in most of my nap.
Tons of intense vivid recall with out the B6. And not much sleep either. Did a random reality check in my nap, but nothing really came of it. I think I woke up.

Mostly a bunch of annoying work dreams that I should have become Lucid during. Just before I woke up I got so pissed off about something I started throwing stuff. I think I would have gotten Lucid if I had not woken up there.

Note: I actually like my job for the most part. There are some things that get on my nerves though. And when I dream about work. those things are magnified ten fold.


Howard Stern show
I'm trying to make a phone call. I get the wrong number and A voice comes on telling me that this is the live Howard Stern show. And they are patching me in.

I turn on my TV, and the show is on. And they Welcome the new caller. Which is me!
I'm nervous about being on the live show and I'm not sure what to say. So I do more listening than talking. There are two men ,and two women, that are guest on the show. besides me the caller. Some really weird sexual stuff goes on on the show, that I really don't feel like describing. I eventually hang up. And Howard stern says."Well, that boring quiet caller is gone. Lets see who the next caller is." I wake up shortly after that.

Hey Caradon, sorry I haven't been in here.

good to see you're dreams coming along nicely. I know exactly what you mean about unpleasent things (ie:work) getting magnified ten-fold....that's our minds way of doing dry runs...I get that all the time unfortunately.

Hmm, The Howard Stern Show eh? aww, I'd hoped to hear about the perverse sexual acts! (no I hadn't ) That's a rather funny happening where you turn the TV on and here Howard Stern call you a "boring quiet caller"..hehe, not very nice but funny!

Good stuff Ruth! (It was Ruth wasn't it?)

I envy you guys. You seem to have a lot more lucids than me. I think I've had six so far (give or take a few) but only one long one, and I only semi levitated once for a few seconds and it wasn't holding together very well, so I dropped out of the dream. I've been trying since about August but still haven't got the hang of it (ESPECIALLY WILD's!). I did have some bad misses a while back though. First I was doing some thing where I was leaning at like a 20 degree angle to the ground by bending my hands a certain way (weird) and then my cat was all long and stretched out. Still haven't completed a personal or DV goal but I think if I start in my dream journal again I will be on track for LDing in no time, since I have been trying to WILD and doing a LOT more RC's. Well I'll check back ASAP. Nice seein you all!

Sorry for this bit of spam Caradon:

Bah, don't envy Shinjiro. We're all different...I'm sure with a little focus and as you said, beggining a journal, you can get back on it in no time. Lucid dreaming has this mysterious, difficult aura around it but it really doesn't have to be all that hard...Don't get down that you haven't completed tasks...get in touch with your own dreaming mind first. If you have the time i'd say at least start jotting down as much as you can recall from the night..get back into the swing of your dreams and what they might contain...just thinking about them seems to help me. WILD also..I have a hard time with it, but I'm pretty sure it just takes a bit of determination, at the same time as relaxation and relaxed confidence...try it a few times, learn what to expect and you'll be on your way. Don't stress about what your having troubles with.

Hope perhaps to see your dream journal soon..

Originally Posted by Caradon

"Well, that boring quiet caller is gone. Lets see who the next caller is."

I got a good chuckle out of that.

Originally Posted by Shinjiro-yan

I envy you guys. You seem to have a lot more lucids than me.

Don't sweat it. Just keep working at it and it will eventually come. I have short lucids fairly regularly, but I have absolutely no control whatever. I've never levitated, flown, or done any other cool stuff that I read about. I just have to be content to watch the dream and let it do its thing. But I know that will change with time. So, everyone has their own level and can get better. Just keep at it and don't worry so much about what the next guy is doing.

Originally Posted by Caradon

Note: I actually like my job for the most part. There are some things that get on my nerves though. And when I dream about work. those things are magnified ten fold.

Yea, I know what you mean; lots of little things get blown out of proportion in dreams.

Funny Howard Stern dream. So do you usually have a lot to say when you call the show IRL?

Originally Posted by Caradon

Howard Stern show
I'm trying to make a phone call. I get the wrong number and A voice comes on telling me that this is the live Howard Stern show. And they are patching me in.

I turn on my TV, and the show is on. And they Welcome the new caller. Which is me!

Great story again, Caradon!
Would be almost possible to have happened IRL

Too bad about missing the lucid opportunities and waking up from the dreams before you got lucid, but you're on the right track with the reality check!

Originally Posted by Shinjiro-yan

I envy you guys. You seem to have a lot more lucids than me. I think I've had six so far (give or take a few) but only one long one, and I only semi levitated once for a few seconds and it wasn't holding together very well, so I dropped out of the dream. I've been trying since about August but still haven't got the hang of it (ESPECIALLY WILD's!). I did have some bad misses a while back though. First I was doing some thing where I was leaning at like a 20 degree angle to the ground by bending my hands a certain way (weird) and then my cat was all long and stretched out. Still haven't completed a personal or DV goal but I think if I start in my dream journal again I will be on track for LDing in no time, since I have been trying to WILD and doing a LOT more RC's. Well I'll check back ASAP. Nice seein you all!

Yeah don't worry. as long as you keep at it you will get there.

Originally Posted by bro

Sorry for this bit of spam Caradon:

Feel free to post all you want bro!

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

Funny Howard Stern dream. So do you usually have a lot to say when you call the show IRL?

Oh yeah! I'm normally very vocal about which girl should win the free breast implants!

LOL Just kidding. I hate implants. Or any kind of cosmetic surgery really.
I can't imagine paying somebody to cut your face off and sew it back on again! Sick. I think people who would do that are better off seeing a psychologist than a doctor.

With maybe the exception of people who have been really messed up in some kind of accident.

Originally Posted by Sara

Great story again, Caradon!
Would be almost possible to have happened IRL

Too bad about missing the lucid opportunities and waking up from the dreams before you got lucid, but you're on the right track with the reality check!

Thanks Sara.
Yeah, no big deal. I'll be Lucid again soon. Was giving my brain a rest for a few days. It's amazing how quick things can slow down.
Well didn't sleep more than a couple hours each night all week. that doesn't help much either. Until the REM rebound that is.
Came so darn close last night too! that one was a little frustrating.

Mutants
I'm in the upstairs bedroom of an old town house I used to live in as a kid. It's night, and I'm surrounded by inhuman mutant creatures that are bent on killing and eating me.

I have a grenade! rather than letting the creatures kill me. I squeeze the trigger then leap into the air above all the creatures. As I fly through the air I realize the pin has not been pulled on the grenade yet. I pull the pin as I'm falling into the mass of mutants.

I let go of the trigger, and hope that there is not to much of a delay before the explosion. because I don't want to feel the mutants ripping me apart. I'm not disappointed the grenade goes off almost instantly.

everything goes black and I see bursts of light in my vision. kind of like if you push your fingers against your closed eyelids. And everything is quiet now as well. I realize that I'm laying on the floor. I'm a little confused because I'm not dead. I'm afraid that maybe half my body exploded, and I'm just going to lay there until I die.

My vision comes back and I'm able to stand up. There are mangled body parts and blood all over the room. for a moment I think some of it is mine. But I feel fine.

Now I become very afraid.(I wasn't before) It's still night outside, the window is open and the light is on in the room. Outside, I can hear the inhuman screeching of more untold numbers of mutant creatures. I'm terrified that they will realize I'm still alive inside.

I crawl across the floor towards the window, trying to stay low so that they don't see me. once to the window I reach up and slide it closed. I crawl back across the room going for the light switch. I need to turn the light off, but I'm a Little afraid they will notice the light go out and come looking for me.

I turn the light off anyway. I'm about to go into the back of the closet and curl up in a dark corner trying to hide until the sun comes up, and the creatures go away.

But, I now realize I have to pee really bad. So before I can hide I need to find the bathroom. I make my way down a dark hall, expecting more creatures to jump out at me at any moment. from other rooms.

I make it to the bathroom, And I'm about to start going when I realize that it does no good to pee in dreams. But I don't really become Lucid. I wake up shortly after thinking that. And I really have to go.

I saw the movie"I AM Legend" today. And this is the dream I had when I came home and took a nap. be back to write a couple more dreams later.

Originally Posted by Caradon

Mutants
I'm in the upstairs bedroom of an old town house I used to live in as a kid. It's night, and I'm surrounded by inhuman mutant creatures that are bent on killing and eating me.

I hate when that happens!

Originally Posted by Caradon

I make it to the bathroom, And I'm about to start going when I realize that it does no good to pee in dreams. But I don't really become Lucid.

Hey you did the same thing that I did a while back, except I was actually going. I mean not actually, but in the dream. I got lucid for about a minute.

Yay! Good to see some more.

That sounds like a frightening one! Sounds like it could have been a part of a of a movie perhaps...crawling to the window.. (I couldn't help but picture a mutant's face appearing out there ) Good move with the grenade...I don't blame you not wanting to get ripped to shreds by those beasts...ah yes and then the priority changes from protecting your life to finding the john. Hehe, that is just too common. I know the feeling you had when you realized peeing in dreams was useless but still did not get lucid...had it many times

PS-Lightswitch worked eh? hmm

Good recall Caradon, glad to hear you've got more coming.

How in the world can you blow yourself up with a grenade, walk away from it, and not become lucid?

Originally Posted by Moonbeam

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I hate when that happens!

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Hey you did the same thing that I did a while back, except I was actually going. I mean not actually, but in the dream. I got lucid for about a minute.

Yeah, I remember reading when you did that. It happens to me once in a while too.

Originally Posted by bro

Yay! Good to see some more.

That sounds like a frightening one! Sounds like it could have been a part of a of a movie perhaps...crawling to the window.. (I couldn't help but picture a mutant's face appearing out there ) Good move with the grenade...I don't blame you not wanting to get ripped to shreds by those beasts...ah yes and then the priority changes from protecting your life to finding the john. Hehe, that is just too common. I know the feeling you had when you realized peeing in dreams was useless but still did not get lucid...had it many times

PS-Lightswitch worked eh? hmm

Good recall Caradon, glad to hear you've got more coming.

Took last night off from the computer to get some stuff done around the house. And to keep my mind on trying to get Lucid. I think, unless I have something really interesting to write. I'm going to stay off the computer Sunday nights. For both the reasons as above.

Yeah, light-switches work more often than they don't in my dreams.

I don't think you guys caught what I edited in at the bottom. I saw "I Am Legend" Just before taking a nap. And I had that dream because of it.

It was a good movie, but not a great movie. I was a little disappointed. but I enjoyed it over all. In a way, I guess it's like a new twist on the whole zombie idea. It had it's intense moments. Though I had a really hard time watching the whole dog scene. That really bothered me. But I guess they needed it to add tension to the movie. I won't be surprised if I have more dreams about it tonight.

Originally Posted by raklet

How in the world can you blow yourself up with a grenade, walk away from it, and not become lucid?

Lol, I can do just about anything and not get Lucid from it. I even miss my best dreamsign once in a while. And then other times I can get Lucid from the
smallest abnormality. Or from nothing at all. I guess it just depends on how alert I am in the dream. I am surprised I didn't get Lucid though, when I was trapped by the creatures. I guess it's because I wasn't very afraid at that point.

Alien Attack
I can't remember the first part very well but I'll do my best.

I'm in some building with a group of people. I'm sitting by a window looking up at the night sky. I see a light moving, and it's descending to earth. as it gets closer I can tell that it's some kind of ship. It continues to fly down, then lands in the street outside.
It looks kind of like some futuristic police car.

I'm not really sure what it is. I think, it may be some secret government vehicle. I tell other people near by about what I see outside. I don't remember much about what happens next. but there is a normal looking man that comes from the ship. And enters the building. After a while it becomes apparent to me that he is some kind of hostile alien.

He is somehow subtly taking over the minds of the other people in the building. The next thing I remember clearly is that I'm running down corridors trying to get away.
At some point all the doors of the building have been locked, to trap us all in.

I'm running and turning down different corridors trying to lose the alien. I see a door leading outside. I know it's locked, but I slam into it as hard as I can, and the door bursts open. I run out into the street. I see someone standing in the street. It is someone that started out human but had been transformed into an alien.

It attacks me. It has this long elastic slimy rubbery arm that stretches across the distance. it wraps itself around me, and starts to pull me back to the the thing. It has these sticky suction grabbers, that has me stuck. I'm able to force myself out of it. but instantly it grabs onto me again. I grab onto the tentacle arm and pull with all my strength, and I am able to get away. I remember hearing the thing saying something like. you humans would be better off all dying on your own than suffer the fate, we have in store for you. And the thing does not look human at all now.

I run for help. I now notice that all the people near by are just props set up by the alien to make it seem like all is normal if we were to have looked outside.

I end up running back around the side of the building I escaped from. I see a group of people sitting outside. I am afraid that these may have been transformed as well. So I try not to get to close.

Across the street, I see this thing that looks like a huge satellite dish. it is firing this energy beam into space. (This is hard to describe because there is a complex plan here by the alien that I'm having a hard time remembering how it goes exactly.)
The energy beam is trying to make some kind of connection to the aliens home world.
And when the alien connects with this other thing, through the energy beam. it will come into it's full power. And it will be the end of all humanity.(That's the simple version)

I run across the street,and leap into the dish of the satellite. There are these light bulb looking things in the dish, that are sending the energy into space. I have some kind of metal rod in my hand now. And I begin smashing the light bulbs, trying to destroy the beam.

But as I destroy this one, I see another bigger satellite rise up out of the ground not too far away. The dish itself is to high for me to climb into. And I hear the alien say something like. That there is no way I can make it into this dish. And I don't have the guts to try for it.

There is a wall near me. I jump up onto the wall. I see what the alien means. The dish is quite high in the air. I have to make quite a jump from the wall in order to make it. if I don't make it I will fall a long way to the ground. But I'm not deterred!

I run along the top of the wall as fast as I can. When I get to the end, I leap into the air, tuck into a ball, then I just make it into the dish. I roll down the inside edge of the bowl shape. I hear the alien scream in protest. The next thing I know, the alien is up in the dish with me trying to stop me. But, I try to ignore it. And I begin smashing my metal rod into these light bulb things. They don't break easy. but with a few determined hard hits they break.

With every one I disable, a hear the alien scream. I look up, and I can see that the alien is beginning to grow week, and starting to wither. I continue my work as I wake up.

I really didn't describe this all that well. There was more to it. And some really freaky hard to explain stuff going on.

Note: I was not on any B6 these are my normal dreams.

Explaining Lucid Dreaming
This is the one I'm annoyed I didn't get Lucid during.

I'm talking to somebody I work with about Lucid Dreaming. I'm explaining techniques on how to become Lucid. And I'm telling him about how I do reality checks all the time now. And how to pinch your nose to try and breath through it.

But I never actually do a reality check!

Had a lot of other dreams but those were the most interesting, and it's getting late now. I'll get caught up on some journals tomorrow during the day.

Wow Cradon..more and more epic dreams.

This is another dream that sounds like it could be the plot of a movie...the tentacle to begin with sounded rather frightening and the fact that so many humans had been made into those aliens...yikes. I must admit, I loved the sattelite dish sequence..very exciting. I find it amazing what our mind's come up with...light bulbs sending a beam to an alien home-planet..brilliant..Good job with the roll and completing your little mission of saving humanity.

Haha, the seond dream, those are the most frustrating of all. Our mind takes bits here and there but hardly ever gets us lucid..tricky little thing.

Great recall Caradon..and sometimes I find that it is better to be off dv and just within your own head for a while...you learn more about what works for you.

Originally Posted by Caradon

I really didn't describe this all that well. There was more to it. And some really freaky hard to explain stuff going on.

Note: I was not on any B6 these are my normal dreams.
Had a lot of other dreams but those were the most interesting, and it's getting late now. I'll get caught up on some journals tomorrow during the day.

Even MORE than this? And more dreams too?
WOW, I'm impressed over and over again by the length and amount of action in your dreams. So cool to read. Hopefully a little spark of it will hit my mind one day
I really wonder how long you sleep every night, cause your dreams seem to last for hours

I'm talking to somebody I work with about Lucid Dreaming. I'm explaining techniques on how to become Lucid. And I'm telling him about how I do reality checks all the time now. And how to pinch your nose to try and breath through it.

But I never actually do a reality check!

Oh, a missed chance. But hey, don't be to angry with your brain, it's doing a good job entertaining you (and us) with all the action in the non-lucids.

By the way: you have some cool abilities in your normal dreams

Originally Posted by Caradon

Alien Attack
It has this long elastic slimy rubbery arm that stretches across the distance. it wraps itself around me, and starts to pull me back to the the thing. It has these sticky suction grabbers, that has me stuck.

I really didn't describe this all that well. There was more to it. And some really freaky hard to explain stuff going on. [/quote]

If there was more to that dream than what you described, it would be a novel!

Originally Posted by Caradon

I'm talking to somebody I work with about Lucid Dreaming. I'm explaining techniques on how to become Lucid. And I'm telling him about how I do reality checks all the time now. And how to pinch your nose to try and breath through it. [/SIZE][/FONT]

But I never actually do a reality check!

I've done that...just goes to show that you should RC at the slightest hint of anything dream-related. (Doing RC right now).

Hey Caradon, I was thinking about your "Mutant" dream...did you already get to see "I Am Legend"?

Edit: Tried to fix messed up stuff.

Originally Posted by Caradon

I remember hearing the thing saying something like. you humans would be better off all dying on your own than suffer the fate

The Overlords have come to haul everyone off to the meat factory!

Originally Posted by Caradon

The energy beam is trying to make some kind of connection to the aliens home world.

Its the grand projector.....good thing you destroyed it.



Nice dream! I enjoyed that. It reminded me very much of "Shade's Children" by Garth Nix (referenced above).

Originally Posted by Caradon

After a while it becomes apparent to me that he is some kind of hostile alien.

He is somehow subtly taking over the minds of the other people in the building.

I usually hate body snatcher plots, but the tentacle arms with suction cups make this one ok. Love how you went for the high dish even though it seemed too high to reach, and how the alien was screaming as you smashed the light bulbs.

that alien attack dream is totally great lol! such detail...its hard to remember those complex dream plans.

ha that one when you are talking about lucids sounds frustrating lol its very annoying when that happens

Thanks comments every one!
Sara: Most nights I don't sleep much at all. this last week was pretty bad two three hours every night at the most. I got into the bad habit of sleeping longer in my naps when I came home. than before I went into work.

But, Sunday and Monday nights I get to sleep in, and catch up.
But I stayed up to late last night and didn't sleep in long enough.
Lost the recall in my nap too. It faded away as I woke up. I had the feeling they were some dreams worth remembering too!

Mountain run
almost Lucid again

I'm on my mountain bike riding into the mountains on a trail. After a ways into the mountains, I notice that it's starting to get dark already. I have no flash light, and figure I had better high tail it back before it gets to dark to see.

Once on the last stretch of mountain I am no longer on my bike, but on foot. there is a steep slope to the bottom. Its not vertical, just a pretty steep grassy slope. not rocky either. it's like a wild field would be here. really bumpy, with holes and mounds of dirt from animals. I begin running down the slope off to the side of the trail. trying to be careful not step in any holes and twist my ankle. once about half way down I begin thinking about leaping into the air and flying the rest of the way. I start to become Lucid just feeling like I could actually do it. I think about it being a dream. And that feeling of being Lucid in a dream washes over me. but I wake up before really getting the chance to become fully Lucid. Or actually try jumping.

One other boring dream about driving my car on a slippery snow covered road. and parking in a parking lot. Then a tow truck driver trying to tow my car away. saying I'm not allowed to park there.

I only slept three and a half hours on a night I could sleep in. dummy!

You seem to wind up on dark, fightening paths quite often, with a failed light. hmm. Hey, it does sound like you got at least sem- lucid, if it had lasted a little longer, i'm sure you would have taken to the sky.

The towtruck snow dream...hmm, doesn't sound too far fetched..

good stuff man, I like running in dreams its always so strange, like you do things that you could never do in real life like leaping large distances etc I tend to hove a lot when running

Originally Posted by Caradon

Mountain run

I'm on my mountain bike riding into the mountains on a trail. After a ways into the mountains, I notice that it's starting to get dark already. I have no flash light, and figure I had better high tail it back before it gets to dark to see.

Once on the last stretch of mountain I am no longer on my bike, but on foot.

Funny how that happens! Nothing beats the dream-logic

This dream rReminds me SO much of my mountain-rally dream!
The whole situation (getting dark, being on the bike suddenly instead of in the car) can just picture it again

I start to become Lucid just feeling like I could actually do it. I think about it being a dream. And that feeling of being Lucid in a dream washes over me. but I wake up before really getting the chance to become fully Lucid. Or actually try jumping.

With a little more sleep, you'll be able to make it next time!

I only slept three and a half hours on a night I could sleep in. dummy!

Did you have problems to stay asleep? Sounds like a little insomnia, living on this little sleep (ehh, at least I have my naps as an excuse )