Thread: [INTRO/DC-1] Gamecheater.

Just a reminder, there are now two class tutorials posted in the syllabus thread! http://www.dreamviews.com/f85/intro-...llabus-101457/

All four assignments are now posted! If you would like to receive completion for the course, they must be completed in full by October 8, 2010!

Originally Posted by Serenity

All four assignments are now posted! If you would like to receive completion for the course, they must be completed in full by October 8, 2010!

I know...I'm just having trouble with the dream recall part. It doesn't make sense to post that I Couldn't remember anything. Anyway, 3 or 4 nights ago I remembered (Very vividly) A dream, maybe multiple. Here is what I wrote right after I woke up -

The earliest thing I can remember is seeing a humvee going through a jungle....it was going at very fast speeds with some things chasing it(Not sure what). There was music too.Then the scene changed. I was in walmart and I had a baby that was just born. It was attatched by its umbilical cord to a clock. an alarm clock. No one could detach it. I saw a girl there too, and we talked for a while about the baby/alarm clock thing.(*1). Then I remember being in some casino type place, and they had shows where to get in you had to drain water from the room (An underwater casino maybe?)...I drained it and I did something that phased me out of the world and let me see things like eagle vision(*2), and other people couldnt see me so I just walked right in and didnt have to pay. then a movie started playing and it was that humvee in the jungle from the earlier part of my dream....but this time other things were going on, like exploding stuff (helicopters)_ and there was one general that tried to explode his helicopter and send the blades flyng off into the air but it did nothing at all. Like it didnt explode, and everyone was laughing at him for his failed attempt.

I also remember at some point walking into my house and seeing sweets everywhere and filling myself up on these sweets like a fatass . I made no bake cookies the night before and I have been trying to eat healthy...Maybe this is related.

*1 = I almost had a serious relationship with this girl that I saw in my dreams. We flirted for a long time, and when I asked her out she said she had feelings for someone else. I stopped worrying about her. We haven't talked for 4 weeks.
*2 = Eagle Vision...Like in Assassin's Creed. It somewhat makes sense, as I've been playing the game recently. Watch this if you still don't understand - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6PI3d06m0I

What in particular do you feel is making it hard to recall things?

If you feel it is awkward to just say "Nothing to recall" perhaps write the emotion you woke up with?

I feel it's hard for me to LD or even recall things because I've spent the last few years convincing myself it doesn't matter how odd something is, it's best to focus on how to act and how to fix the current situation. As a result, I am the best problem solver you've ever seen. But I don't recognize odd things....And when I wake up I rarely remember anything. I think it could be because I sleep with the light on in my room. I have since I was a child. It's just become a habit. I've tried turning the light off, And I couldn't get to sleep. I was afraid of the dark as a child, but now it's more of I'm used to sleeping with the light on. I've also tried laying a shirt over my eyes to block most of the light - It didn't change how much of a dream I remembered.

Alright, I re-read all of the tutorials, and even the supplemental reading. The one thing I liked so much was http://www.dreamviews.com/f14/infini...reaming-46571/
Specifically because it addressed the fact of stabilizing dreams, which I had a major problem with. I felt if I did anything out of the ordinary, I would lose the dream. So I tried to create my own universe. I wrote about a page before I went to sleep on what I wanted my dream to be about (Sadly NOTHING carried over into my dream) But that must've done something right, as I remember 2 dreams from last night, ONE BEING LUCID!. Here's my two dreams (One when I went to sleep, the other after a WBTB attempt)

I had a very positive experience with an ex girlfriend in my dreams. We met in my grandparents basement...We hugged once, kissed once, talked for a little while, and then layed out in the grass and just chatted. Then we got in her car and she drove me around for a while. As she was driving around right before the dream ended she was trying to flirt with me. I was telling her I was in no place for a relationship (It's the truth) And that I if I could have a relationship at the time there was another girl I liked...And I started describing that girl. Thats when the dream ended. (Lucidity Scale - 2/5. I knew I was dreaming because I haven't seen this girl in 3 years. It's very odd for me because the relationship itself was great, but the breakup was a disaster. I hated her for a long time, despite not talking to her. After about a year though I figured it'd be best to just forget it all. At the moment I have no feelings for her (Hatred or love). Something else that was weird was after waking up I felt that it was a very positive experience, before even trying to judge it. Also, the basement of the house we were in is no longer occupied by my grandparents. They passed away about 6 years ago (Grandmother) And 9 years ago (Grandfather)

I also faintly remember another dream setting in which my younger cousin (He's 12) Was abused by someone drunk. Physical abuse. His parents are going through a divorce at the moment, and he stays with his mother.

I remember being inside a general store and seeing my whole family there. I really hate this right now, I said to myself, because my dad is here. My parents split up when I was 15, and I never liked my dad after that. Then I realized...There's no way my mom would even go near him...And I didn't even do a RC. I just felt the nature of the dream. Somehow, I KNEW it was a dream just by the feel of it. Even though the only thing odd in this situation was my father was talking to my mother....I still felt it. I can't remember much of what I did, other than running around a walmart, trying to fly (Failed, but I got about 15 feet off the ground before falling) Then someone started chasing me and some of my friends so we started running. The amazing thing is I was VERY emotional (Fear someone would catch me) And the dream didn't destabilize! I was even running my heart out from something I didn't even see! Even though I was afraid and running hard, I still understood it was a dream. After we got away (Me and a few of my friends) We talked about what was chasing us....One friend said it was Westboro Baptist Church! HAH! And then the dream ended (Not because it destabilized, probably because I overslept!)

Lucidity scale for this dream - 3/5. There were some points at which I tried to follow my own goals, but I still tried to follow the plot. I didn't even think of a lot of the things I wanted to do, other than fly. Also, it seems this dream lasted a lot longer than I can remember. I believe I was lucid for a much, much longer time (It really feels like it was 2-3 hours in dream time)

Two lucids!!!

Crazy night last night. I didn't try to incubate any dreams (I barely thought of lucid dreaming last night to be honest) But I did have 5-6 dreams that I remember bits and pieces of. None of them were lucid. What was happening was I usually go to sleep at 12AM EST, and wake up at 8AM EST. Work starts at 12, so sometimes I oversleep. I slept from 12AM to 5:30 AM fine, then I started waking up every hour or so. Each time a new dream that I could remember bits and pieces of. I was going to write it down when I woke up each time, but I feared using the computer would wake me up a little too much. Here's what I remember (In no particular order)

Dream 1 -
Somewhere in an amusement park. I was riding a rollercoaster in the front row over and over again because no one was at the park. This is familiar to me because sometimes I go to Busch Gardens on the weekdays and I get to ride anything, not many people are there. The odd thing about this one is I saw an old friend I haven't seen in a year, and we chatted for a while. I just noticed on facebook that today is her birthday. She has never told me her birthday before.

Dream 2 -
Being chased by someone....I believe it was the CIA/Government. I was using some crazy freerunning and parkour techniques to avoid them, but eventually I ran down the wrong street and ran into a parade....The beginning where they have US Soldiers carrying guns and flags. The dream ended here.

Dream 3-
Something about a lottery and winning prizes. I saw a lot of people from my old high school there that I haven't seen in a year. We were winning things like NES Games and computer manual books.

Dream 4-
Sitting in a parking lot, laying in my mother's car. Some people I don't recognize are in it, and they ask me if I would like to go on a walk with them. I decline. Something about vehicles was in this too, like someone was describing some vehicle that was next to my mothers.

Dream 5-
Rock climbing. I climbed down a crack in the earth's crust, and it started getting hotter. So I climbed out. It was a fun climb though. After I got out someone walked up to me, handed me a puppy, and said goodbye. I had to give it away to someone else. I never did before the dream ended, although I did show it to a few people that were passing by.

Dream 6 -
I don't remember much of this dream. It seemed like it was something about zombies, and I wasn't trying to run away from them. I believe it took place at Busch Gardens, or something that looked very familiar to it.

On a side note, these past 2 nights I've only used one technique - Writing about what I want to dream about. NOTHING has carried over into my dream. But I am having very vivid dreams, and I am recalling them a little better.

Last night -
Attempted WBTB. Failed. I tried turning the light off in my room for the WBTB but it took me an hour or so to fall asleep and I woke up incredibly tired and groggy.
I don't remember much of the dream I had before the WBTB. It involved a group of people, and sharing things. That's all I can remember. Possibly sharing dreams.

After I went back to sleep -

Earliest part of the dream was in the 1700s. I time traveled there. I wasn't lucid. I tried to sell my computer chair (I'm pretty sure that's what I jumped through time with) To find me some shelter in the 1700's. I was wearing a shirt that said "Don't Interrupt me While I'm Talking to Myself". The guy I was trying to sell my chair to asked me to stop talking for a moment so he could read my shirt...And he loved it and wanted to know where he could get one. Then I remember checking out some colleges in the 1700s (I think they were colleges) And I was in a large group of people about my age. We all split up to go different ways around the college dorms, checking things out, etc. Then a bunch of terrorists (Terrorists in the 1700's? I dunno) started taking some people hostage. They had guns, which...was weird. Then I climbed up a ledge and found a sniper rifle with a nice scope on it. When I looked through the scope my vision changed. The scenery was black, but just lit enough to where I could tell what it was, and allies were blue...Enemies were red. This made it much easier to shoot them. I got about 15-20 badass shots in before something different happened. I made my made into the room they were in and I saw a girl there...I can't remember her face or what she looked like, but I felt a VERY strong connection to this girl. She said she had to go stop it, and she climbed down a secret entrance to some cave. This entire time I was still on the auto-pilot way of going through the dream, not changing things, not aware it's a dream, etc. I was yelling out for her to come back, and that's where the dream ended.

I didn't remember much from last night. I remember football...and gunfights. That's about it. There were some bad shootouts, and watching a football game. I also remember getting a laptop from someone.

I don't remember any dreams from last night. I was in my bed for about 5 minutes trying to remember something after I woke up - Nothing.