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I started lucid dreaming a long time ago when I was depressed, |
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Last edited by Conquer; 07-22-2009 at 03:58 AM.
"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.."
- Ralph Emerson
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"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.."
- Ralph Emerson
I think that correlation does not imply causation, and that bumping a thread 14 minutes after its creation is just. . . wrong. |
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I've had a depression (and still a little, I guess). I didn't feel like lucid dreaming back then. I think lucid dreaming can help in overcoming your depression. Perhaps a depression could make it easier for someone to attain lucidity somehow, but I think this is personal. I've found that a lack of motivation, which is generally part of a depression, really holds you back from lucid dreaming, like almost anything else. |
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Actually, a year ago I was suffering from deep depression and I found that I was having lucid dreams almost every night. After I overcame the depression I started having less lucid dreams and bad recall. So whether or not depression does help with lucid dreaming, it is clear that the state of mind is a large variable. Perhaps some people experience more lucid dreams when they are in a state of euphoria.. |
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they are definatly correlated from what research i've done and it seems this could be chemically based, high dopamine and low serotonin is often a cause of depression and high dopamine means vivid dreams. |
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You didn’t tell specify what kind of depression or meds (if any, you are on) so this is a long answer for your possible lucid variances. Lucids occur in the late REM cycle so here are variables r/t depression and REM sleep. |
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"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.."
- Ralph Emerson
Boredom, mostly. Also, all of my other forums pretty much died. |
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IMO you guys left out two likely variables- depressed people sleep a lot, meaning more overall opportunities to dream as well as longer REM periods, and people who are depressed and not happy with the state of their lives probably enjoy being able to indulge in escapism and have fun in their own heads. If you're happy and doing fun things in the real world, lucid dreaming probably isn't as exciting. |
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Hmm, through a *rough/depressing* period in my life, I had very noticeably more vivid, long and frequent LDs, though that was also in a time where I slept only once every two or three nights. |
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You merely have to change your point of view slightly, and then that glass will sparkle when it reflects the light.
The reason why you stopped having LDs and especially remembering dreams well is because once depression was over, you attention turned to the waking life. |
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Not all people with depression sleep more. Many depressed individuals have sleep disruption (difficult going to sleep, staying asleep or change in sleep pattern). Not sleeping well can intensify depression and prolong it. |
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