Stress and Dreams

**Greenandwhite** · 03-17-2011 07:12 AM

Just wondering... is it possible that Lucid dreaming is connected with increased stress in your life? I have a friend who is under a ton of stress now and it seems like he lucid dreams all the time

**LikesToTrip** · 03-17-2011 07:19 AM

That's odd, I was under the impression that stress had negative effects on Lucid Dreaming. Is the stress causing nightmares that are more easily recognizable as dreams or something? Interesting.

**Tripoli** · 03-17-2011 07:47 AM

Originally Posted by LikesToTrip

That's odd, I was under the impression that stress had negative effects on Lucid Dreaming. Is the stress causing nightmares that are more easily recognizable as dreams or something? Interesting.

Indeed that was the same impression I got.
It could be (emphasis on the "could") that in his waking life he has so much stress that when he goes to bed and dreams the stress disappears and because so much stress was just released he can physically feel that something is "different".
But thats just my guess.

**Greenandwhite** · 03-17-2011 07:49 AM

hmmm... weird... ive also read stories on here about people who have recently come under a lot of stress and had much more vivid and more numerous LDs