To lucid dream or not?

**Deftness** · 10-08-2011 03:33 AM

I use to lucid dream some years back, accidentally, never really intentionally. I have been wanting to try to do it again, but my then I started thinking about and over analyzing it, as I usually do everything. I was wondering if lucid dreaming could do more "harm" than good. Not in the sense that my brain will wither and fall out my ear but I thought that when you sleep, that's your brains time to "rest" [in its utmost brainy resting ways]. When your sleeping doesn't your brain use that time to process what has happened throughout the day and decide what information to keep and not to keep and what not like that? If I intentionally am lucid dreaming does that interrupt something that my brain should really be doing at that time, not allowing it to rest and repose for the next day?

It reminds me of studying for a test. They found people that skip studying hard and cramming the night before and sleep actually do better. So if I constantly am telling my brain to work for me could the opposite happen then it be all fatigued over time?

I guess everything in moderation right? I dunno, any thoughts?

**MadMonkey** · 10-08-2011 04:57 AM

There is absolutly no reason to believe that becoming lucid in a dream will disrupt your sleep. There has been no evidence to suggest that but I still see threads like this one that are worried about it. Don't worry there are no negitve effects from lucid dreaming.

**Erii** · 10-08-2011 06:51 AM

Just like MadMonkey said, there is nothing dangerous about LDing, you will be fine

**Puffin** · 10-08-2011 07:01 AM

I'm with the others; there is nothing dangerous about it. Even if it did somehow influence how our brain sorts through daily memories and info, we have plenty of dreams each night. That being said, not all of them will be lucid. It's perfectly safe.

**lawilahd** · 10-08-2011 07:03 AM

Theres nothing dangerous to it, however I do notice that on the days where I lucid dream I feel tired afterwards usually, but thats probably because on those days I oversleep over my normal sleep time.

**FancyRat** · 10-08-2011 08:16 AM

The only way a lucid dreamer loses rest is the time they might spend practicing induction techniques in the middle of the night, which obviously you don't have to do when you need to get up early the next day. Also, it is interesting to note that most of the repair and rest your body needs is done in NREM sleep (which isn't when you're dreaming anyway). There are plenty of ways lucid dreaming is helpful and no reasons why it shouldn't be so I suggest you check out some of the resources out there

**MadMonkey** · 10-08-2011 07:11 PM

I myself usualy feel more rested and happy when I wake up from a lucid dream. Although twice I have woken up from a lucid and had a splitting head ache in one part of my head. It was the same spot both times. I don't know why.

**Stirred** · 10-08-2011 07:55 PM

I'm thinking about doing some advanced maths, but I'm worried my brain will melt. Should I?

**Naiya** · 10-09-2011 03:01 AM

I know several naturals who are lucid in every single dream, every single night. And they still get plenty of rest. In fact, people are more likely to feel more rested and energized after a lucid dream than a nonlucid.

I can only see it as being a problem if you do too much WBTB during the night and interrupt your sleep with that.