Negative Affect of Lucid Dreaming

[Nirvana]

When I wake up from Lucid Dreaming I feel unstable mentally. I feel like my family members are more dreamlike, and the environment can take on a creepy feeling. It's like a hangover in which I feel I may interpret waking life as a dream and percieve a family member as evil, or something. I fear I may say or do something strange, as I interpret the waking world as still part of the dream. I defintely don't enjoy this affect of Lucid Dreaming. Anyone have any tips on how to deal with this after waking? It does seem to fade after an hour or so, but still I feel a touch psychotic for awhile after waking.

[Hukif]

Do you wake up and take a moment to think about the dream, get your mind off the dreaming feeling and all that before getting out of the bed? If not, try doing that, if you already do... well don't know what to do really.

[Nirvana]

Do you wake up and take a moment to think about the dream, get your mind off the dreaming feeling and all that before getting out of the bed? If not, try doing that, if you already do... well don't know what to do really. Depends. If the dream was intense I'll lay there and think about it for a few minutes. Like I said, it's like a hangover, or a spell, that lasts for awhile, maybe an hour, in which I feel the waking atmosphere is still dreamlike, and I could interpret reality as a dream, and say something or behave strangely.

[Raetin]

That's weird, never had that kind of effect when I woke up after lucid dreaming. Heck, I just had a lucid dream this morning. I'm usually energetic right after waking up from one. There shouldn't be a negative effect since lucid dreaming is just a dream where you are aware. Maybe it was something you ate before sleeping? Has this happened to you before, like before lucid dreaming? Also remember to RC to check if your actually awake or dreaming.

[Oneironaut Zero]

Get in the habit of reality checking, when you wake up, if you're not already doing that. Nothing's going to be able to stop a stigmatic view you have on waking life, but yourself. Learn to be able to tell when you're really awake, and remind yourself that you're really awake and nothing 'strange or dreamlike' is going to happen, because it's the real world. It seems like a pretty rare affliction, that you've probably 'thought' your way into. Snap out of it. Lol.

[Nirvana]

Yeah, I should do more reality checks. That may help. I just had a lucid dream an hour ago, and I feel better now, as the spell like feeling wore off more. This happens everytime I wake from a lucid dream or a nightmare. Perhaps I'm just being too OCD about something others don't worry about. Others may experience this at lower levels but they just don't obsessive and worry about the feelings.

[Castles]

Don't let your mind erase the line between reality and dream world. That will be the downfall of your mentality.

[Ermac]

Then lucid dreaming might not be for you, if you continue to LD you might go insane though its really all in your head, if you think reality is a dream then it is a dream too you just don't think about it

[nina]

It is completely natural to have such feelings when awakening from an intense dream like a nightmare, or a lucid dream. You shouldn't attribute this just to lucid dreaming, and no, you aren't going mad. It is merely an indication of the intensity of the dream and how consciously involved you were.

[Oneironaut Zero]

It is completely natural to have such feelings when awakening from an intense dream like a nightmare, or a lucid dream. You shouldn't attribute this just to lucid dreaming, and no, you aren't going mad. It is merely an indication of the intensity of the dream and how consciously involved you were. I can agree with that. Going back to what I said, earlier, it may not be something that manifests itself as a 'feeling that things are going to slip back into weird dreaminess', but there is definitely a 'buzz' that comes with having an intense or lucid dream, which tends to last for a while. If that's what you're talking about, OP, then that is very normal. But, really, it's not much different than that feeling you get after you do something really exciting or terrifying, in waking life. The feeling 'sticks with you' for a while, which is not uncommon at all. If that's what you're feeling, then that's one thing, but you do have to stay logical about things and realize that you're awake, and you're just having an intensity buzz. That's all.

[Nirvana]

I can agree with that. Going back to what I said, earlier, it may not be something that manifests itself as a 'feeling that things are going to slip back into weird dreaminess', but there is definitely a 'buzz' that comes with having an intense or lucid dream, which tends to last for a while. If that's what you're talking about, OP, then that is very normal. But, really, it's not much different than that feeling you get after you do something really exciting or terrifying, in waking life. The feeling 'sticks with you' for a while, which is not uncommon at all. If that's what you're feeling, then that's one thing, but you do have to stay logical about things and realize that you're awake, and you're just having an intensity buzz. That's all. Yeah. I think that's what it is. Like I said, I think I'm just watching the feeling and becoming anxious about it, when it's not really a big deal. I haven't done anything weird because I feel that way. I just have to let the feeling wear off, and it does wear off within an hour. Kinda like you need a little time to wake up, I just need a little time for those strong creative vibrations to wear off. I had another lucid dream lastnight. I'm having a few a week now, so it's unlikely to avoid them now...so, I better get used to them. It seems I trained myself to have them and there's no going back.