I know I'm the only one asking this, but there you go. How does one make his dreams less vivid?
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I know I'm the only one asking this, but there you go. How does one make his dreams less vivid?
I would suggest yelling "less vivid" or thinking that it will become less vivid. Can't imagine why you wouldn't want a vivid dream though :shock:
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Well if all day awareness make your dreams more vivid, try to do the opposite? :)
Can you tell us why you want less vivid dreams? Are you having nitemares or something that your trying to stop? Is this simply to do an experiment in a lucid dream? I'm really curious.
This thread is a candidate for the "Most Ridiculous DreamViews Thread" award.
It makes no sense. If he has nightmares, then it would be logical to ask "how do I make my nightmares stop?" or "how do I stop dreaming/recalling dreams?". It makes absolutely no sense to make nightmares less vivid, because you'll continue to have nightmares... only less vivid.
Yep. It makes a difference. Less vivid nightmares aren't as bad. By your logic, it doesn't make a difference whether you break your leg completely in two, or simply have a little fracture. At the end of the day, you still have a broken leg :lol:
Of course, if it IS possible to completely prevent nightmares from happening, I wouldn't mind knowing how. The obvious answer is to learn how to lucid dream. But for personal reasons, I can't do that. So I'll need another way. If there is no way, I'll settle for the decrease in vividity.
dude i haven't had a nightmare since I was like 7 years old, its all in your mind. First of all, If your scared of nightmares, then your going to have nightmares because your thinking like that. second of all, the best way is to become lucid so you can confront whatever is scaring you in your dreams. But I guess your scared of lucid dreaming too or something? The only way to decrease vividness is to be lucid so your gonna have to become lucid either way :p
You just made the point I am trying to make. Instead of eliminating nightmares altogether, or taking advantage of them, you want to make them "less vivid."
When you take advantage of nightmares, you can turn them into a lucid dream, but you obviously don't want that.Quote:
Of course, if it IS possible to completely prevent nightmares from happening, I wouldn't mind knowing how. The obvious answer is to learn how to lucid dream. But for personal reasons, I can't do that. So I'll need another way. If there is no way, I'll settle for the decrease in vividity.
^^ But is it their vividness you wish to diminish, or the nightmares in general?
I would imagine that, even if their imagery were dull and gray, your nightmares would be just as difficult. It's the mindset of a nightmare that stirs a dreamer, and that mindset can come in any condition or degree of clarity.
That said, LD'ing is a great tool for coping with nightmares, vivid or not. Now that you're here, you might want to browse the forums, as much has been written here about lucidly dealing with nightmares.
Oh, and welcome to DV's!
I'm no Oneironaut (not yet anyway) but wouldn't it be useful to learn what factors reduce the vividity of dreams, especially if you do not want to have less vivid dreams? I don't see how the post above calling this the most ridiculous thread possible is justified. Dreamviews is surely about all facets of dreams, even counter-intuitive ones.
That being said, perhaps you can explain why you are so hesitant at learning to lucid dream if what you really want is to eliminate the chance of a nightmare, Mister Fob.