Thread: Lucid dreaming within a dream

So for the past couple nights, I've been having dreams that are insanely realistic, in which I go to sleep AGAIN. While I'm asleep I become lucid in the dream within a dream, because its much more chaotic and weird than the one I was in before.

Not quite sure why, but a majority of my dreams are becoming so realistic that my reality checks don't work (trust me I know how to properly do one, I become lucid 3-4 times per week.) My sleep schedule is really messed up on top of that. Recently, I've been going to bed around 4-5AM and wake up at 4-5PM. Completely backwards!

Maybe dreams within dreams are my minds way of telling me that I need more sleep?



This is starting to worry me because these dreams are some of the most detailed I have ever had. I even had a nightmare last night. I haven't had a nightmare in almost six years.

Any thoughts? Anyone have the same thing happen? Trying to decipher what all of this stuff means, and its hard when changing dream scene/state/consciousness so much.



A background on my life right now: Just finished fall semester at university, and got home a few days ago for winter break. Nothing is different from before. Everything is pretty much normal, and I haven't changed what I've been eating/drinking either, so my neurons are operating like they normally do as well.

Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!