I usually just mention lucid dreaming. When they make a "wtf are you talking about?" face, I say "you know, when you're dreaming and you realise you're dreaming? Then you can control it and it's awesome!" |
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It is nice to be able to have someone to share your experiences with face to face. Although I'm not sure I agree with all of his theories the credit for this idea goes to Michael Raduga...or at least that's where I got it from after following link after watching a video on another thread provided by TiredPhil. |
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Last edited by anderj101; 09-15-2013 at 08:48 PM. Reason: Merged
I usually just mention lucid dreaming. When they make a "wtf are you talking about?" face, I say "you know, when you're dreaming and you realise you're dreaming? Then you can control it and it's awesome!" |
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The dreamer formerly known as Angelpotter
I usually only bring it up if dreams are the subject or if I decide to start talking about my dreams... It's no big deal with my friends, they know I'm weird anyway |
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I prefer not to talk about lucid dreams with people I know, most of them will never understand what it is like. But sometimes when I have mood for sharing my dreams I will share whatever I want to. I started lucid dreaming with a friend of mine, it was great experience to share every dream, but now we live far from each other, in different countries... |
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Back in high school this topic somehow came up and me and three of my friends started practicing together and sharing our experiences. Needless to say, it was great. I'm not sure who brought that up and how exactly. |
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Last edited by Blackhammer; 09-01-2013 at 11:36 PM.
I have two friends who know about lucid dreaming and have tried it, though they aren't very serious about it and just hope for DILDs. I remember the first time we talked about it was when one of us talked about a dream she had I mentioned that it was possible to control it and be 'awake' inside the dream. Both of them were interested right away, but like most people, gave up after a few fruitless tries. |
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Well I tried it the other day with my friends who are a married couple and the husband said that he had a few lucid dreams when he was young. I started with do you remember any dreams? The wife still seems to remember a good number of dreams and told a few stories of what seem like a false awakening and someone being in the room(assume HH) but seem surprised that her husband have experienced lucid dreams when he was young and she does not remember any. I used a lot of "well, they say..." to talk about the different types of dreams people have but only hinted at the fact that I actively lucid dream. |
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If you are ever in a casual conversation, you could try saying like, "I had this crazy dream last night! I think you might have been there!" That will get them interested because I know that if someone has a dream about me, I'd want to know. From there, you could ask if they knew what lucid dreaming was or if tHey have had one. Most people I've talked to, think lucid dreaming is just sleep paralysis and nothing more, but when I try to tell them it's more, they don't believe me! So make sure who you're talking to may be curious, a good listener, and not too stubborn to grasp your knowledge of the lucid dreaming arts. |
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I told a friend once, and he said that it could exist and that I was crazy, or something along those lines. He's my best friend though, so I don't really care what he says . I still have everyone here to talk to about lucid dreams. Actually...I had a teacher that told us (somewhat indirectly) about lucid dreaming, and didn't actually call it lucid dreaming. I wonder what he would say if I emailed him, and asked him about it, and if he was still interested in it. That...would be interesting |
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Last edited by DragonMaster21; 09-04-2013 at 04:24 AM.
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please don't share lucid dreaming with others you know IRL, it's best for both of you.Dreaming, lucid dreaming isn't mainstream, that weird part of our life which is better to forget.Also you can't force concepts, ideas, most people will hate if you take them from their comfortable idea of how their world worlds.You are not better than them if you practice lucid dreaming and don't worry, there will always be people that will be interested in lucid dreaming without finding out from IRL people. |
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I don't agree. Especially with LDing being the part of our life which is better to forget. I think that bringing up LDing is alright if the conversation is already about dreams, but I don't talk to everyone I know about it. Just those that I see getting excited about dreams that they have had. |
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When you share something like lucid dreaming, people will hardly understand the true beauty of lucid dreaming. They are used to rare, not vivid, short dreams and they will comprehend your story as something similar to what they are used to experience. |
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This is how it is when you share anything with anyone that doesn't share the same passion, be it sports, lucid dreaming, or anything. I think that LDing is quite an awesome hobby, but a hobby nonetheless. I think that almost everyone has had at least one very vivid dream in their life. If they think it sounds boring when explaining then start using better adjectives and be more descriptive. Some people really won't ever get into it, for instance my wife thinks that it is cool that I enjoy it, but she thinks that it is boring, even after having a few LDs. When I was 11 I never played basketball, but a friend of mine got me to sign up and I played for 8 years. I enjoyed it more than any other sport prior. |
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for people not knowing about LD or with no interest in psychology this is the logical way to follow.We are teached that dreams are not important since you asked your mother what are dreams, add to that the fact that some dreams can make us feel really uncomfortable, no wonder you would try to forget it and don't give it such importance. Acknowledging them would imply that some bad things we did or where done to us and that emotions like rage, fear, lust, anxiety, sadness have a true meaning when in fact things require a much better analysis than some of us are willing to make.Keep in mind these are emotions people try to avoid and supress their true cause and personal significance in a society that expects you to be happy and cheerful all the time, but these emotions often resurface in addiction, fights with others, stress, unhapiness, endless worries. |
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Last edited by Gattaca; 09-04-2013 at 11:13 PM.
I've found a simple way to start it up; |
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Today, I brought it up this way with a new co-worker I like. I'll bring it to the middle of the conversation to save space. It went something like this. |
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My father told me about lucid dreaming, my mother knows about it(don't know where from), I told my wife(don't know why), told my good friend but he does not dream at all. |
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Thank you BrandonBoss & others for your input. I am in agreement with BrandonBoss but I understand some of the other people's hesitation. There may be situations where you may not want to bring up lucid dreaming or a related subject. Heck, my wife thinks it is something scary. But I still talk to her about the dreams I have of her deceased father or living family (especially our son) and some of them are lucid and she seems more okay with hearing things like that. She has had sleep paralysis before and definitely thinks it is something to be scared of. I tried to explain to her that it is a natural phenomenon, as in not supernatural, at least in my opinion. It definitely depends on who you are talking to and if you are willing to put yourself out there to some degree. As shown in some of the examples above, you can decide how much you put yourself out there. You could just talk about dreams in general which usually would not a controversial subject depending on the nature and context of the dreams. As BrandonBoss eluded to, some specifics you just keep private. |
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Last edited by fogelbise; 09-05-2013 at 04:57 PM.
I'm pretty open when it comes to talking about lucid dreaming. I've always loved telling everyone about my dreams ever since I was a little kid, and I think there are ways of casually bringing up lucid dreaming without making it sound too weird/crazy. As others have already said, it can just be something like, "You know ... those dreams where you know you're dreaming so you can control it." When the subject comes up I usually find that my friends/family are interested in it, and that they've had lucid dreams before or they'd like to learn how to have them. |
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“I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?” ~ Chuang Tzu
"This is my dream. I'll decide where it goes from here." ~ Alice in Wonderland
I don't think that it's something that should be kept to ourself. Atleast if you don't want it to. When I brought it up in a discussion we talked about games where you are a god and can do whatever you want. So I simply said "Hey, do you know a really awesome way to control the world and be a god?" and then I found out that he had heard about it before. So I explained how it's done and now he's trying to get one himself. But I'm not really sure how to bring it up with my other friends, but I think that I will find a way. Probably they will find it interesting when I start sort of a mini-company about Lucid Dreaming next week |
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