Thread: Lucid Dreaming Related?

Sometimes when I drink I see shadows moving around when going to bed, but never like you are explaining. I sometimes wake up partially still in my dreams hallucinating partially in the real world and in the dream scene I was just in, I can walk around and everything and still hallucinate for 30 seconds or more.

On those three nights that it happened did you drink the night before also? Or maybe not get enough sleep that day? All I can think of is instant sleep paralysis (It can happen if you haven't had the proper amount of sleep) due to lack of REM sleep the last few nights and you just aren't noticing the vibrations, which I'd call REM rebound. Which would mean you were already in a dream you just didn't know it. Hmm but I really don't know just naming a few things that could be the cause. Have anymore details?

Originally Posted by Reclypso

Sometimes when I drink I see shadows moving around when going to bed, but never like you are explaining. I sometimes wake up partially still in my dreams hallucinating partially in the real world and in the dream scene I was just in, I can walk around and everything and still hallucinate for 30 seconds or more.

On those three nights that it happened did you drink the night before also? Or maybe not get enough sleep that day? All I can think of is instant sleep paralysis (It can happen if you haven't had the proper amount of sleep) due to lack of REM sleep the last few nights and you just aren't noticing the vibrations, which I'd call REM rebound. Which would mean you were already in a dream you just didn't know it. Hmm but I really don't know just naming a few things that could be the cause. Have anymore details?

I kind of explained it wrong before. When I have had a heavy night out drinking, i usally crash around 3 or 4am and then wake up at like 10 or 11am. Its the night after the drinking that I see these images. I don't think it is sleep paralysis though, this would imply that I couldn't move, which I could.

Originally Posted by WeekdayBeard

I kind of explained it wrong before. When I have had a heavy night out drinking, i usally crash around 3 or 4am and then wake up at like 10 or 11am. Its the night after the drinking that I see these images. I don't think it is sleep paralysis though, this would imply that I couldn't move, which I could.

People often mention "Sleep Paralysis", but that's usually wrong... here are two links about it and what you're PROBABLY talking about (I can't be sure).

Sleep Paralysis Demystified

Sleep Paralysis Explained