Abuse Potential - Neglecting Real Life For LD? Only If Per Technical Shortcut?

**Baron Samedi** · 01-04-2014 11:46 AM

I don't care for any of the given answers. People can become obsessed with lucid dreaming, as anything. Obsession is by nature, unhealthy. If lucid dreaming somehow interferes with work or family life, there may be a problem. For example, someone may start sleep depriving themselves in order to sleep for more that 12 hours at a time. Such a practice could interfere with waking life.

**StephL** · 01-04-2014 06:29 PM

MelSchaedlich - the psychology researcher from Germany on here - was taking part/involved with a documentary on TV, which I saw on Thursday.
In the material on the net, belonging to that feature, was an interesting information.
It says, that in the around 5-10% of the population (Germany I suppose..) doing LD - mental health problems are significantly less common than in the general population!

Where the cause lies, is a good question - maybe the more healthy are more likely to experiment with it/succeed at it - maybe it is a direct effect LD has on mental health - who knows..

But anyway - this is good news!!

**Sageous** · 01-04-2014 07:08 PM

^^ My guess is that "the more healthy are more likely to experiment with it/succeed at it." Though it would be nice if LD'ing made us mentally (and physically) healthier, a thing of which I'm still not too sure about, I'm pretty sure that LD'ing works much better on people with clear, healthy minds. So that stat makes sense, but indicates no real health benefit, I think.