Thread: Is Lucid dreaming Reality checks similar to Insanity/going crazy?

Originally Posted by StephL

Not sure about if LD would really be harmful, if you have schizophrenia - I do see, that there stands "could" not "does", though.

Pure guesswork - but one could also hypothesise, that by the very process of pondering reality and becoming more conscious about the distinctions and nuances between pure waking reality and the dream - a schizophrenic might actually get a better handle on "other stuff, which is not real", as well..
But then - maybe the opposite is intuitively making more sense, after all.
I doubt there are case-reports about a negative or positive effect out there.

Totally right. The danger though is much higher if you were schizophrenic than for a normal person since we're dealing with an extreme. If you are really worried about it, then seeing one's psychiatrist is definitely the best option.

Originally Posted by dutchraptor

Totally right. The danger though is much higher if you were schizophrenic than for a normal person since we're dealing with an extreme. If you are really worried about it, then seeing one's psychiatrist is definitely the best option.

Yepp - fully agreed - there is definitively a danger - and to do one´s own experiments without guidance sounds like a bad idea.