There are certain aspects of myself that I am not entirely happy with - mostly social ones, since I am kind of a loner, and I don't think this is me "being myself" either, since I don't enjoy it - and I have realized that I was probably most happy with myself at around age 14-15 or so (I really felt very satisfied with myself and very comfortable around people back then, smiled and laughed a lot etc, and I cannot see any reason why I shouldn't pursue this feeling);
I would like to re-connect with how I was back then, but adapt it in a sensible way to my current 28-year-old self of course.
And I was wondering, is it possible to "meet your younger self" in a lucid dream and somehow transform your own behaviour and feelings this way?
I once heard Robert Waggoner mention a woman who managed to fight anxiety by repeatedly telling her dreams that she wanted to "be free from anxiety" in waking life, and apparently this calmed her so much and had such a real positive effect on her that her doctor was amazed and could barely see any signs of anxiety in her whatsoever, so maybe you can apply this to similar types of feelings as well?
Of course I am not expecting to dramatically change my whole personality from a couple lucid dreams alone (although I guess that's possible as well, but probably not a realistic expectation), but I am hoping that they should give me important clues and make me feel more comfortable with this new behaviour so that it becomes much easier to change as quickly as possible in waking life.
I don't exactly suffer from "social anxiety" or anything like that, because I can function around people while working with others in groups etc, but I am having a seriously hard time feeling comfortable with myself in general for some reason, and I wish to get rid of that feeling.
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