Thread: Is it really okay to lucid dream ?

I've been unconsciously aware of my dreamings since I've been 8-9 years old .although I didn't try to change much as of It all started with my first horrible nightmare . I've always had them so I stopped sleeping back when I was a kid . and even if I slept I always woke up at nights or needed assistance to sleep . but one night as I slept I was in a horrible dream where everyone around me died I remember being small and weak . it all seemed unrealistic . the dead people walking towards me didn't make sense . the first time I realize 'wait this Is a dream' and my immediate action was wake up . I was telling myself to wake up and I started pinching myself . so I woke up I guess I have always remembered most of my dreams as a kid because I found them fascinating so before that nightmare I had remembered all my dreams . I would usually use the general sense of my awareness to wake up from my nightmares because they were horrible. Not nonsensible . but Start off as normal and then something horrible happening . I still remember most of my dreams since kid . I would also have dreamt of something that would then happen that following day or just random games that I played on my Nintendo. Being creative I always made stories,movies, favorite characters/stars. And zombies are the most recurring ones . I recently have also learned how to dream of thing you like . and how you should have a proper schedule. Hoped I found this place before so I didn't have to take so much time to realize.it ! . I remember everything . but I stopped trying to recognize my dreams . at most ignored it . because as I realized that it was a dream indeed ,the people around in the dream started made this weird expression that I can't fathom . is it really okay to lucid dream ? I mean sometimes it feels like I shouldn't because of how the others inside the dream behave . Im.16 now but I the realization and the suspicious looks in the dreams scare me even after all these years .

It is okay to lucid dream. The dream is of your creation. It is okay to realize that something is of your own creation and it is okay to control your own creations.

The DCs could be giving you suspicious looks for any number of reasons. If you are curious why they are doing this, you can ask them to get an idea.

Originally Posted by dolphin

It is okay to lucid dream. The dream is of your creation. It is okay to realize that something is of your own creation and it is okay to control your own creations.

The DCs could be giving you suspicious looks for any number of reasons. If you are curious why they are doing this, you can ask them to get an idea.

I was going to say you could ask them but dolphin beat me. Once I fully understood that the DCs in the dream were a part of me, they started to listen more.

Depression: I have "heard" lucid dream depletes Serotonin faster (REM consumes serotonin), which is known to lead to depression. But I have to test myself what effects long term lucid dreaming can have. It could take a few years before I find out!!

Originally Posted by lucidsushi

Depression: I have "heard" lucid dream depletes Serotonin faster (REM consumes serotonin), which is known to lead to depression. But I have to test myself what effects long term lucid dreaming can have. It could take a few years before I find out!!

As someone with depression I would say the opposite is the case. Whenever I succeed at having a lucid dream, I feel more empowered and less depressed. It releases happy hormones not depletes them, at least that's what it feels like. We have REM dreams anyway, and when depressed nonlucid REM dreams tend to be the pits, and tend to make me feel worse. So turning that around and making those REM dreams more positive can be a huge help in overcoming depression.

Originally Posted by JoannaB

As someone with depression I would say the opposite is the case. Whenever I succeed at having a lucid dream, I feel more empowered and less depressed. It releases happy hormones not depletes them, at least that's what it feels like. We have REM dreams anyway, and when depressed nonlucid REM dreams tend to be the pits, and tend to make me feel worse. So turning that around and making those REM dreams more positive can be a huge help in overcoming depression.

Hey! That's good to hear! And again I left heard with quotes because I'm not sure how true it is, wouldn't want to mislead anyone...

Well, my understanding from what I read is that people who are depressed have a larger percentage of REM sleep and less deep sleep. And that is more tiring less restorative. However, this is the case regardless of whether the R.E.M. sleep is lucid or nonlucid dreams. So either way, when depressed less restful night. Lucid dreams are not any more tiring than nonlucid. When depressed most nonlucid dreams tend to be unpleasant (tidal waves and floods, driving without a break, death, etc.). So if one manages to have a lucid dream, one can improve upon that, and make the dream more pleasant and then one will also be more pleased during daytime following a lucid pleasant dream. That may not cure one's depression, but it is likely to result in at least one better day, following the lucid dream. When depressed, any better day is a welcome thing.