Thanks for the article! |
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A new study |
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Thanks for the article! |
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It's an interesting study and it was nice to see that there's still some on-going research interest on the subject. I read it thoroughly last night and have been thinking about it a bit. Below are some of my thoughts and personal speculation. |
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Last edited by DarkestDarkness; 02-20-2020 at 07:22 PM. Reason: clarification
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Singled out from some of my favourite quotes from Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri: "Risks of [Planet] flowering: considerable. But rewards of godhood: who can measure? - Usurper Judaa'Maar: Courage: to question."
Thanks for the info. It's always a pleasure to read new research. However (as occipitalred mentioned) I question what exactly qualifies as 'refreshed'. I do believe 'post success' plays a part. I definitely feel excited after a lucid dream. Especially since it doesn't happen often (i rarely practice) reevaluating everything (from prior night) |
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If possible, out of curiosity, could you elaborate on meaning of "daily lucid nightmares". Are you implying some form of lucidity without any control over actions/dream narrative? |
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Probably the perceived danger of nightmares triggers more alertness... more lucidity. But from my journaling, if I look at the more nightmarish dreams, (though they are nothing like night terrors or nightmares nightmares), I can sort of associate it with first noticing things are odd, I'm not comfortable. Like, I start to be more alert, think, this is odd, feel less secure and suddenly the scenario escalates to the worst. So in these cases, I feel low lucidity is prone to more negative dream content, for me, because, I realize how odd things are and it feels unsafe. |
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I'm not sure whose post you're referring to exactly here, but if it was the bit about my friend having these daily lucid nightmares, then I'll explain briefly: Yes, she had extremely clear lucidity in these nightmares, but the only thing she had some control of was herself. Everything she could think of doing never worked when she tried. I told her about how it can be comforting to talk and how characters can suddenly change when you speak to them and try to engage in dialogue, so I suggested she spoke to the character in the dream and she did, after which the character felt a lot less threatening and the matter sort of resolved itself, simply put. |
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Singled out from some of my favourite quotes from Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri: "Risks of [Planet] flowering: considerable. But rewards of godhood: who can measure? - Usurper Judaa'Maar: Courage: to question."
For me, it makes me wake up as more optimistic and more confident about life when I have a lucid dream or as many that I've had. Then again, I've been doing this for years. So, I tend to know myself better than a study that could or could not be right. |
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Darkestdarkness I was referring to you (my bad if didnt hit reply). Anyway that sounds horrific. I heard similiar situations before but not often. Assume its somewhat rare. Anyway I'm curious how our perception of fear operates in dreams (or lucid dreams) I think in dreams (believe I've previously mentioned on site) a bouquet of flowers could appear scary. I think (in most cases, not ur friend) it does involve a 'low lucidity' or we're constantly struggling with memory. Even when lucid I think most experience difficulty w things like reading/writing or facial recognition. Or our fear increases w risk of false awakenings. From my own personal experience, which isn't grand (achieving that prolonged experience) it's a juggling act always reinforcing mind 'I am here' I've personally had lucid dreams thrown into dangerous environments but nothing I'd consider nightmares. In regards to dream characters (helping friend) I'm somewhat skeptical however everyone's different (with me many appear to act as 'dream police') its ridiculous how many characters want nothing more but to end my adventure. I've always been superstitious but if I practiced ld'ing frequently my opinion very well may change.. Anyway thanks for feedback. Hope friend discovers something that works. |
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