Hello all,

I am one of those lucky few who has the natural ability to have lucid dreams. So much so, that I had them several times a night (2 out of 3 dreams) every night for a number of weeks. However, I decided to stop because of the potential harm I may have been doing to my brain.

Thus far, I have only witnessed one side-effect from doing this. The continuing use of super-powers in non-lucid dreams. While on the surface this does not seem very negative, it does raise a question about long term effects.

For example, I felt like I had no creative ability so in my dreams I gave myself the ability to manifest objects. My brain had to compensate and dissolve the objects to get the message across. However, since this can never happen in real life, there is no way from my brain to "drive the message home".

My question is this: Do lucid dreams prevent those powerful "message" dreams from happening, even when the dream isn't lucid any longer? Those scary dreams where we feel like we are falling or being chased: aren't those needed? (So the brain can process a feeling?)

What other long-term effects does lucid dreaming have?


Thanks for any info,

James