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My friend is in an army. He sleeps 8 hours a day and he is very good at lucid dreaming but now, he doesn't want to be lucid anymore. Daily training is really hard and he wants to sleep well without any problem including lucid dreaming.
- Despite he doesn't want to do, he's always aware he is dreaming.
- He wakes up very often while sleeping.
- Unintended sleep paralysis bothers him every night.
Please let me help him!
Lucid dreams are not tiring, they aren't exhausting and they don't have any effects aside from the same as regular dreams. When lucid you are still asleep, still dreaming. You don't lose sleep because of it.
I can't say this from experience at lack of lucid dreams myself but this is clearly stated in LaBerge's "Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming" and it does make sense considering the knowledge about dreams all together.
Sorry for asking this but is your friend mentally ill? Lucid dreaming has no strings attached. He can do ANYTHING he wants. Why the hell is that bad? I wish i could LD every night!
Well, the sleep paralysis can indeed be frustrating, I can imagine. But I can't offer much insight on that. Perhaps if he found a way to sleep less he wouldn't wake up in the night in the same state. It really would, probably, take tweaking around with the sleep schedule in order to resolve any of this but given the circumstances of the army, I wonder if he has much freedom in that area.
Apparently. ;)
lucid dreaming sleep is not as deep and refreshing as "dead" sleep. Especially if it causes you to wake up multiple times each night... It is ok if you have the luxury of sleeping long and after that all you have to do is sit in school or in an office... But it gotta be hard for someone who does exhausing physical training.
As for not lucidly dreaming - just let go, drift off, lose awareness, let the dream overcome you. Or try to fall asleep in a dream. If he's truly lucid every nigt it wont take him long to figure out a way to lose his lucidity...