Thread: Watching Your Dreams

Originally Posted by Riff

Usually i recall no internal thought while dreaming. I talk sometimes but i never think. I just gooo with the flowwww. Its also really hard for me to realize im dreaming due to this. In RL im a thinker, i think constantly about random and occasionaly about LDing. My dreams arent in 3rd person, but i seem to have no idea on which " Road to take" or whatever. [/b]

i have this exact problem, but to be honest, the only way to improve chances of thinking within a dream is to add some awareness to it, do this by being more aware in your wakin life, for example, last night i had a dream that a girl i know joined these forums, i can't believe i didn't realise when it was about these forums, just do some more RC's, but raising your general awareness is the best and most effective way. I find that if i'm not very aware, time seems to fly by very fast, this may be why my dreams seem so short when recalling them, its almost like getting in sync with reality, with time so that you are aware of every second of your existence, this should reflect in your dreams thus you being able to think in your dreams, i'm still working on my awareness and its slowly coming but don't give up, keep at it and you will be a thinker in both worlds, good luck, hope this helped, if it made any sense

I understand where your going, but how do i increase awareness?

Originally Posted by Riff

Usually i recall no internal thought while dreaming. I talk sometimes but i never think. I just gooo with the flowwww. Its also really hard for me to realize im dreaming due to this. In RL im a thinker, i think constantly about random and occasionaly about LDing. My dreams arent in 3rd person, but i seem to have no idea on which " Road to take" or whatever. [/b]

all that sounds exactly like me... and i mean exactly.

I had this exact problem when i started lucid dreaming. But now its way different. I have way better conscience and i make decisions on my own. All thanks to my dream journal!

Originally Posted by lucid_seeker

last night i had a dream that a girl i know joined these forums, i can't believe i didn't realise when it was about these forums[/b]

I know exactly how you feel. I had a dream I was in a class about lucid dreaming and the overhead broke. It seemed so obvious when I woke up. I usually don't remember feelings or thoughts either, but I think I have remembered more since starting my dream journal. Hopefully if you have a DJ and especially write down thoughts when you do remember them you will increase the thinking you do in your dreams.

I had a dream where i was teaching someone about LDINg

ok Riff i did a little research on the internet and found a few bits of info that may be interesting and could help improve your awareness in your dreams. The following quote is from a random site.

"Make it your priority to invest time everyday, (if only a short time), to get to know yourself, your dreams, achievements, strengths and weaknesses"

surprisingly there isn't much about increasing your awareness in your dreams, is a topic rarely mentioned, look at "ataraxis" guide on increasing dream realism by going here http://www.dreamviews.com/forum/inde...howtopic=11037
its a good guide and full of info, give it chance because its a good read

Thanks, i had 3 vivid dreams last night, and i remember thinking. I was in 7-11 and i saw that they were selling N64 games for like 30-40$. I thought to my self " Wow thats way expensive for that system"

So maybe we do think in our dreams just our recall sucks.

The take time in the day to invest in your self?- I'll do that, thanks for the help.

If I'm in a 3rd person dream, I usually don't have much thought at all, but if I'm in my body in the dream, I usually have thought processes and stuff.

Originally Posted by Riff

In RL im a thinker, i think constantly about random and occasionally about LDing.[/b]

Perhaps the randomness of your thoughts is part of the problem. In a dream, random thoughts aren't very likely to help you become lucid, and even thought about lucidity isn't guaranteed to make you lucid. However, if you spend time analyzing your environment, and what's happening at the moment, and trying to notice anything out of the ordinary, this habit is far more likely to occur in your dreams and help you become lucid.

Originally Posted by Elwood

I had this exact problem when i started lucid dreaming. But now its way different. I have way better conscience and i make decisions on my own. All thanks to my dream journal![/b]

me too, yesterday i had a dream , i thought it was reality , so i just acted normal. but my goals before sleeping where flying and fucking lol