Is Lucid Dreaming addictive?

[Angeleyes]

Hello everyone, for my part I will just shortly introduce myself and talk a bit. I am a student and look forward to graduate with a scholarship in 2 years. I have always been on the paranormal side of life, I traveled a lot around the world and I am happy to have a vast amount of knowledge about people and the world at my age. I am aware of my arrogance and I just can't avoid it. So here I will shortly list the things that make me special (everyone is a special individual in its own way, some are just born into it). I am extremely athletic, fast, about 1.86, jump high and long, great endurance etc. Physically, I have no complaints but an injury I acquired 3 years ago that prevents me from performing at more than 85% of my capability. Still enough to be under the top. I never mention the best, because there are always people who are better than you in something, its a fact you have to face. Even when you master something, there are still other components that are important to progress. Humans progress slow, it took us generations to develop, although since we have more people nowadays, things speed up. I have always been aware of people. I watch them, I am passive, I was never able to orientate myself in those groups of nonchalant people who just live their life as is it, not going further. I have a slight touch on people, I can read them a bit, but everything happens in my subconsciousness. Everything. I hate IQ. I never really tested it, but most of the time you will get results that aren't the ones you truly inherited by birth. It is a matter of developing them. You develop intelligence throughout your years, some are born with a slight advantage, however if they don't use it they will stay as dumb as normal day people in society. Now I do not wish to go any further in my study of humans or any intelligence crap. I have learned throughout the years to manipulate people in believing who I am and that's how I want it to be, it would be tooo complicated to explain, people don't understand it. Their not supposed to. There are exceptions under which other people fall into, if successful in striving for their plans and dreams, they will have a great impact on the world, positively or negatively. I will not mention any more on this, if people want to start a discussion on it, I will be delighted. Now to my main question is Lucid Dreaming addictive. I mentioned earlier some people are born into this knowing already thing.- In fact I do know that it has some addiction, especially to people who want to get out of the ordinary and dream the life they wish they could lead. Its nice I admit it. its wonderful to not think about normal day stuff. I had Lucid dreams a few times before. Unintentionally. Yes its true, my reason for it, I am good with my mind, that's all there is to say. I read this forum and some other sites for 2 days now, I had my first WILD yesterday, intentionally after going to sleep. I already had the feeling some other times, but this time it was intentionally. I cant control my dream, I was staying passive as it is and watched things happen. I still remember my dream, no need to write it down. Now I do not want to look like a foolish arrogant person in front of others, I was never really able to socialize like normal day people, I wish I could just pretend to forget things but its impossible. I wish that this topic leads into a discussion in which everyone has the right to express their opinion and therefore tolerate the one of others. I hope there aren't to many grammar mistakes, English is my fourth language. Thank you.

[DuB]

Well, it's of course not addictive in the chemical/physiological sense, like nicotine or painkillers. But I suppose it might be addictive in the same mental sense that you could be addicted to chocolate or sex. However, the term 'addiction' is often taken further to mean that you engage in it to a point where it interferes with your daily functioning and overall life. Whether or not it would even be possible to do this with lucid dreaming is highly debatable. On the one hand, someone could theoretically spend all day lying in bed trying to sleep in order to have more lucid dreams. (I should point out that anyone motivated to do this clearly has issues far beyond a 'lucid dreaming addiction.') On the other hand, there is a lot of evidence that suggests that people can't really sleep much more than their body requires even if they try to, at least not without drugs of some kind. So really there is already a limit on how frequently you could lucid dream. So while it may be possible in theory to become 'addicted' to lucid dreaming, I feel pretty confident in just saying that, for all intents and purposes, it is not possible. Certainly I've never seen or heard of such a thing. Welcome to the forum.

[AirRick101]

I wouldn't worry about this.... ....English is your fourth language??? Now that's something you don't hear very often.

[PSPSoldier534]

I speak 5 languages. Russian, English, Ukrainian, Spanish, and Czechoslavakian. On topic: I won't worry about it.

[spockman]

As the late great Bruce Willis once said, "Lady, I speak two languages..." Although actually I speak a bit of German. Beside the point... Anway, you could dwell on LDs or spend so much time researching it/on forums that it keeps your life from being productive. That would be addicted to things RELATED to LDing, that should count.

[Reality_is_a_Dream]

Congrars on your LDs. What language do you dream in, may I ask?

[imj]

It's addictive if it's the only thing on your mind. So to make it 'safe' engage in other pleasures as well. IMJ

[gigaschatten]

Is breathing addictive? It takes devotion to master lucid dreaming and if there is nothing else on your mind, so be it, as long as this is your choice. Better to have an objective and to follow it with addictive insistence than to waste your time. There is nothing wrong with being addicted, we all are: air, water, food, social contacts... we need it and want it. The question is, if your addiction is something benevolent or harmful. My answer to that is, that lucid dreaming is rather benevolent.

[ViSions]

I was actually a tiny bit addicted to it a couple years ago for a couple months.. I started going to bed as early as possible every day just hoping for a lucid dream.

[Abra]

Is breathing addictive? Great transition into the point I was going to make. Dreaming, like breathing, is forced to be in moderation. Just as one can't hyperventilate for too long before passing out, one cannot physically dream all day. Once your mind gets enough REM sleep for the night, you are done.

[ForgottenDream]

welcome to the forum my answer is no, it's not addictive, although i do think about it everyday. i also think about food everyday so there you go

[MelodicRipple]

Hello. No, I wouldn't say addictive. Fun, when they happen, maybe. But addictive, no.

[AirRick101]

As the late great Bruce Willis once said, "Lady, I speak two languages..." I coulda sworn I once saw that say "Bruce Lee" newayz, that line sounds familiar....where's that from again?

[Shift]

I coulda sworn I once saw that say "Bruce Lee" newayz, that line sounds familiar....where's that from again? Good english and bad english. I'm pretty sure it's from the 5th element with Leeloo, but I'm not 100% sure... he's in so many movies!

[spockman]

Good english and bad english. I'm pretty sure it's from the 5th element with Leeloo, but I'm not 100% sure... he's in so many movies! Sure enough, it is!

[Shift]

Sure enough, it is! Considering how many times I've seen that movie I should've been a little more sure