seratonin levels and lucidity

[ushamie]

my mum tell me that lucid dreaming can causce depression and lower your seratonon is this true because i havent felt depressed

[dodobird]

No, it is not true. It cannot lower your serotonin, or cause a chemical imbalance that would lead to depression. Lucid dreaming can make you depressed only if you have an unhealthy approach towards it, for example: 1) avoiding confronting problems in real life by trying to escape into the dream world ( which can happen with any hobby ) 2) Trying to replace real life experiences with dream experiences, for example hanging out with people in a dream instead of in real life. If you try to replace your waking life with your dream life you can become depressed. But if you look at LD's as something that you add to your life, then it cannot cause any depression. In fact it can make you very happy, peaceful, balanced. It can make you more aware and mindful in real life. It can give you a wonderful feeling of excitement and wonder, as you imagine the wonderful experiences you will have when lucid dreaming, or remember some of these awesome experiences that you already had, or the most amazing feelings you can imagine during the lucid dreams themselves.

[Marvo]

my mum tell me that lucid dreaming can causce depression and lower your seratonon is this true because i havent felt depressed What is your mother basing this on?

[Jdeadevil]

"You will turn into a sad human begng that lives only in The Land Of Nod"? Although I don't know why she would mension Command And Conquer!

[Marvo]

"You will turn into a sad human begng that lives only in The Land Of Nod"? Although I don't know why she would mension Command And Conquer! Wrong, it's called Tiberium Wars, not C&C. C&C is a game and a series of games.

[ushamie]

thx

[ushamie]

What is your mother basing this on? she is basing it on stephen le berges research apparently P.S. i do no who he is

[dodobird]

Tell her she should look deeper into this. It's true that serotonin levels drop when you are dreaming, but this is a natural phenomena that occurs whether you are lucid or not. Also, the serotonin go back up when the REM is over.