Thread: Do Lucid dreams effect sleep quality?

Ah. As far as I know, lucid dreaming does not really affect your sleep, since you are still fully engaged in a full sleep state. Sometimes, the things you do in a lucid dream will affect your "satisifaction" of sleep.

Like.. when you wake up from a nightmare, you are uneasy, and don't really enjoy your night. But, if you have a dream about your crush or your favorite hobby.. things are different.

Originally Posted by AmazeO XD

Ah. As far as I know, lucid dreaming does not really affect your sleep, since you are still fully engaged in a full sleep state. Sometimes, the things you do in a lucid dream will affect your "satisifaction" of sleep.

Like.. when you wake up from a nightmare, you are uneasy, and don't really enjoy your night. But, if you have a dream about your crush or your favorite hobby.. things are different.

i agree

So does that mean there's a way to get rid of that "up till 3 am" feeling I've had in some dreams?

Originally Posted by MadHatter17

So does that mean there's a way to get rid of that "up till 3 am" feeling I've had in some dreams?

Find a pot of coffee =P

A really good, long lucid dream leaves me feeling invincible the next morning. I wake up feeling as if I could kick the world's ass and backhand it a few times for good measure.

Originally Posted by Vex Kitten

A really good, long lucid dream leaves me feeling invincible the next morning. I wake up feeling as if I could kick the world's ass and backhand it a few times for good measure.

But then when you realize the shape your life's in, its a real bummer =(

But that may just be my pessimism.

Sometimes different techniques I try will cause me to lose sleep.

Also, sometimes after a lucid I get up and write it down and then don't go back to sleep for a while.

So being lucid sometimes makes me tired too.

Arby:
Yeah, there's that.
But over all a good strong lucid dream works wonders for the body and mind in my experience.

One of the things I had to over come in regards to lucid dreaming was my negativity. It took a lot of help from a couple of members here to keep me from falling back into the usual pile of pessimism I used to wallow in.

Key is to stay positive or at the very least surround yourself with people who can help you see the bright side.