The suggestion that LDs could be harmful or have risks it total garbage. This guy says that he is blessed to have survived lucid dreaming? Complete nonsense. I've never seen a logical argument for lucid dreams having negative consequences. |
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I found an article that says lucid dreaming is bad for and can change your personality overnight, is this true? Heres the article: |
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The suggestion that LDs could be harmful or have risks it total garbage. This guy says that he is blessed to have survived lucid dreaming? Complete nonsense. I've never seen a logical argument for lucid dreams having negative consequences. |
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it would not change my personality would it? Like change my chemical structure in my brain maybe and do phyiscal damage? I just want to make sure I will be the same person I was before I start lucid dreaming, does anyone have any bad effects from prolonged lucid dreaming on the mind>? |
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I don't even have to read it. It is utter bull! Some people have natural LDs and come out fine. Complete crap! |
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This is the date of my first lucid: 3/6/2010
It took WAY TOO LONG - but was completely worth it.
yea but im saying what if it could make you go crazy for instance, you can not tell the difference from reality and a dream? |
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the worst LDing can do is make you smarter by improving your brain connections. |
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Saying quantum physics explains cognitive processes is just like saying geology explains jurisprudence.
I've been having LDs off and on my whole life even before I knew what they were. I can assure you I'm not crazy. |
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Am I dreaming?
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ok I thought maybe it woul screw up your brain chemicals possibly. |
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lol why so? if that was the case, dreaming itself would do it. |
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Saying quantum physics explains cognitive processes is just like saying geology explains jurisprudence.
Okay.. this guy has a bit of a point that it may alter your subconscious, like you may defeat a fear or something, and that can transfer to real life. Somehow, he see's this as a negative, a dark side, whereas many would see it as beneficial. His analogy of the man who stans up for himself to the boss outlines this pretty well, and he pretty much contradicts his earlier argument, calling it a dark side. And if your new to LDing and are worried about this, then let me alay your fears by telling you that after at least 30 LD's in the past few months, I've not taken any negative turns for the worst. When I first started out trying to learn to LD I had similar fears... You just need to understand it's your mind and you are the one in control..... |
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Well, you have the same personality in an LD as you do in waking life. Lucid dreaming doesn't change you at all. thats rubbish. |
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High Head at Low Noon
I don't think that lucid dreaming can change your personality any more than normal, waking experiences can. The things we see and experience on a daily basis usually change us over time, be it while awake or asleep. |
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Yeah Sleepalot said it. When dreaming, we deal with a lot of subconscious thoughts, beliefs and things we didn't even remember existed. I think that is great for solving things from the past, facing fears etc. So, if it does change you at all, it is clearly in a positive way. |
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Saying quantum physics explains cognitive processes is just like saying geology explains jurisprudence.
If you want to be completely reassured from a scientific viewpoint, since you keep mentioning brain chemicals and such, get Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge. |
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You must be awful bad at LD'ing if it controls you rather than you controlling it. I would say the potential for POSITIVE change, should you choose to use it for that purpose, is far more plausible. |
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Complete crap. |
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I'm going to cause trouble here! |
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you must be the change you wish to see in the world...
-gandhi
Look, all the posts on this thread are right in some way. But the bottom line is: lucid dreaming does dozens of beneficial things, one more awesome the next. And assuming you have a good nights sleep, we all dream AT LEAST six dreams per night. And the only difference is, essentially, you know your dreaming. |
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Kind of the opposite to the discussion, but could it change it for the better? Like say you wanted to become a little more outgoing, you could gain confidence in dreams because there aren't really any consequences, and thus you would maybe find it easier to be outgoing? |
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Thats garbage, dont believe it. |
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Marine ReconSwift, Silent, DeadlyDILD-14 WILD -5 FA-6
Would you really realize your talking to a dummy though? I mean in real life during a conversation you never stop and think whether the person you are talking to is real or not. Would it not be the same whilst dreaming? I would think that while talking to someone the only known reaction would be that these people can still react to how you interact with them. Never had a lucid dream though unfortunately, so you definitely could be right. |
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