i have a couple qeustions

[iamwhoamnot]

hello, i have never achieved a lucid dream but i have a few questions to ask, is your sleep more or less restorative after achieving a LD? i have read before that sleep is the time your mind uses to sort out all of the information it took in the day before, and our body's don't really need sleep. I have red that during lucid dreams it helps to say what you want to do, is there a chance you may physically say that out loud, i think it may freak out my family if i start screaming jump off a building in the middle of the night. also does anyone have any tips on how to start to become lucid, i have read some of the tutorials but the more information i can collect the better. Finnally while lucid could you do such things as do a math problem or some other type of problem that would take some serious thinking. thanks alot

[Barns]

is your sleep more or less restorative after achieving a LD? I'd say more. It is very refreshing. i have read before that sleep is the time your mind uses to sort out all of the information it took in the day before, and our body's don't really need sleep Maybe. No one really knows why we need sleep. I have red that during lucid dreams it helps to say what you want to do, is there a chance you may physically say that out loud, i think it may freak out my family if i start screaming jump off a building in the middle of the night Don't worry about that, when you are asleep your body paralyses yourself. (BTW if you ever wake up and you are still paralysed don't freak out, just go back to sleep.) also does anyone have any tips on how to start to become lucid, i have read some of the tutorials but the more information i can collect the better Keep it on your mind. Think about it during the day and lots at night. That way you will be much more likely to think about it in dreams. Finnally while lucid could you do such things as do a math problem or some other type of problem that would take some serious thinking. What will happen is this: In your dream you will work something out or someone will tell you something really amazing which makes complete sense. But when you wake up and look back you will realise it was complete cryptic nonesense. It is pretty funny.

[dodobird]

also does anyone have any tips on how to start to become lucid, i have read some of the tutorials but the more information i can collect the better Write in a dream journal every day, and try the WBTB technique, and think about lucid dreams when you lay down after you go back to bed. Finnally while lucid could you do such things as do a math problem or some other type of problem that would take some serious thinking. thanks alot You will need high level of control to keep your mind focused enough to solve a math problem, but it is possible to achieve such level of control with practice. When you become lucid, try it, it should be a challenging exercise.

[nautilus]

is your sleep more or less restorative after achieving a LD? i have read before that sleep is the time your mind uses to sort out all of the information it took in the day before, and our body's don't really need sleep. When I lucid dream, I seem to get the same amount of rest as when I have just normal dreams, or more (the "more" may be due to my happiness at having gotten a lucid dream). There have been a few times, however, when I didn't feel like I had the mental effort to lucid dream. In these cases, I adopted a passive attitude where I decided I would "just watch" whatever normal dream I happend to have. This hasn't lasted for longer than two or three nights in a row, and I know it isn't a result of lucid dreaming because I've felt mentally tired like that before. I have red that during lucid dreams it helps to say what you want to do, is there a chance you may physically say that out loud, i think it may freak out my family if i start screaming jump off a building in the middle of the night. I don't think that being lucid would increase the chance of talking in your sleep, but then again I only know of one time I've sleep talked. I would actually think that you would be less likely to talk in your sleep if you're lucid, but if you find yourself in a lucid dream and you're afraid of talking in your sleep, maybe try talking (in the dream) without using your vocal cords. What I mean is, when I'm dreaming, it feels different to talk than when I'm awake. Most the time I don't even bother moving my mouth. Another example: when I move my arm in waking life, I don't usually think about moving it. I just move it. And yet I can think about moving my arm and it won't move. My brain has to send out the signal. But in a dream, if I think about moving my arm, it probably moved already. also does anyone have any tips on how to start to become lucid, i have read some of the tutorials but the more information i can collect the better. The way I started getting lucid was with reality checks. I started doing the finger count reality check all the time during the day, and eventually did it while asleep. A really good time to do a reality check is when you just wake up (due to false awakenings). It was a while before I started using the WILD technique, and now that I've had some WILDs, I'm sorry I didn't try it sooner If you want to increase your chances even more, try combining methods. For example, get into the habit of reality checks, try to WILD when you're falling asleep, think about lucid dreaming during the day and keep wondering if you're dreaming right then, and if you know you can sleep in, try the WBTB technique. Also, you've probably heard this before; keep a dream journal. Finnally while lucid could you do such things as do a math problem or some other type of problem that would take some serious thinking I haven't tried to do this much, but my dad says that the left side of brain doesn't work too well in dreams. I doubt that it's impossible though. However, the right side of the brain brain seems to do pretty well. I know it does because I've practiced violin in dreams. I've composed music too (not that I could remember it when I woke up ) You could probably work out real life issues too (thinking about stuff like issues with friends, "what carreer should I choose", dealing with supressed emotions etc).

[iamwhoamnot]

thanks allot guys this has been really helpful, its nice to be able to ask people questions rather than relying on your own interpretation from tutorials