Thread: What do your friends/family think of you intrest is Dreams/Lucidity?

My youngest brothere trys doing it but hasnt had much success (his DR seems to be quite low .... )
I made a topic about this already http://dreamviews.com/community/showthread.php?t=45350

Nearly all my family, and all my friends LD.

My family (at least my mother) is as uninterested as uninterested can be, my mother even tells me to not talk about it. My friends who know about my lucid dreaming are interested, some even have them now and then.

My mom tells me to do something productive with my time even though I already play guitar and paint <.<. And I've only told one of my friends and he's really interested. We started dream journals the same night .

Originally Posted by TheWall

My mom tells me to do something productive with my time even though I already play guitar and paint <.<. And I've only told one of my friends and he's really interested. We started dream journals the same night .

Well you should tell her she should do something productive, LD'ing is alot more productive then an ignorant person who is not open to explore their own conciousness, exploring yourself is the epitome of productive use of time

how are you wasting your time according to her?

your already sleeping, why not take advantage and LD? tell her that and then we'll see who's the productive one

My wife thinks it's somewhat odd. She's one of the lucky ones who gets lucids without trying (although not as much as when she was younger), and finds them annoying. But she also understands my desire to have better contact with my un/sub-consciousness, especially since most of my life I had almost zero dream recall.

Originally Posted by gthom

My wife thinks it's somewhat odd. She's one of the lucky ones who gets lucids without trying (although not as much as when she was younger), and finds them annoying. But she also understands my desire to have better contact with my un/sub-consciousness, especially since most of my life I had almost zero dream recall.

How can someone find lucid dreams annoying?

Originally Posted by Luminous

How can someone find lucid dreams annoying?

My question exactly, whats annoying about them? you can control your dream, I just don't see how that could be a burden lol

I have talked to my sister about it, she thinks it is cool. But I found out from talking to her she is a natural LDer. So sometimes I will call her up just to talk about it with her.

I talked to my mom about it the other day. She has a pretty open mind, but she didn't sound like she understood me, but she listens to me so I like that.

I have also told my husband about me doing the LD thing. He is pretty cool with it. Some times I feel weird talking about it with him and have told him such. But he just told me that he thinks it is cool I am trying to LD and that I should not expect him to understand it, but he would like me to continue to talk to him about it.

My best friend that I have told and talk about it with him sometimes thinks that it is awesome I am trying to LD. He thinks this because he likes the idea of me trying to harness my dreams to help me better understand my self which is a huge goal of mine with LDing. When I tell him some of the things I have experienced with LD he always challenges me to look beyond the top layer of the dream. It is quit fun talking with him some times about LDing.

All in all everyone I have told seems to be ok with it. But I do try to only tell people who I know has an open mind and will except something that is out of the norm of everyday chatter and what not.

Originally Posted by Luminous

How can someone find lucid dreams annoying?

She says she's never had control, or even thought about it. Just that sometimes she'll realize she's dreaming and will want to see how the dream ends, but then gets annoyed when scenes shift, etc.

From her description, it sounds like a relatively low level of lucidity, where you realize you're dreaming but don't really appreciate the significance of that realization.

I don't know anyone who LD, but i pretty sure they think it's cool. even if they don't care about it that much.

Originally Posted by TheWall

My mom tells me to do something productive with my time even though I already play guitar and paint <.<. And I've only told one of my friends and he's really interested. We started dream journals the same night .

I agree with your mom. You shouldn't be wasting your time on lucid dreaming, you should make your homework in your sleep instead!

I have yet to LD but I have experienced HI, and I told a few of my friends about it (Some very ignorant close minded people I might add). And they both thought it was awesome and I told them to Google it.

One said they made it to SP, the other has yet to try it.

all my family understand what im talking about although my dad thinks that it is making me tired? but i can see where he's coming from as WBTBs can be quite tiring!

My mom thinks that I'll get mental problems... one of my friends says that he doesn't want to do it because he wants to go along with the storyline. I don't blame him, because his dreams are freaking crazy...

everyone i told (except one) thinks it weird and give me a queer look everytime i say lucid dreaming.the one guy that listened to me is now a member on this site

I only share when asked, so the inherent attitude of someone interested is quite positive, naturally.

I have nearly stopped telling people that I experiment with lucid dreaming. most people look at me like im insane when I begin to explain it. Aside from the majority, there are a select few people I know who are extremely interested in it.

People I tell are pretty cool about it.

lol I was worried when my Mom found a note i had written to myself for WBTB. I put it by my alarm, it said "don't go back to sleep lucid dream!" I have little will power when it comes to waking up Anyway she's like "what does this mean?" and I explained WBTB to her and all she said was "well, i hope you're not doing that on school nights?"

Originally Posted by gthom

My wife thinks it's somewhat odd. She's one of the lucky ones who gets lucids without trying (although not as much as when she was younger), and finds them annoying. But she also understands my desire to have better contact with my un/sub-consciousness, especially since most of my life I had almost zero dream recall.

i think ur wife is lying , how on earth can doing anything u want annoying that really doesnt make sense

Only my Mum and two friends know I'm interesting in LDing.

My Mum reacted like she couldn't comprehend why anyone would want to do it, even after I told her its like being god of your own world and being able to do anything you want. She didn't dismiss it or think its dangerous or anything though so thats alright.
Personally I can't comprehend how someone would not want to do it...

One of my friends thinks its cool but he doesn't really say anything about it or try it himself, he just comments on how cool my dreams are when I tell him about them.

The other friend I told was similar to my Mums reaction, except she actually said its "stupid". So I told her she was stupid

The two friends that know that I LD for a hobby or whatnot have both different opinions. one thinks that its impossible which made me really pissed because he kept say "oh yeah, thats all fake" and my other friend whom i was trying to teach and train him to become lucid was pessimistic about it. he was like "oh, Greg, i suck at dreaming, ill never be as good as you." which made me sad in a way. my parents think its pretty OK and have neutral feelings about it.

I told my mom about lucid dreaming and she was like: " Be careful with lucid dreaming"... What can happen to me in a dream ?
And for my friend he was neutral at first he said that it was impossible blablabla..xD
But after he told me that he was wrong and maybe it could be possible but i don't know if he still think that. lol

It really amazes me how many people think lucid dreaming is dangerous or otherwise bad for you.