Thread: LD Dangers?

Well, if that's the ONLY thing you do in LDs, you don't fly around or explore or things like that, is what I think Torcher meant.

Originally Posted by Sgeo

Well, if that's the ONLY thing you do in LDs, you don't fly around or explore or things like that, is what I think Torcher meant.

I have no idea what they meant,... but don't say I didn't warn you! LOL

Because of sleep paralysis, the body/brain doesn't recognize the difference between doing something IRL (in real life) or not. Psychologically it's the same.

I think trying too hard to have lucid dreams can screw up your sleep cycles, but other than that, there's no harm. Your brain is still firing away and doing all the other things it does in REM. Features of your dream over which you don't exert conscious control - that is, almost all of the dream except for your choice of which actions to pursue - are still controlled by random and subconscious processes, allowing your mind to appropriately "dump" its contents. You're still immobilized and letting your blanket control your body temperature as your body temperature regulation systems are maintained. Most (but possibly not all) of the brain chemistry involved is the same in lucid and non-lucid dreams.

Originally Posted by Who I Am

Because of sleep paralysis, the body/brain doesn't recognize the difference between doing something IRL (in real life) or not. Psychologically it's the same.

I certainly don't think so. It just feels the same because your subconcious is making it all so real, but the psychological effects of it are nothing. Like I said, your brain is well capable of dividing inbetween subconcious happenings in your dream and your waking likfe as soon as you wake up. Like I said, I killed people in LDs before and I didn't get any psychological problems.