Hallucinations=Lucid?

[Alovelyfeeling]

Hello! im wondering is there a connection in between Lucid dreaming and Hallucinations? cause i have two friends and both have hallucitations quite often from some sort of mental illness and both have lucid dreams almost every time they sleep. So is there any study of this or do you guys have any personal experience or thoughts?? Thx^^

[Abra]

I'd bet there's a correlation. If I hallucinated frequently, then I'd reality check a lot to ensure I'm not dreaming! It could be a fluke, though~

[arby]

Sure, if you know the ins and outs of visualization in general, it becomes really easy to replicate and do something like a VILD.

[Alovelyfeeling]

I mean they dont practice it... like do Techniques and stuff.. it comes naturally... Thx for the answers! Peace!

[sourcejedi]

I'd recommend Google Scholar if you're looking for a published study. I don't think theres anything like that though "in the literature", as they say. If you'd asked me hypothetically, I'd probably say that I didn't think lucid dreams would be connected to hallucinations. Vivvid dreams, yes, but the self awareness that is lucidity? Experience trumps guesswork and I obviouslly don't have the experience. I've not seen this come up on DV before either. I don't know anything about mental health or the neurology of dreaming. Google says there are forums for mental health / psychology out there on the internet; if DV is silent you might find more knowledgable people on sites like www.psychforums.com.

[dimensiongod]

I mean they dont practice it... like do Techniques and stuff.. it comes naturally... Thx for the answers! Peace! While it is true that they don't practice using traditional techniques, I would venture to guess that since they spend most of their waking moments having to deal with hallucinations on a regular consistant basis, that they become used to the nuances of reality and hallucinations. I'm sure that at certain times, they would be totally fooled by their hallucinations, but at other times, they are aware of what images are hallucinations and what images are real by noticing tiny cues. This natural technique would carry over to their dreams more effectively than RC's I would imagine since they would be practicing on real hallucinations and unusual/odd events in their waking moments.

[alfy984]

in my experience life is just one big hallucination shared by everyone in the world. Some people think I'm crazy though....

[seeker28]

I hallucinte often due to a mental condition and I have LDs all the time. Once I found out they are something unsual I started working at making them happen more often and now more than half of my dreams are lucid to some degree.

[ChaybaChayba]

I'd recommend Google Scholar if you're looking for a published study. I don't think theres anything like that though "in the literature", as they say. If you'd asked me hypothetically, I'd probably say that I didn't think lucid dreams would be connected to hallucinations. Vivvid dreams, yes, but the self awareness that is lucidity? Experience trumps guesswork and I obviouslly don't have the experience. I've not seen this come up on DV before either. I don't know anything about mental health or the neurology of dreaming. Google says there are forums for mental health / psychology out there on the internet; if DV is silent you might find more knowledgable people on sites like www.psychforums.com. Well, you should read the autobiography of Nikola Tesla.. he also had very vivid hallucinations through his life which were at first hard to control, and this made it easier for him to do Lucid Dreams.. but theres alot more to it, very interesting reading information for everyone whos interested in lucid dreams. Because this man claims he created and tested out all his inventions in his lucid dreams, and then recreated them in real life and they always worked flawlessly. Almost all technology today based on energy waves and electricity are using patents of Nikola Tesla. (AC, x-rays, rontgenrays, microwaves, radiowaves, all invented by him) Only the first pages of his autobiography are about hallucinations and lucid dreams tho, the rest is about his inventions ^^ you can find it for free on the internet. Make sure you get his AUTObiography, the biography he wrote himself, and not some biography written by someone else.