Well I've got classes at 8 and 8:30 so I'll have to get up at 6 for 4/7 days of the week :( but I don't have any other obligations, so I plan on spending my days asleep!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Soldier
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Well I've got classes at 8 and 8:30 so I'll have to get up at 6 for 4/7 days of the week :( but I don't have any other obligations, so I plan on spending my days asleep!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Soldier
You could go to bed earlier...
Also, related to the poll, I never realized that there are so many natural LDers here. I, for one, am not, although I do envy those who are.
same here, well off to bed.Quote:
Originally Posted by erik212
Even though I naturally lucid dream,Quote:
Originally Posted by Soldier
I only have them a few times a month usually, and now that I've learned about them I've increased my abilities therein.
i am a natural lucid dreamer and usually have one or two a night.i have been having them for about five years now.i just found this site a couple of days ago and i find it very interesting.if i don't think about them much it is easier because it just happens.i can usually do anything i want to but for some reason, sometimes i can't fly when i want to.
Dang, I didn't realize we had so many naturals (In ratio with non-naturals anyway)
Not to mention it's becoming very clear that some people use "natural" to mean that they have LDs multiple times a week with no effort whatsoever :morecrying:. I didn't realize it was that often! Now I'm even more jealous! :morecrying:Quote:
Originally Posted by Grunkie7
Been lucid dreaming naturally since I can remember as a kid. I even did some WILDs as a kid when it was nap time, and this is scary as hell.
Usually once or twice a month. without trying.
Over the last few years I've been practicing the techniques, and get around 6 LDs a month now.
I could probably get more if I was more diligent, but I've been experimenting getting more LDs without doing the hard work (suppliments, easy techniques etc...) which is a job within itself.
I definitely don't consider myself a natural, but every week or so, I have an LD, and just by using autosuggestion for about a minute before going to bed. I just seem to randomly have them (DILD), although going to bed around 10, and *knowing* that I will wake up later than normal (around 8), seems to induce me to have them more often.
About flying: In non-lucid dreams, I can do it fine, but in lucid dreams, all I get is low gravity. It's probably because I can't fathom the ability to fly while being aware.
psh I wish.
I must say though, i'm surprised that the majority on this poll voted no, only because i expected mostly the natural LDers to even look on this thread. oh well... now I can go on with my business being jealous of the naturals.
:(
I had a lucid dream last night! and my control was 100%. So now which definition do we use? :tongue: That makes me a non-naturally-induced, but naturally proficient lucid dreamer haha
To me, dreams have always been lucid by default. I can count the number of times I've become lucid in the middle of a dream on one hand. That is to say, I don't use induction techniques, or recognize dream signs, I am just lucid from the start.
It's hard to explain, but even in dreams where I don't go off in first person and manipulate my surroundings and whatnot, I am constantly controlling things passively and am at the very least aware of that fact. Dreams feel like dreams, not just when I wake up and think about it, but throughout.
My dreams tend to be lucid in the sense that many people use (aware, controlling them, first person etc), or they will be like a movie that I am directing, or a video game I am playing. Rarely do I have dreams where I am completely unaware that it is not reality, and that I do not feel in control.
This is where I get when people might talk about low levels of lucidity. I think in my case that I am always aware when I am dreaming, but because I am a natural lucid dreaming, and have been lucid dreaming since I was a kid, that I just sort of go with the motions most of the time. I don't stop and smell the roses as it were.
(dear lord i've been awake for a long time, and have a final in a few hours, somebody tell me this makes sense)
I used to be natural at lucid NIGHTMARES, before I knew what ld was. But that was all,and they were uncontrollable, so it doesn't count.
Wow! Those numbers are really interesting!!!
I had no idea. I've never been able to consciously induce a lucid dream, mine have always been just "natural" dreams. But according to this bit of research, it's a learnable process and I should keep my chin up and keep working on induction techniques.
On MrBeelzy's comment: I also notice that I excercise an amount of control in my dreams, but I don't call it exactly lucid. I never am aware that I'm dreaming, but I do control what happens. An idea pops into my dream-head, and it happens right before my dream-eyes.
i was a natural lucid dreamer when i was a kid. when i was about 14-16 i stopped having nightmares because i learned that i could control my dreams. from there i flew for the first time and was able to easily VILD and MILD. i was also able to re-enter into a dream by reading notes on previous dreams that i liked (i think called DJILD). i used to do a lot of weight lifting then so vitamins and amino acid blends may have helped out.
i'm impressed with myself because i never knew what lucid dreaming was at the time... i just knew i could do it.
i began smoking pot and it all went down the shitter.... i'm so pissed at myself because i'm a complete noob again but i know the feeling and the methods so i quit and hopeful to regain my abilities.
I'm somewhat in the middle, I remember having lucid dreams before I knew what lucid dreaming was, but I have greatly increased the frequency and vividness of them since I began pursuing them.
Tom, I've seen you in a few other threads...
Anyway, I feel so inferior. I've never had any gifts when it's come to LDing, altough I have had OBE nightmares...(not fun) I can LD now however, but I learned from scratch.
Trust me you should not think of yourself as inferior to me... lol, but thanks for the compliment. I'm in the same situation you are now with teaching myself to LD again, but i've never had an OBE—i'm very interested in this. An OBE nightmare i can imagine would be a horrible thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by erik212
I wouldn't say I'm a natural Lucid Dreamer, but when I had nightmares as a child I was always able realize I was dreaming and could end them. I knew I was dreaming and would wake up on my own.
Natural- having LD without knowing, and rarishly at that, 1-2times fortnightly? (DILD maybe) ....... or Natural- Bloody good at doing it, induced and otherwise, WILD, striving for sucess. 3+ times per week
Think I half qualify, or about three quarters. Interesting results anyways. From an early age I could control my dreams, but not with the massive control I can now employ in them, but breaking a nightmare and some random kiddy koolio (fly, be superman), and try to learn to write (LOL) cannot compare to...other things now. :)
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ugh.all of my nightmares are lucid and they suck!!!very scary and most of the time i can't wake my self up from them.i want to know if there is a corrolation between night terrors and natural lucid dreamers.....?
I don't know how strong of a corrolation there is, but I have lucid dreamed since I was young and I also suffered night terrors for many years.
I've always lucid dreamed, never had to learn to do it or think about doing it. I suppose I'm a natural at it. Of course, that isn't to say that I can think of a fence appearing and it does.
Not all my dreams are lucid but a great number of them are. Wish I could say my dreams were maleable instead of just palpaple but that would be a lie.
I'm a natural. I have been having lucid dreams since I was a little girl, before I even knew there was a name for them. However, I've noticed a huge improvement in the quality and quantity of my lucid dreams since coming to this site. I like the idea categorizing the types of dreamers... amateurs, novices, naturals, etc.