Thread: How Many Natural LDers

I was just wondering, how many people here are natural lucid dreamers, and how many had to learn about it and how to do it, from Tutorials on DV or other sources?

Edit: In reply to Shift's reply, I would define a Natural Lucid Dreamer as someone who at some point lucid dreamt regularly without knowing anything about lucid dreams and without having made any effort to lucid dream at all.

I was a natural lucid dreamer when I was a kid (like most of the people I guess), but now not anymore! so do I pick yes or no? =p

Originally Posted by Lord Toaster

I was just wondering, how many people here are natural lucid dreamers

Depends what you mean by natural, I guess. I think there are a lot of different definitions floating around on this site alone. I had my first lucid without having ever heard of lucid dreaming before, and after practicing for two years have had a few more. Does this make me a lucid dreamer, or not? I tend to think of myself as not natural. Of course I guess it depends... would I have had those dreams without having researched LDing online first? So I think you have to define "natural" better before anyone can answer such a question.

Wish I was a Natural Lucid Dreamer!

No.
Then again, what is natural? :/

Could you define a natural LD'er please? :3

I've been having LDs since I was a kid, helped me escape some nasty nightmares back then.

I've been a natural since I was 3.

Originally Posted by Sanquis

No.
Then again, what is natural? :/

Could you define a natural LD'er please? :3

Someone who can have a Lucid Dream without even trying. It comes naturally to them, just like a normal dream.

I'd say "natural" means that you've always had lucid dreams and that it has been normal for you to have them.

In that case, no. I've had 3 DILD's since I started keeping a dream journal.

Originally Posted by Jdeadevil

Someone who can have a Lucid Dream without even trying. It comes naturally to them, just like a normal dream.

I really envy those that are natural LD'ers. Being able to do anything in their dreams even without having to work for it... Now that's something I'd like to be able to do.

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 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.

Smee

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.

When I was about 5 or 6 I had a reoccuring nightmare of being chased by a huge hairy man-bear through my house haha. One night having the dream I thought to my self " wow Im dreaming I can just wake up" and I tried pinching my self in the dream to wake up but couldnt wake up for about a minute (wierd.. now Its hard to stay lucid). The dream came back again, I became lucid, ran away from the manbear, went to my front door and jumped into the sky with amazing relief and complete awe of the beauty of being lucid in a dream. The nightmare never came back again, and I gained an amazing new interest.