Thread: Changed my life

Hey everyone =]
I just thought I'd say how i feel about lucid dreaming etc and see if anybody feels the same way ^.^

Since I started with lucid dreaming, I became to realise much more about myself and how my brain ticks.

I began to feel much more in-tune with myself and my body.

I became more knowledgeable about how important sleep is.

It changed the speed at which I was able to learn a new skill.

I can visualise any object/situation with my eyes open- I never used to be able to just go instantly into a dream world whilst awake, not I can immediately visualise something right infront of my eyes.

I have become more patient when trying something new that is complicated.

I have become more confident with most things.

I have understood mine and other peoples' emotions better.

I can pick up methods on how to do something and develop things much easier.


I can safely say that Lucid Dreaming has changed my lifestyle completely by how it has changed my perspective on everything.

What about everyone else?

Great post! Lucid dreaming has done a lot (and is still doing a lot) for me, too.

My list would be:

- Decreasing nightmares
- Finding the sources of my anxiety problems
- Relieving frustration and anger, making me a more calm person in my waking life
- Never ending creativity inspiration
- Helping me understand myself
- Entertainment!
- Helping me improve my martial arts skills
- Has provided me with an anxiety free zone/environment where I have felt completely safe after days full of anxiety
- Helped me get over my fear of performing in front of an audience

There is probably more, but this is what I could think of for the moment.

Awesome, Jimmehboi! I'm another one who feels LDing has changed my life for the better. I've always LDed, since I was a child, but since finding out it is something special and potentially powerful, I think I've finally tapped into the real potential of LDs. Many of the things on your list also apply to me. Here are some additonals:

• better overall emotional state
• I take less mental health medications
• less mental health problems
• I feel more confidant of my abilities
• increased writing skills
• I get no-cost vacations
• better understanding of my true desires and drives
• I'm better at talking to people I don't know
• less anxiety

That's great
I love the fact that I know lucid dreaming will carry on doing a lot for me and I know it will help me out for things that are yet to come in life that I don't know about.

Lucid Dreaming is just so versatile, dreaming is one of the smaller aspects of your life that it affects, there's so much else it can help you with/help you deal with, like you said, anxiety and fears.

I have had very little phobias/fears in my life, but since I was much younger I've always been terrified of water that I can't see to the bottom of and almost every large-ish spider.
Since I've started lucid dreaming, I'm no longer afraid of dark water at all, and I'm not afraid of any spiders except huge HOUSE spiders, those freak me, just the big ones, not the littler ones...


EW.

But yea, maybe with some time I might not have a single phobia.

<3 Lucid Dreaming + dreamviews ofc

Ahhhhh why did you have to post a giant picture of a spider that creeped me out.

It could be very, err... Visually distracting and disturbing for anyone with arachnophobia..

Originally Posted by Jimmehboi

I can visualise any object/situation with my eyes open- I never used to be able to just go instantly into a dream world whilst awake, not I can immediately visualise something right infront of my eyes.

Hey, you have my attention , you mean you can see it overlayed on your waking vision or in your imagination whilst your eyes are open?

Thanks

I HATE SPIDERS!! lol unfortunately, im afraid that LDing wont help me overcome my hatred for bugs. im not even scared of them. i just HATE em. i kill ALL of em in my house. i try not to kill the ones outside, cuz they're just chillin livin their life, but if they get to close to me, ima smash em... haha

Originally Posted by RooJ

Hey, you have my attention , you mean you can see it overlayed on your waking vision or in your imagination whilst your eyes are open?

Thanks

Indeeeed I mean both, sort of like a mixture of the two, more so of the "overlayed on your waking vision" idea.
That used to amaze me when I was very young, and I could only do it when I wasn't paying attention (day dreaming) and if I tried to do it deliberately I wouldn't be able to.

Since I've been lucid dreaming, whenever I want to I can just fabricate an object infront of my vision that looks completely real (I often do this when I'm bored waiting around: in a queue or bus etc) I'll just have a blank sphere floating infront of my face and I can visualise my hands lifting up and touching it and moving it around etc.

I can also change my entire scene and after several seconds I wont be able to see anything from my real waking vision, just that of the image I have created inside my head.

One I loved to do is a kind of astral projection, (after about a minute of visualisation it begins to feel very much like a WILD) and in my tech exam just a few weeks ago, I finished with about 15 mins to spare. I did this sort of projection where I stepped up out my seat and walked a few spaces up the isiles of desks, I turned around and could see myself sitting there just with a blank face, I proceeded to look around other people's desks and I browsed at several people's papers just reading the answers to see if my brain would be able to fill any in

I find it VERY much like day dreaming, I suppose that's all it is, but what I'm trying to get at is that I've never been able to instantly do it and stay in this sort of dream world without snapping back to reality.

Cheers =]
Jim.

Originally Posted by Jimmehboi

That's great
I love the fact that I know lucid dreaming will carry on doing a lot for me and I know it will help me out for things that are yet to come in life that I don't know about.

Lucid Dreaming is just so versatile, dreaming is one of the smaller aspects of your life that it affects, there's so much else it can help you with/help you deal with, like you said, anxiety and fears.

I have had very little phobias/fears in my life, but since I was much younger I've always been terrified of water that I can't see to the bottom of and almost every large-ish spider.
Since I've started lucid dreaming, I'm no longer afraid of dark water at all, and I'm not afraid of any spiders except huge HOUSE spiders, those freak me, just the big ones, not the littler ones...


EW.

But yea, maybe with some time I might not have a single phobia.

<3 Lucid Dreaming + dreamviews ofc

Thanks for the picture! Great for someone like me with crippling arachnophobia of even the smallest spider! It's alright though, I have to get over it sooner or later.

I can't wait to have more lucid dreams. I have already had benefits from my normal dreams since I've been paying more attention to them and keeping a DJ. I've actually overcame some random fears and got over my ex in regular dreams. In my most recent lucid dream, I think I met my dream guide which was awesome. The benefits of dreaming in general are just amazing, I wish I had started a DJ years earlier.