Thread: Dont you hate it when people think your crazy!?

I've yet to be called crazy, but not many people I talk to about the subject can grasp the concepts I try to explain. Especially the fact that a dream can reach the same vividness experienced in real life. Perhaps I'm bad at explaining, or perhaps they're unwilling to accept it.

Originally Posted by LobbyDonut

a Pagan witch, an asexual, an intersexual, a neutrois and an otherkin.

Of those, the only ones I don't understand your usage of is intersexual and neutrois. But yeah, I'm there. Lucid dreaming tends to fold into a general level of weirdness.

In the past my weirdness stuck out, these days the people around me are... well. I'm surprised when if they manage to get out of bed in the morning without a horrible disaster. I'm normal.

Originally Posted by apachama

Of those, the only ones I don't understand your usage of is intersexual and neutrois. But yeah, I'm there. Lucid dreaming tends to fold into a general level of weirdness.

Intersex is my genetic and physical condition of being between male and female, and neutrois is the mental condition of being between male and female

yes i got someone from my school to look at this website
^.^

Originally Posted by supreme

I just say...I lucid dream. If they know about it and seem interested,
ill talk about it. If they seem like they dont get it then i drop it. Most
ppl dont get it.

Me too!

Originally Posted by supreme

I just say...I lucid dream. If they know about it and seem interested,
ill talk about it. If they seem like they dont get it then i drop it. Most
ppl dont get it.

seems like i should try that i just want people to know dont get me wrong i dont tell people everyday about it but i want to sooo bad

btw i had a awesome 30 min long lucid last night

Ever since I've read a book about LD, I've been trying to lucid dream, but I am not so good with it. Sometimes I think it may be the unfavourable common opinion concerning such things that prevents me from succeeding.

Originally Posted by violeta

Ever since I've read a book about LD, I've been trying to lucid dream, but I am not so good with it. Sometimes I think it may be the unfavourable common opinion concerning such things that prevents me from succeeding.

Such things?

Originally Posted by Shift

Such things?

LD, OBE...

Originally Posted by violeta

LD, OBE...

I'd recommend focusing on your own opinions, not the opinions of others. Don't let other people hold you back from what you believe in or think you may believe in and want to learn about. Lucid dreaming has been scientifically shown to be a legitimate and real phenomenon, so anyone with an unfavorable opinion should be ignored Don't let them hold you back from what is natural and normal and can be achieved by almost anyone willing to try it. I'm not sure I believe in OBEs (I think they are misinterpreted dreams, but I know very little about them)and whether I am right or wrong, by no means should my opinion prevent others from pursuing such experiences. I hope they do and develop scientific studies just to prove me wrong!

I'm very careful about bringing up LD's with other people. Mainly because it's very easy to draw a connection between the wonders of LD'ing and escapism. So when I do try to explain the concept to long time friends I try to remind them that I'm not wasting time while doing this because I do it during an 8 hour period where you normally don't do anything anyway(sleep). Might as well make the most of it right?

As for their reactions, they have ranged from very interested, to not interested at all, to skeptical, or even completely unbelieving. Usually the people that think it's all bollocks are people who don't remember dreams to begin with. I feel bad for them.

However, I snagged one friend into lucid dreaming, and he now keeps a dream journal and reports to me whenever he has an LD

Victory!

Originally Posted by Conkeen

i have started lucid dreaming lately and when i try to tell my friends they look at me like im crazy! God it makes me mad! does this happen to anyone els? and any help explaining?

Story of my life. I find it best to keep all discussion of dreams in my daily journal and/or dream journal, unless someone starts talking about dreams. Then they're in for an earf-full!

Originally Posted by Shift

I'm not sure I believe in OBEs (I think they are misinterpreted dreams, but I know very little about them)and whether I am right or wrong, by no means should my opinion prevent others from pursuing such experiences. I hope they do and develop scientific studies just to prove me wrong!

I think that OOBE has already been proven and explained as specific pattern of energy vibrations.

Originally Posted by violeta

I think that OOBE has already been proven and explained as specific pattern of energy vibrations.

Yea, that's probably true. I'd like to read more research on it. I just think on these forums that most people have false awakenings and then claim to have OBEs or to have APed, which to me is like propagating inaccurate nonsense, although I am not sure what scientifically is required for something to be an OBE. If a FA in which you see your own body is considered an OBE then I suppose I do understand them (even though you are still very much within your own body), but then comes the question... how can one tell if they are having a FA or an OBE? All the more reason to learn to RC!

I am still 100% skeptical about AP... Anyway I can't even say if FAs and OBEs are two different things or not because I don't know the scientific criteria for an OBE, but I like to remain skeptical and suspicious until science proves me wrong . It prevents the furthering of false information, like whatever jerk started the myth that if you pinch yourself in a dream it won't hurt. What an ass. Think about how many people could have gotten lucid!

well it seems lucid dreams are being more known it was on the news this morning and theres also a song out about it now!

A couple of my friends belived me, the rest told me I was making it up. My mom thinks it's pretty cool though, & my older brother dosn't really understand it.

I'm yet to mention it to anyone but I've brought up topics somewhat related(dreams in general, DJs) and a friend of mine seems interested and open-minded enough so I may bring it up with him one of these days.

But, I'm not going to mention it to most of my friends since they're not the most open-minded bunch of people.
Ah well, if I don't meet anyone who LDs/pull anyone into LDing, I'll still have DVs.

ya. wow. eveybody but one person thinks im nuts. its rediculous. people are just missing out

Anyone i tell just thinks im crazy too haha. I just dont bother telling people about it unless i know for sure they would actualy be interested in it

I'm used to people thinking I'm crazy. When I tell people about LDing they think it's just another crazy scheme I have going or something.

I think the main reason that people think LDing is crazy is because there really isn't anyway to ultimately prove to them that it's real even though there's communities (such as DVs) and people (you) that have been LDing for some time.

And as for scientific proof even though LDing has been proven the information that it's based on isn't very wide spread and solid.

my fathers side of them family think lucid dreaming is drug induced.... haha

My friends do that too. But they're close minded fools.

is even some lucid dreamers think im crazy