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

Originally Posted by LucidDreamGod

I've read alot of these types of threads, it seems clear to me that lucid dreaming is often the victum of prejudice, I once made a comparison to the cro magnon people (Cave Men) in the book series earth's children seeing people riding horses, they become prejudice to them, thinking there is something super natural about them, they reacted with volience or fear upon first seeing them. (similar to how some people react to lucid dreaming with insults, or think of them as super natural today)

My fave series ever!! You are probably right too, to a degree tho, because
i think its easier to reach ppl nowadays then it was hundreds and thousands
of years ago. Nowadays ppl have more open minds and theyve seen so much
happen in just one century that they are ready to believe anything can
happen or can be invented. But to most ppl it must seem like something
supernatural to them and a lot of ppl dont go for that kind of thing. But its
not supernatural as we all know......cuz you know, when i see ppl camping
out somewhere and waiting for aliens to land....i think theyre all nutz too!
So we know LDing is nothing like that and that its as natural as walking
down the street...but they listen, and then think....omg that person is
nutz!! I just dont discuss it with anyone.

Tried telling my little brother about it as I doubted it to until I tried my first WILD then realized that, yes it is true. All he does is call me a hippy even tho I said people have proved it already

Most of my friends actually think it is cool, but I only brought it up (actually wrote about it on a blog so they knew about it before I ever spoke to them about it) to my very closest friends. My mom and sister think it is pretty cool. My sister and dad are both naturals, and my dad tells me I spend too much time sleeping. I keep trying to tell him to develop his LDing and dream control but he thinks I'm acting like a 4 year old or something My brother has no recall whatsoever and never talks about dreaming, so if it weren't for my mom and sis I think even he would think I was crazy
Hey, maybe one of them will have an LD because of you and realize that you're actually the sanest of them all I mean jeez, they can't even recognize the ridiculous situations of their dreams and distinguish them from reality. Now that sounds pretty insane to me!

Originally Posted by LucidDreamGod

I've read alot of these types of threads, it seems clear to me that lucid dreaming is often the victim of prejudice, I once made a comparison to the cro magnon people (Cave Men) in the book series earth's children seeing people riding horses, they become prejudice to them, thinking there is something super natural about them, they reacted with volience or fear upon first seeing them. (similar to how some people react to lucid dreaming with insults, or think of them as super natural today)

Off topic, but wasn't horse riding invented after the founding of civilization? Cro Magnon wouldn't have been around that late.

My friends all really think lucid dreams are cool. A few have tried it but most aren't dedicated enough to really try. My good friend actually had a LD last night. I don't mention lucid dreaming except to people I think will be interested. I've never had anyone tell me it's impossible or anything like that.

well i guess it kinda depends on who your friends are...

until about 10 minutes ago, i didn't know there was anything BUT lucid dreaming... i have had them all my life, and thought they were normal. I mentioned one to my friend tonight and went to go see what people said online, and here i am! I've had so many in my lifetime i feel like there's just so much to say! So right now, this is pretty dang ecxciting. If it wasnt for my friends, i wouldnt know that not everybody has em...

I had a friend who thought it was impossible. He said that you just have a normal dream but in the dream you think you realize that you're dreaming (which by the way is possible, I've done it). I and another friend told him about the scientific proof but he was still skeptical, until one night he inadvertently had a lucid dream of his own. Needless to say, he believes now. Makes me feel warm inside.

Originally Posted by Valwen

I had a friend who thought it was impossible. He said that you just have a normal dream but in the dream you think you realize that you're dreaming (which by the way is possible, I've done it). I and another friend told him about the scientific proof but he was still skeptical, until one night he inadvertently had a lucid dream of his own. Needless to say, he believes now. Makes me feel warm inside.

I love when things turn out like that. I don't know why anyone would ever take such a strong stance on something they have no personal experience of. Unless he'd had a dream where he thought he realized he was dreaming but didn't really, in which case maybe he just though you were the one who was confused

Originally Posted by elguapo

until about 10 minutes ago, i didn't know there was anything BUT lucid dreaming... i have had them all my life, and thought they were normal. I mentioned one to my friend tonight and went to go see what people said online, and here i am! I've had so many in my lifetime i feel like there's just so much to say! So right now, this is pretty dang ecxciting. If it wasnt for my friends, i wouldnt know that not everybody has em...

Could you start a new thread and tell us about your experiences? I, and I'm sure others, would be very interested to hear what lucid dreaming has been like for you.


To answer the original post... if someone doesn't want to listen, I don't tell them. If they don't take your word for it, then there's no point in trying to convince them. Also, my closest friends are usually open to anything I have to say, so that certainly makes things easier.

i told my mother about lucid dreams and i could tell she was skeptical about it, then one day she tried to tell me it wasn't possible. then i showed her the evidence. she hasn't said much since then. :]

In theory, everyone should know about LDing that went to my middle school on a specific year, since a public speaker spoke to us about lucid dreaming (FLAWLESS VICTORY). However, in practice, few were really that interested in her small explaination of lucidity... At least all my friends that I've told didn't think it was fake! A few even had a LD right after the presentation!

I only got one person interested. My other friends were like, "Oh, that's really neat..." but then they gave me a skeptical look. I think people have to have one before they really understand how cool it is.

I have no need to tell my friends about lucid dreaming.

My friends really come in two flavours. The pagan and occultist ones thankfully keep their practices to themselves most of the time and I try my best to do the same. Every so often we will have an interesting discussion and thats always welcome though.

My atheistic or monotheistic friends are totally uninterested in that kind of thing. Occassionally we swap dream stories, but I don't need to go into detail with them.

End of the day. Its your dreams. Its your life. Why bother other people with it?

Telling someone they should be learning to lucid dream is really no better than telling people you should be meditating, or worshipping, or learning to cook. These are good things, proven to have benefits, but they aren't for everyone.

My parents aren't really skeptical about it or anything, or look at me like I'm crazy. They just usually comment on how freaky it sounds to actually realise you're dreaming. xD;
However, I usually don't talk about it with people who don't know anything about it; luckily a really good friend of mine can naturally lucid dream and we often talk about it. : )

I told someone from school about it, but he didn't really believe me..he tought that I was on drugs or something like that. But I can understand why people don't want to learn how to do it; It's just way too hard. I've had 2 short lucids in 2 years. Hard work, no rewards? I think I'll just sleep like normal people.

Yeah, the first people I told was my sister and best friend, their cool with it, my best friend even has tried to LD, she's had a couple. My dad thinks I might become like possessed by the devil or something, he kept warning me about whether it was safe or not
My mom doesn't care and nor do my brothers, but boy they are missing out BIG time.
Oh well

kinda feel bad that my parents won't try it. Because, as you said, they're missing out. Its funny though, we can give people links to all the proff in the world. But until NBC does a special on it, we're crazy.

Originally Posted by Rai Saix

kinda feel bad that my parents won't try it. Because, as you said, they're missing out. Its funny though, we can give people links to all the proff in the world. But until NBC does a special on it, we're crazy.

yea really there should be somthing about it

Originally Posted by Conkeen

yea i tried to tell some of my friends they think its to hard :/

oh and yea kansas is boring too flat! i hate it here

Seriously, there is nothing to do here. Me and my mom were going to go out and do something in Topeka but there's nothing to do!

It's weird, the same day I wrote my response (up there^^^) my mom asked me for the book about LDing because she wanted to read it. Maybe she does care?
I agree with you Rai Saix, they should really show something about it on the news. But, I remember seeing something like that on youtube, where they were talking about it on the news.

People just aren't interested in Lucid Dreaming.

Originally Posted by PixieStix16

It's weird, the same day I wrote my response (up there^^^) my mom asked me for the book about LDing because she wanted to read it. Maybe she does care?
I agree with you Rai Saix, they should really show something about it on the news. But, I remember seeing something like that on youtube, where they were talking about it on the news.

yea they have shown it on the news a couple of times

I was thinking lately, a lot of people ask me what I spend my time doing, and it is irritating to get past that, because I don't like to bring it up to people a lot of the time, though I do occasionally tell them about it, it usually isn't something I do in public talking to a person for the first time, though I'm quite likely to tell a friend or someone I've been hanging close to for a bit, it really does make me sound like a boring lazy person.

Originally Posted by supreme

My fave series ever!!

Yeah besides the fact that there can be like 3 pages in a row describing the scenery and location, it has a story that really got me involved, just think the 6th one should be out about now, soon I'll start loosing my memory of the series.