Quote Originally Posted by Shift View Post
Have you asked him if he's ever had one before? Or if, besides nightmares, he is interested in his dreams in general? I'm trying to think of cartoons where the character becomes lucid. Alice in Wonderland for sure, she becomes lucid at the end of her dream. I don't know any others off the top of my head, and 7... that's probably too young to have seen The Matrix, huh?

Kids are more open-minded, so luckily you have an advantage.

One thing you could definitely do is since you mentioned that about WILDing, explain what sleep paralysis and REM atonia are in basic concepts and tell him what a blast it is, how much fun it is, etc., so if he ever gets it he gets excited too instead of scared. Also I'd try to express the concept of not-paying-attention-to-things-makes-them-disappear and recommend he become friends with his nightmares if possible, so if he gets lucid it doesn't just become yet another nightmare.

It would be fun to keep dream journals together or something, and draw out dreams and stuff like that to keep it fun and motivated.
Thanks for the reply Shift. Saw you online and was hoping you'd answer.

Yea ive spoken to him about dreams and stuff. He loves having dreams and when i was talking to him he starting telling me about them. He must have told me a good 20+ dreams. Lol.

It seems he has become lucid during a dream once. Not overly lucid - he knew he was dreaming but the fact that nothing around him was real, didnt really kick in. He's also had a few of those 'i cant wake up' nightmares. I told him that i used to have those all the time and explained that nightmares like that are great oppertunities for fun lucids.

He hasnt seen the matrix. I'd be happy enough to show him it, even if i need to skip any unsuitable bits. However i'd rather he experienced some lucidity first - cause the matrix can be a bit confusing. Then he can say "Oh yea, hes in a dream, thats why he can do that cool stuff...i did that!"

I like the "not-paying-attention-to-things-makes-them-disappear" idea. I've never used it myself because i rarley become worried in a lucid dream. However a 7 year old probably will at some point.

Yes he is open minded. Hes exactly like i was at that age. No doubt hes gonna start becoming aware during sleep paralysis - which can be scary. I did it around that age, and i think my dad did aswell.

Dream journalling togther would be fun. However his reading and writing are a bit rusty x). Ill maybe give him a few months to progress before journalling - but i will definatly talk to him about his dreams.